Vertical marketsAuxilio Acquires CynergisTek for Healthcare IT ServicesJoe PanettieriJanuary 17, 2017Auxilio acquires CynergisTek to push deeper into healthcare IT services -- particularly privacy & security. The deal's valuation is 6.86 times EBITDA.
Data centersHPE Acquires SimpliVity, Counters Hyperconverged Rival NutanixJoe PanettieriJanuary 17, 2017HP Enterprise's SimpliVity acquisition targets the Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) market vs. Nutanix, Dell-EMC, VMware & Cisco. But Azure, AWS loom.
Mergers and AcquisitionsESOP Tips: How to Sell Your Company to An Employee Stock Ownership PlanJoe PanettieriJanuary 17, 2017ESOP Tips: How Phacil, a midsize IT services provider, transitioned to an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP).
EnterpriseIBM to Acquire Lloyds Banking Group Data Centers?Joe PanettieriJanuary 13, 2017Report: In a potential outsourcing arrangement, IBM may acquire Lloyds Bank Group's data centers -- and then manage Lloyd's IT workloads.
Mergers and AcquisitionsPerficient Acquires RAS & Associates for Vertical Market IT ConsultingJoe PanettieriJanuary 11, 2017Perficient (an Adobe, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle and Salesforce partner) acquires RAS & Associates, a $9 million vertical market management & IT consultancy.
Channel partner programsBarracuda CEO Credits Microsoft, Amazon, MSP Partner MomentumJoe PanettieriJanuary 10, 2017Barracuda Networks' momentum involves cloud partnerships with Amazon, Microsoft & Google, & MSP relationships serving SMB customers, CEO BJ Jenkins says.
Channel partner eventsCitrix Simplifies Cloud, Mobile Management Game Plan for PartnersJoe PanettieriJanuary 9, 2017Citrix Summit 2017: Channel Chief Craig Stilwell describes partner opportunities involving Workspace Suite, NetScaler, XenApp, XenDesktop, and SD-WAN.
Channel technologiesAtlassian Acquires Trello: Service Desk Meets Project ManagementJoe PanettieriJanuary 9, 2017Atlassian acquires Trello for $425 million; converges JIRA Service Desk and project management platforms for IT support, DevOps and managed services.
