Here are five (actually, more) technology news updates, insights, chatter, and plenty more to start your day for Thursday, February 24, 2022. Sip up.
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A. Today’s Technology, Channel Chief and MSP Partner Program News
1. Datto Conference: It sounds like DattoCon 2022, the in-person MSP conference from Datto, will likely return sometime in Q3 of 2022...
2. MSP Market Growth: New clues about the MSP market's growth surfaced amid quarterly earnings results from Datto ($MSP) and N-able ($NABL).
3. MSP Software - Sales Automation: Aspire Technologies, parent of QuoteWerks, has unveiled VendorRFQ software -- which allows MSPs to" easily request pricing from a single vendor or multiple suppliers with just one click," the company said.
4. Talent - Tech Purchasing Management: Bluewave Technology Group has named Grant van Rooyen as chairman of the board, and Gabe Tuerk as CIO. Bluewave develops a technology purchasing and expense management platform. The executive updates arrive a few weeks after Bluewave raised $75 million -- led by Columbia Capital. Moreover, Bluewave recently acquired Telapprise, a technology advisory and expense management firm. That was Bluewave’s sixth acquisition.
5. Partnership - Cyber Insurance: Trend Micro’s MSP partners & customers now have access to an all-digital, streamlined cyber insurance application process from Cowbell Cyber.
6. Partnership - SAP on Azure: Lemongrass and Microsoft hav inked a multi-year partnership to help large and midmarket enterprises deploy SAP applications on Microsoft Azure.
B. Channel Partner Summits, MSP Conferences and Virtual Events Calendar
- Xchange Channel Partner and MSP Conference (February 27-March 1, Dallas, Texas)
- ChannelPro SMB Forum 2022: Northeast (March 8-9, New Jersey)
- CompTIA Communities and Councils Forum (March 14-16, Chicago)
- HIMSS 2022 (March 14-18, Orlando, Florida)
- ChannelE2E’s complete event calendar
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