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5 Channel Partner Updates: Wednesday 19 December 2018

Here are five technology news updates, insights, chatter, and plenty more to start your day for Wednesday, December 19, 2018.

Actually, there are seven timely updates designed for managed services providers (MSPs), cloud services providers (CSPs), IT consulting firms, systems integrators, VARs, independent software vendors (ISVs), telco master agents, and telco agents to sip on. Take a look:

7. Cloud Automation: Virtustream, the cloud services provider (CSP) owned by Dell Technologies, has upgraded its Virtustream Enterprise Cloud with new automation and security enhancements, the company says...

Nick Heddy
Nick Heddy

6. Talent - Cloud Distribution: Pax8 has promoted Nick Heddy to chief revenue officer. He continues to report to CEO John Street. Pax8 is a cloud-centric distributor and Inc. 5000 company that has a growing base of MSP-oriented software platform and technology integrations.

5. CRM - Distribution: D&H has agreed to distribute Nimble CRM globally. D&H partners can provision Nimble CRM with Office 365, Dynamics 365, and Microsoft Azure services from D&H’s online Cloud Marketplace.

4. Webroot Financial Results: Webroot generated 11 percent year-over-year annual recurring revenue (ARR) growth for the first quarter of its 2019 fiscal year, ending on September 30, 2018. This marks the nineteenth consecutive quarter of double-digit, year-over-year company growth for Webroot, the company says. Webroot has a particularly close following in the MSP sector. The company is privately owned and does not disclose actual revenue or profit dollar figures.

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1. Chew On This: We may have big news to share before dinner hour (east coast time) today. Check ChannelE2E's homepage before you unplug from work later today...

Joe Panettieri

Joe Panettieri is co-founder & editorial director of MSSP Alert and ChannelE2E, the two leading news & analysis sites for managed service providers in the cybersecurity market.