Channel markets

QTS Realty Trust (NYSE: QTS) has acquired VMware vCloud Government Service, a FedRAMP compliant cloud solution. VMware will focus on multi-cloud management.

TriCore Solutions is buying up Oracle & SAP partners. TriCore's latest acquisition is Database Specialists, an Oracle managed services provider (MSP).

How can CIOs more effectively engage MSPs (managed services providers) for their IT outsourcing needs? Logicalis US offers this 11-point CIO-MSP checklist.

Special Counsel has acquired of D4 -- which specializes in eDiscovery managed services, information governance, computer forensics and deposition solutions.

How Splunk transformed from a freemium log management and query tool for IT and security nerds to a leading security analytics & operations platform.

AT&T has confirmed "relatively modest" layoff plans, which include AT&T management job cuts that will arrive sometime in 2016.

AppDynamics & New Relic (NYSE: NEWR) will host rival conferences in mid-November. All eyes will be on the Application Performance Management (APM) market.