Here are five technology news updates, insights, chatter, and plenty more to start your day for Friday, April 8, 2022. Sip up.
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A. Today’s Technology, Channel Chief and MSP Partner Program News
1. MSP Software Incubator: ConnectWise has launched its PitchIT Accelerator Program and competition for 2022. Ten applicants will be accepted into the program. The 16-week program offers business assessment services, coaching, co-marketing opportunities and placement on the ConnectWise Marketplace.
2. M&A - Managed Application Services: NetApp has acquired Instaclustr, which provides fully managed open-source database, pipeline and workflow applications delivered as a service. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
3. Partnership - SAP Application Security: NTT DATA Business Solutions AG and SecurityBridge are expanding their strategic partnership to further enhance SAP application security. The two IT service providers have worked together in the North-European market since 2019. The NTT Data-SecurityBridge partnership is now expanding globally.
4. Microsoft Disrupts Russian Hackers: Alleged details about the Strontium threat actor are here, care of Microsoft.
5. Is Cyber Insurance Worth the Price?: Nearly 79% of policyholders believe cyber insurance is worth the cost, according to a Cowbell Cyber research report.
B. Channel Partner Summits, MSP Conferences and Virtual Events Calendar
- Robin Robins Boot Camp 2022 (April 19-22, Nashville, Tennessee)
- Dell Technologies World 2022 (May 2-5, Las Vegas)
- Fortinet Accelerate 2022 (May 10-13, Virtual)
- IBM Think 2022 (May 10-11)
- ServiceNow Knowledge 2022 (May 11-12, New York and The Netherlands)
- ChannelE2E’s complete event calendar
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