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5 Channel Partner & MSP Market News Updates: 16 March 2023

TOKYO, JAPAN – MAY 20: Barista Takaya Hashimoto prepares a cafe latte at a local specialty coffee shop on May 20, 2016 in Tokyo, Japan. With the rise of specialty coffee shops opening all over the world in recent years, Tokyo’s coffee culture catches on to offer quality coffee to like minded people across all walks of life. (Photo by C...

TOKYO, JAPAN – MAY 20: Barista Takaya Hashimoto prepares a cafe latte at a local specialty coffee shop on May 20, 2016 in Tokyo, Japan. With the rise of specialty coffee shops opening all over the world in recent years, Tokyo’s coffee culture catches on to offer quality coffee to like minded people across all walks of life. (Photo by Christopher Jue/Getty Images)

Welcome to Thursday. Here are five technology news updates, insights, chatter, and plenty more on this March 16, 2023. Sip up.

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Today’s Technology and MSP Partner Program News

  1. MSP Big Apple Acquisition: Engineering-driven MSP Fairdinkum Consulting has acquired cybersecurity and cloud specialist MSP Warren Systems Group, both based in New York City. Fairdinkum was advised by buy-side intermediary for IT services M&A, Cogent Growth Partners, on the deal.
  2. Cloud and Security Acquisition: Cloud risk and threat detection provider Rapid7 has acquired Minerva Labs to extend Rapid7’s managed detection and response service (MDR) with ransomware prevention technology. The company said the deal will help it extend its MDR across cloud resources, traditional infrastructure, and existing endpoint protection infrastructure, enabling customers to further consolidate their security investments.
  3. Dell's Security Plays: Dell Technologies is rolling out  new services and solutions in its security portfolio including Managed Detection and Response Pro Plus, which the company says blocks routes to cyberattacks and accelerates recovery. In addition, Dell announced that it will serve as CrowdStrike’s only PC OEM partner.
  4. MDR + XDR: Top 250 MSSP Trustwave has integrated its managed detection and response (MDR) solution into the Trellix extended detection and response (XDR) platform. Using the two platforms together can help organizations hunt for threats in real time and identify and respond before those threats lead to data breaches.
  5. New CTO: XFactor.io, an intelligent go-to-market platform, has appointed Jimmie Lee as chief technology officer. Lee has experiences across multiple industries in engineering, security, and technology operations, including leadership roles at Boeing, Microsoft, and Meta.
Jessica C. Davis

Jessica C. Davis is Editorial Director of CyberRisk Alliance’s channel brands — MSSP Alert and ChannelE2E. She also oversees content and programming for the MSSP Alert Live event. She has spent a career as a journalist covering the business of technology including chips, software, the cloud, AI, and cybersecurity. She previously served as Editor in Chief of Channel Insider and later of MSP Mentor where she was one of the first editors to oversee the creation and vision of the MSP 501 list.

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