This week’s 10 most read channel and MSP news stories, columns, blogs, editorials and research involved:
10. Kaseya Parent Dominants Cloud Backup Market: Here's an overlooked factoid: Datto’s next owner — Kaseya — is backed by Insight Partners, a private equity giant that holds key positions across the cloud backup market through multiple venture capital and private equity investments.
9. Where Is Huawei Banned and Permitted?: Service providers and channel partners worldwide continue to carefully contemplate where Huawei’s 5G equipment can (and can’t) be deployed because of various international regulations.
8. MSP and Technology M&A List for 2022: We’ve already tracked more than 370 M&A deals involving MSPs, IT consulting companies and software firms during the first few months of 2022.
7. Deloitte Acquires ServiceNow & UiPath Healthcare Partner: This deal involves Entrago, a ServiceNow Elite partner and UiPath robotic process automation (RPA) expert that supports healthcare customers.
6. Thoma Bravo’s Oasis Strategy: Will Thoma Bravo’s MSP software portfolio companies — such as employees at ConnectWise & Sophos — benefit from Oasis strategy?
5. Softbank Investments in Pax8: The upshot? Venture capital is diving into the MSP software market, and Pax8's cloud marketplace is now valued at nearly $2 billion.
4. Kaseya Purchases Datt0 - Are MSPs Right Or Wrong About Private Equity?: Here's a reality check.
3. Kaseya Acquires Datto - Five Questions that MSPs Want Answered: The big variables involve eml
2. Kaseya-Datto Alternatives: MSP software rivals prepare migration offers. But there are plenty of reasons for MSPs to stick with the Kaseya-Datto business combination.
1. Kaseya Buys Datto to Create Largest MSP Technology Provider: Our initial coverage and analysis of the deal.