5 Channel Partner Program and MSP Market News Updates: 08 July 2022 -

Here are five technology news updates, insights, chatter, and plenty more to start your day for Friday, July 8, 2022. Sip up.

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A. Today’s Technology, Channel Chief and MSP Partner Program News

1. Startups Under Pressure: The number of U.S. startups going public has slowed to a trickle and fresh funding for such companies has dropped sharply, adding to signs that venture-capital investors are confronting more challenging markets after a boom period, according to The Wall Street Journal.

2. Lawsuit - Data Center M&A: Two shareholders have filed separate lawsuits against data center company Switch -- claiming the company did not properly disclose information about a proposed $11 billion acquisition by DigitalBridge and IFM Investors, according to Data Center Dynamics.

3. Funding - Cyber Insurance: Coalition has raised $250 million in Series F funding at a $5 billion valuation. Key investors included Allianz X, Valor Equity Partners and Kinetic Partners.

4. Apple macOS and AWS: Amazon has announced general availability of EC2 M1 Mac instances. We're checking to see the potential implications for MSPs.

5. Executive Leadership - Cloud-Native Revenue Management: Optiva has hired Ericsson, Tait Communications and Aeris veteran Craig Clapper as VP of global managed services and support.