Channel markets

Digital transformation services provider DMI, backed by private equity firm OceanSound Partners, buys government IT services provider Aurotech.

M&A activity involving ServiceNow Elite Partners & ecosystem members is strong ahead of ServiceKnow Knowledge Live 2022 conferences.

Miii MSP acquires Canadian IT solutions provider Triella. Miii MSP's target acquisitions involve SMB IT solutions providers with at least $1.5 million in annual revenue.

Big data, analytics and intelligence software and services company NowVertical Group Inc. (NOW) has acquired Allegient Defense, Inc.

Ascend, backed by private equity firm M/C Partners, buys Peters & Associates. Gains MSP & managed SIEM (security information & event management) capabilities.

EY (Ernst & Young) continues to acquire IT consulting firms that have application, cybersecurity & managed services expertise.

Microsoft buys Minit, a process mining software provider that works with robotic process automation (RPA) tools such as UiPath, Automation Anywhere & Blueprism.

Intel Xeon running Granulate software may help channel partners to optimize cloud & on-premises customer workloads, and drive down infrastructure costs.