Channel investors

Conterra Ultra Broadband Holdings – also known as Conterra Networks – has been acquired by investment groups APG Group and Fiera Infrastructure

Private equity firm Salt Creek Capital acquires IT Assist, a managed IT services provider (MSP) & TeamLogic IT franchise in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Pratik Roychoudhury named CEO.

VC3 buys IT solutions provider Sophicity; MSPs gains expanded technology expertise in local governments, public utilities and police departments.

Private equity firm Trinity Hunt acquires Keste, a managed IT services provider (MSP) with cloud, data analytics & digital transformation expertise.

VMware acquires Datrium for disaster recovery as a service (DRaaS) & HCI. Potential winners include MSPs for VMware Cloud on AWS (Amazon Web Services).

Loffler Companies acquires managed IT services provider (MSP) MinnDak Computer Services, expanding its business technology solutions.

Google acquires North, a wearable technology startup funded by Intel Capital, The Amazon Alexa Fund, Fidelity & Spark Capital. Will Google Glass Enterprise gain new capabilities.

Apollo Global Management completes Tech Data acquisition, private equity firm & distributor confirm. Here's what's next for Tech Data channel partners, MSPs & VARs.