Here are five (actually, more) technology news updates, insights, chatter, and plenty more to start your day for Monday, January 3, 2022. Sip up.
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A. Today’s Technology, Channel Chief and Partner Program News
1. A Fallen MSP: CompuCom's business valuation fell 70 percent over the past four years, proving that rising demand for managed services did not lift all boats. The big question: Can CompuCom's new owner -- private equity firm Variant Equity -- get the MSP back on track after former owner Office Depot's missteps?
2. Channel Partners Upbeat About 2022: Here's the evidence from CompTIA.
3. 5G Wireless & Airplane Safety: The debate continues ahead of planned 5G wireless network launches from AT&T and Verizon on January 5, 2022...
4. Research - Cloud Managed Services Market Forecast: Booming demand for managed cloud services sounds like good news for MSPs. But MSPs will face these cloud managed services market challenges, ChannelE2E predicts.
5. M&A - MSSP and MDR: In case you missed it, Herjavec Group and Fishtech Group are merging their MSSP and MDR security businesses. Private equity firm Apax Partners backed the deal.
6. M&A List -- MSSPs: Here are 85 M&A deals involving MSSPs -- including all the buyers, sellers and investors.
7. Updated - Log4j Vulnerability Scanners: Here are 18 tools that MSPs, MSSPs and threat hunters can use to find and mitigate Log4j vulnerabilities.
B. Channel Partner Summits, MSP Conferences and Virtual Events Calendar
- Citrix Field Kickoff 2022 (January 18-20, Virtual)
- Dynatrace Perform (February 7-11, Las Vegas)
- NerdioCon 2022 (February 21-23, Cancun, Mexico)
- ThreatLocker Zero Trust World 2022 (February 21-23, Orlando, Florida)
- MWC Barcelona 2022 (February 28-March 3, Barcelona, Spain)
- ChannelE2E’s complete event calendar
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