Data centersEquinix Closes $3.6 Billion Verizon Data Center PurchaseAshley SmithMay 1, 2017Equinix completes its $3.6 billion all-cash acquisition of 29 Verizon data centers, adding hundreds of new customers, CEO Steve Smith says.
Mergers and AcquisitionsCisco Buying Viptela for SD-WAN CapabilitiesJoe PanettieriMay 1, 2017Cisco Systems acquires Viptela, an SD-WAN company, for $610 million. Vpitela CTO Khalid Raza set to rejoin Cisco Systems.
Mergers and AcquisitionsHe Sold His MSP One Year Ago: Passportal CEO Colin Knox Shares Lessons LearnedTy TrumbullApril 28, 2017Passportal CEO Colin Knox, a former MSP co-owner, shares these four tips for MSPs that are looking to sell their businesses.
Mergers and AcquisitionsIT Solutions Provider Merger: Superior Controls, Banks IntegrationDan KobialkaApril 26, 2017Superior Controls & Banks Integration Group merger scales combined company for industrial automation & IT solutions.
Business continuityDell EMC Sells Spanning Cloud Backup to Private Equity FirmAshley SmithApril 21, 2017Dell EMC sells Spanning cloud data protection business to private equity firm Insight Venture Partners. Where will CEO Jeff Erramouspe take Spanning next?
CSPsMicrosoft Buying Cloudyn for Azure, Amazon AWS Cloud Monitoring, Cost Management?Joe PanettieriApril 20, 2017Report: Microsoft may acquire Cloudyn, a SaaS tool for managing customers' cloud costs across Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and more.
Sales and marketingStock Market Bubble?: 4 Technology Valuation, SMB Warning Signs for 2018Joe PanettieriApril 18, 20174 reasons SMB optimism may be overblown: Private equity buyout valuations. Misleading PE investment returns. Student loan debt. Money-losing cloud startups.
EnterpriseHPE Closes $1 billion Nimble All Flash Array Storage DealAshley SmithApril 17, 2017HP Enterprise (HPE) completes the $1 billion Nimble buyout for all flash array storage. Executive VP Antonio Neri explains the upside.
