Channel investors

Private equity firm M/C Partners acquires managed IT services provider (MSP) division from West Monroe Partners. Names Wayne Kiphart CEO of acquired MSP.

Private equity firm Abry Partners invests in Options Technology, a cloud MSP to financial services firms. Abry's MSP stakes also include NexusTek & Rackspace.

Private equity firm Frontenac acquires Prime Technology Group, a Salesforce cloud partner that offers outsourced application development, managed software solutions, and healthcare data integration expertise.

Accenture acquires SAP partner Maihiro; gains customer experience (CX) & customer relationship management (CRM) software consulting experience across Europe.

AHEAD acquires Platform Consulting Group, a VMware & Pivotal Software cloud application developer. Private equity firm Court Square Capital Partners backs AHEAD.

Broadcom sells Symantec's MSSP business (known as the Cyber Security Services division) to Accenture. Broadcom retains Symantec's enterprise security software.

Private equity firm Insight Partners, parent of Kaseya, acquires Internet of Things (IoT) security startup Armis. Key reseller, MSP & MSSP partners include CriticalStart, Fishtech Group, Optiv & Presidio.