5 Channel Partner Updates: Monday 27 January 2020 -

Here are five (actually, a bit more…) technology news updates, insights, chatter, and plenty more to start your day for Monday, January 27, 2020. Sip up.

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A. What’s Hot Today

1. ConnectWise Security Alert Site: ConnectWise has launched a security alert website to help customers and partners track security related statements, vulnerabilities, patches, compliance and privacy updates from the software company.

2. M&A - Multi-Cloud Networking: Arista Networks has acquired BigSwitch, SDxCentral reports.

3. M&A - Coding Schools: K12 Inc., a publicly-traded education company, has agreed to acquire Galvanize, a provider of coding bootcamps and co-working spaces across eight locations in the U.S., for $165 million in cash, according to The Information.

4. M&A - Cincinnati Bell Buyout Bidding War?: Cincinnati Bell has received an unsolicited buyout bid from an infrastructure fund whose name has not been disclosed. The new bid — valued at $12.00 per share — comes roughly one month after Brookfield Infrastructure Partners agreed to buy Cincinnati Bell for $10.50 per share. More details about the bidding war are here.

5. AI Automation & Careers: Nearly 70 percent of managers' routine work will be completely automated by 2024 thanks to artificial intelligence (AI) coupled with workflow automation, Gartner predicts.