Channel markets

Carbonite, parent of Webroot, is acquired by OpenText for $1.42 billion. The Carbonite & Webroot acquisition comes after several weeks of negotiations with multiple bidders.

Capco, owned by private equity firmCD&R, acquires ATOM Solutions. Capco's consulting expertise includes financial services, energy & commodities trading.

Government systems integrator Aventura Technologies & several employees face fraud, money laundering & illegal importation charges related to Chinese IT equipment, federal prosecutors say.

Private equity firm Lumerity Capital invests in Effectual, a cloud-first managed IT services provider (MSP) and consultancy led by Datapipe veterans.

SoftwareOne acquires BNW Consulting. SAP partner migrates customer applications to Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP) & Microsoft Azure public clouds.

Cisco Designed for Business offers big opportunities for small business MSPs and VARs, Marc Monday asserts. Details from Cisco Partner Summit 2019.

Xerox sends buyout proposal to HP Inc., PC giant seems to confirm. Will HP seek a higher buyout price or alternative bidders?

Printer Pro Soutions Inc (PPSI) acquires Encore Images, a managed print services company in Marblehead, Massachusetts.