Datto Parent Vista Equity Pursues SaaS Software Acquisitions
Private equity firm & Datto parent Vista Equity Partners raises $850M to acquire SaaS (software as service) companies with $10 million to $30 million in ARR (annual recurring revenue).
Vista Equity Partners Acquires Datto, Announces Merger with Autotask: Official Announcement
Vista Equity Partners buys Datto, merges MSP backup company with Autotask, trio confirms. The race for MSPs in the SMB IT services market accelerates.
Datto CTO Bob Petrocelli’s MSP Technology Strategy
Datto Chief Technology Officer Robert (Bob) Petrocelli describes why he joined the MSP technology company, and how he’ll focus Datto’s R&D efforts.
Datto Hires CTO: Oracle Veteran, Entrepreneur Robert Petrocelli
MSP technology company Datto hires Oracle storage veteran & serial entrepreneur Robert Petrocelli as CTO (chief technology officer), ChannelE2E confirms.
DattoCon19: Datto CEO Tim Weller Keynote Recap and More
Datto Cloud Continuity debuts at DattoCon19. Datto RMM for Networking coming soon. That and more news from the MSP (managed IT services) conference.
Datto CEO Tim Weller – The Interview: MSPs, Private Equity and More
Datto CEO Tim Weller shares views on the MSP (managed IT services provider) market, private equity & more in this ChannelE2E interview. Next up: DattoCon19.
Private Equity: Datto, LogicMonitor Parent Raising $16 Billion
Private equity firm Vista Equity Partners, which owns MSP-focused Datto & LogicMonitor, raising $16 billion for more software company acquisitions.
Vade Secure for Office 365 (And Much More) Pursues MSPs; Datto Founder Austin McChord Joins Board
Vade Secure raises $79M from General Catalyst. Datto founder Austin McChord joins board to assist MSP push for Microsoft Office 365 email security.
Vista Equity Partners CEO Pays Graduating Class Student Debt
Vista Equity Partners CEO Robert Smith vows to pay Morehouse College Class of 2019 student debt. Vista Equity owns Datto, LogicMonitor, Ping & more.
Datto Veteran Ian McChord Launches Collective Intelligence
Datto veteran Ian McChord launches Collective Intelligence, a SaaS software company that enables marketing departments to create product content in real time.