5 Channel Partner Updates: Thursday 30 January 2020 -

Here are five (actually, a bit more…) technology news updates, insights, chatter, and plenty more to start your day for Thursday, January 30, 2020. Sip up.

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A. What’s Hot Today

1. MSP Security Conference: Track our live coverage of PerchyCon 2020 — from Perch Security — here and here.

2. Arcserve, Multiple Cloud Backup Companies Up for Sale: Here are the details.

3. SAP on Microsoft Azure: Blue Chip Consulting Group, an IT consulting firm and Microsoft Managed Gold Partner, has launched SAP on Azure services.

4. Microsoft Earnings Results: Microsoft on Wednesday reported quarterly sales and profit that beat Wall Street expectations, driven by the first acceleration of Azure cloud computing revenue growth in eight quarters amid a pitched battle with Amazon Web Services, Reuters reports.

5. ServiceNow Earnings Results: ServiceNow's Q4 financial results generally beat Wall Street's expectations. Revenue grew 33 percent, and the company now has 892 customers that spend $1 million or more with the IT service management (ITSM) software provider.

6. Service Desk Twist: Sparkhound, an IT solutions provider that offers cloud services, custom applications, advanced analytics, and managed enterprise services, has unveiled a Pop-up Service Desk. The service applies a team of IT professionals to augment existing help desk staff with expert, 24-hour support services, Sparkhound says.

7. VMware Layoffs: VMware's chief customer officer and four direct reports are leaving the company amid a restructuring and some targeted layoffs, Silicon Valley Business Journal reports. Still, VMware's overall business remains in acquisition and organic growth mode.