Sales and marketingHPE GreenLake As-a-Service: Partner Sales and Revenue CluesJoe PanettieriDecember 1, 2021HPE GreenLake as-a-Service sales grow, but GreenLake remains a small slice of overall HPE revenues. Dell Apex & Cisco Plus continue competition.
Mergers and AcquisitionsAccenture Acquires Multi-Cloud MSP HeadspringJoe PanettieriDecember 1, 2021Accenture acquires Headspring. Accenture Cloud First team gains Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure & Google Cloud Platform (GCP) expertise.
Mergers and AcquisitionsAtos Acquires Salesforce Cloud Application Consulting Firm AppCentricaJoe PanettieriDecember 1, 2021Atos continues acquiring cloud consulting companies that have Salesforce, Snowflake, Mulesoft & cybersecurity expertise.
Mergers and AcquisitionsUCaaS Merger: 8×8 Acquires FuzeJoe PanettieriDecember 1, 20218x8 acquires enterprise Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS) provider Fuze for $250 million in stock & cash. UCaaS M&A activity remains strong.
Mergers and AcquisitionsMeriplex Acquires MSP Optimum NetworkingDecember 1, 2021Managed cybersecurity and IT solutions provider Meriplex has acquired managed services provider Optimum Networking.
Small businessResearch Brief: Small Business Cyber Insurance and CyberattacksDH KassDecember 1, 2021Only 17% of small businesses have cyber insurance coverage, but more than seven in 10 purchased policies after suffering cyberattacks, AdvisorSmith said.
Mergers and AcquisitionsIBM Acquires Multi-Cloud MSP, Consulting Firm SXiQJoe PanettieriNovember 30, 202110 of 20 acquisitions under IBM CEO Arvind Krishna involve cloud consulting companies, pitting IBM Consulting against Accenture & the like.
Channel marketsSix Steps to Hit Q4 Sales GoalsKendra LeeNovember 30, 2021It's crunch time - Q4 is upon us, and KLA Group's Kendra Lee has six tips for moving toward your year-end sales goals.