Channel markets

In the Box vs. Dropbox cloud content management battle, Box hiccups in the enterprise market while Dropbox gains traction with small businesses.

Alight Solutions acquired Adaptive Insights implementation partner Carlson Management Consulting.

Cohesity Marketplace, a new app store, could blur the lines between secondary storage and integrated applications. The goal: Help partners & customers unlock the value of their data.

Momentum Telecom of Atlanta acquires Metro Optical Solutions of New York. Metro Optical provides managed network, data, and Internet solutions to enterprise and carrier customers worldwide.

Allstate's SquareTrade acquires iCracked & PlumChoice to offer consumer & small business technology support services across North America.

Staples acquires DEX Imaging, a Tampa, Florida-based office technology provider. Big box office retailers continue to diversify their revenue streams.

RDX acquires clckwrk, a London-based Amazon Web Services (AWS) expert & an Oracle Gold Partner. RDX provides managed database services.

Google Cloud Platform (GCP) acquires Alooma to counter AWS Aurora & Redshift; Microsoft Azure SQL Data Warehouse; and Oracle Cloud Autonomous Data Warehouse.