Channel investors

Ntvia acquires HigherGround, creating a managed IT services provider (MSP) & IT consulting firm with cloud & cybersecurity expertise serving 900 customers.

Pluribus Technologies acquires Salesforce partner Assured Software Ltd. Tequity, an M&A advisory firm for software & IT services, advises on the acquisition.

Pensare acquires Cisco Systems MSP & an unnamed IT solutions provider for $115 million. Seeks to build national cloud-managed unified communications provider.

UBEO Business Services, a printer, copier & document management solutions company, acquires AmPan Business Systems -- a provider of multifunction office equipment.

Network Computing Solutions, a Topeka, Kansas, IT solutions provider, acquires Power On Technologies -- a managed IT services provider (MSP).

U.S.-based financial markets technology services provider Pico acquires Corvil, a Dublin, Ireland-based analytics firm.

Managed IT & cloud hosting provider SysGroup acquires Hub Network Services, an MSP in Bristol, England, for approximately US$1.8 million.