5 Channel Partner Updates: Friday 27 December 2019 -

Here are five (actually, a bit more…) technology news updates, insights, chatter, and plenty more to start your day for Friday, December 27, 2019.

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A. What’s Hot Today

1. M&A - IT Services Valuation: Cincinnati Bell and two MSP subsidiaries are being acquired for $2.6 billion including debt, or roughly 6.5 times annual adjusted EBITDA, according to ChannelE2E’s estimates.

2. M&A - Artificial Intelligence: How Apple, Amazon, Microsoft and Intel are buying up artificial intelligence startups, according to The Wall Street Journal.

3. Artificial Intelligence - Ethics and Regulations: Some clues about how AI may be regulated...

4. Lead Generation: Cloud data protection provider Druva is leveraging PathFactory to accelerate lead nurturing and reduce marketing friction, the companies say.

5. Wawa Data Breach Lawsuit: Wawa has been hit with a wave of lawsuits claiming the company failed to protect consumers from a massive data breach that exposed their credit and debit card information, The Philadelphia Inquirer reports.

6. Web Traffic Security: A Kaspersky Web Traffic Security upgrade features improved early detection of sophisticated web threats, the company says.

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