Mergers and AcquisitionsUniverus Inc Acquires SAP Partner Blue Ocean SystemsMay 18, 2021Univerus Inc. has acquired SAP partner Blue Ocean Systems to gain software development expertise and increase its prospective market reach.
Mergers and AcquisitionsAccenture Acquires French MSP LinkbynetMay 17, 2021The acquisition of Linkbynet, its cloud expertise and many certifications will improve Accenture’s Cloud First business, the company said.
Channel partner programsPure Storage Unveils New Channel Benefits, Rewards for PartnersSharon FlorentineMay 14, 2021Pure Storage unveiled new incentives and rewards for channel partners to help drive growth for its Pure-as-a-service offerings.
Mergers and AcquisitionsCarbon60 Acquires AWS, Azure, GCP Partner OpsGuruMay 14, 2021Carbon60 has acquired AWS, Azure and Google Cloud partner OpsGuru, a multi-cloud and DevOps consultancy based in Vancouver.
NetworkingBig MSSP Essentially Up for SaleJoe PanettieriMay 14, 2021Trustwave, a major MSSP (managed security services provider) owned by Singtel, appears to be up for sale, MSSP Alert reports.
MSPIncoming New Relic CEO Vows to Improve MSP, Channel EngagementsJoe PanettieriMay 14, 2021New Relic CEO: Bill Staples succeeding founder Lew Cirne. Staples vows to improve "lagging" MSP self-service tools, channel partner engagements.
IT managementAmazon, Microsoft, Google Capture Public Cloud MarketshareSharon FlorentineMay 13, 2021Worldwide public cloud services grew 24.1% in 2020 with AWS, Google, Microsoft, Oracle and Salesforce capturing the bulk of revenues.
