Here are five technology news updates, insights, chatter, and plenty more to start your day for Friday, September 24, 2021. Sip up.
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1. Potential M&A - Robotic Process Automation (RPA) Software: Activist investor
Coast Capital has changed tack and is prepared to back a possible private equity takeover of U.K. automation software maker
Blue Prism Group, according to
Bloomberg.
2. Managed Print Services: PC and printer giant
HP Inc. is testing Managed Print Flex, a cloud-first Managed Print Service (MPS) subscription plan for channel partners and their end-customers. HP Managed Print Flex is currently being piloted with select resellers and customers in the US, UK and Germany. It is expected to become widely available in Spring 2022.
3. MSP Software & IT Automation: Redstor and
Bocada are partnering to "provide MSPs with greater visibility over customer environments and increase their revenue opportunities," the two companies say.
4. Distribution - Security: Channel partners can purchase
Zscaler security solutions directly from
TD Synnex, the two companies say.
5. Partnership - Financial Services Cybersecurity: Cohere Cyber Secure and
SecurityScorecard have partnered to help financial services organizations continuously monitor and mitigate potential cyber threats, both on-premise and in the cloud, the companies say.
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