CSPs

Equinix (NASDAQ: EQIX) appears poised to acquire Verizon's (NYSE: VZ) data center business for about $3.5 billion, according to Cowen & CO.

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

eFolder has hired Francois Daumard as senior VP of worldwide sales. Daumard is a well-known channel advocate who has held key roles at AVG Technologies, Microsoft, IBM and Apple.

BCM One's recent buyout of CloudStrategies creates an even larger Microsoft Cloud, Office 365 & Skype channel partner. BCM One Co-CEO Frank Ahearn explains.

Accenture (NYSE:ACN) is acquiring DayNine, a cloud consulting firm focused on Workday (NYSE: WDAY) SaaS deployments.

MessageOps launched, built & sold 365 Command to Kaseya. Now, Chris Pyle & MessageOps are playing an MSP & cloud management encore.

Office 365 & Azure cloud management & monitoring tools will dominate Microsoft Ignite 2016. AvePoint, Cloudyn, GSX Solutions & SolarWinds will make moves.

Eduardo Kassner's new role signals Microsoft's (MSFT) growing Azure cloud emphasis within Worldwide Partner Group (WPG). Watch for him at Ignite 2016.