Channel markets

Cisco Systems is still on track to acquire Acacia Communications, the companies say, though the pending $2.6 billion deal still awaits China's approval.

Oracle SD-WAN Orchestration Cloud (OSOC) seeks to speed multi-cloud deployment, operation & integration. HPE, Masergy, Microsoft & Barracuda also make SD-WAN moves.

DXC Technology sells healthcare software business to Dedalus Group. DXC doubles down on faster-growing ServiceNow, Microsoft Dynamics & cloud services opportunities.

Eze Castle Integration, a financial services & hedge fund-focused MSP backed by private equity firm H.I.G. Capital, acquires Alphaserve Technologies.

M/C Partners backs Ascend Technologies-Infogressive merger, uniting MSP with MSSP that has Security Operations Center as a Service (SOCaaS) expertise.

Salesforce, Microsoft and AWS cloud partner XDuce acquires SANS Consulting, a New York-based IT staffing firm with financial services expertise.

Coronavirus economy: MSPs & MSSPs will win mid-market co-managed services contracts, execs from Datto, NinjaRMM & Herjavec Group predict.

HP and Zoom each announce new software & hardware solutions to help remote workers and distributed workforces boost productivity.