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10 Most Read ChannelE2E News Stories: Week Ended October 16, 2020

This week’s 10 most read channel news stories & columns involve:

10. ConnectWise 6.0 - The Business Journey So Far: How ConnectWise has evolved since acquiring Continuum in October 2019.

9. What's Next for Zoom: New partner engagements and end-to-end encryption surface.

8. Agility Recovery Buys Data Protection Specialist: The deal focuses heavily on the financial services sector.

7. Acronis Expands North: What a new data center means to Canadian data protection partners and cybersecurity MSPs.

6. Thoma Bravo's Latest  M&A Targets: Why the private equity giant and its portfolio companies are embracing Robotic Process Automation (RPA) opportunities.

5. Thank You ConnectWise Partners: CEO Jason Magee's open letter to MSPs and technology solutions providers.

4. Warranty Master Rebrands: Now called ScalePad, how the company is expanding from hardware warranties to software lifecycle management. Plus, where MSP partners fit into the strategy, according to Warranty Master CEO Dan Wensley.

3. Technology Mergers & Acquisitions List: The complete M&A deal list for 2020 -- 410 buyouts so far -- spanning MSPs, IT consulting firms, private equity and more.

2. Updated Datto IPO Filing: In a slightly updated IPO filing, Datto reveals reveals target valuation and IPO goals for MSP-centric technology company.

1. Brillio Pursues IT Services Acquisitions: Brillio, a digital IT consulting company backed by private equity firm Bain Capital, hires Cognizant veteran to pursue technology service provider acquisitions in 2021.

Joe Panettieri

Joe Panettieri is co-founder & editorial director of MSSP Alert and ChannelE2E, the two leading news & analysis sites for managed service providers in the cybersecurity market.