Channel investors

briteCITY, an MSP led by Kaseya & inhouseIT veterans, acquires ANiMODUS to expand IT services, hardware & software businesses.

Accenture buys Workday, Salesforce & U.S. MuleSoft cloud IT consulting practice from Sierra-Cedar. Assets serve SMB education & government sectors.

Arcserve and at least two other cloud backup and disaster recovery (BDR) software companies explore company sales. Private equity firms mull bids.

Accounting firm TJS Deemer Dana (TJSDD) acquires managed IT services provider (MSP) Vertisys of Atlanta, Georgia. This is the 80th technology M&A deal ChannelE2E has tracked in 2020.

ServiceNow is acquiring Passage AI, a conversational artificial intelligence company. ServicNow's chatbot virtual agents to gain more automation, multi-language speech support.

Executech, backed by Evergreen Services Group, acquires Pact-One. Result: Major MSP (managed IT services provider) gains healthcare expertise in dental market.

Enterprise Computing Services (ECS) and My IT merge. Combined MSP, backed by private equity investors, pursues more acquisitions. One founder exits to build Backup Radar.