Channel technologies

StorageCraft Technology acquires Exablox for flash- & HDD-based scale-out NAS storage solutions. Here's how StorageCraft & Exablox partners may benefit.

General Communications Inc. (GCI), an Alaska-based IT services provider, acquires Northpoint Consulting, a network consulting firm in Seattle, Wash.

Cincinnati Bell deploys FinancialForce Professional Services Automation (PSA) for 1,400 employees. Is FinancialForce's enterprise PSA momentum accelerating?

Datavail acquires Microsoft Dynamics CRM and SharePoint partner Navantis. Datavail is an MSP focused on database management services.

Cloud-based managed services market forecast, research & growth figures from Technavio. Covers managed security, mobility, hosting & network services,

Infrascale is now a Google Cloud Platform Technology Provider. That could lead to faster failover and improved business continuity for VAR & MSP customers.

HP Enterprise's SimpliVity acquisition targets the Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) market vs. Nutanix, Dell-EMC, VMware & Cisco. But Azure, AWS loom.