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ManTech Selling To Carlyle In Deal Valued At $4.2 Billion
by Joseph F. Kovar
The deal, slated to close in the second half of the year, would give investment firm Carlyle one of the leading providers of security, data analytics, and hardware and software solutions to the defense, intelligence, and civilian agencies of the U.S. government.
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Rackspace Faces Potential Reorganization, Sale: ‘Everything Is On The Table’
by C.J. Fairfield
‘Rackspace Technology recently completed an in-depth strategic review of our company. As we completed this strategic review, and also based on inbound interest for one of our businesses, we concluded that a sum of the parts valuation of Rackspace Technology could be greater than our current enterprise value,’ says Rackspace CEO Kevin Jones on the company’s earnings call.
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GoTo Channel Chief: Partnerships Are Integral To Our Success
by C.J. Fairfield
‘A channel can be very much associated with just being transactional, but we want to have true partnerships, partnerships working together to impact this market in a positive way,’ says Michael Day, GoTo channel chief.
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ScanSource CEO: MSPs Becoming A ‘Source Of Growth’ For The Distributor
by Joseph F. Kovar
‘What we’re finding in the U.K. and in Brazil is that this idea of ScanSource providing additional capabilities, and this is more on the recurring revenue and the Software-as-a-Service area, those capabilities, which we really are just starting to exploit in the U.S., are bringing us MSP customers,’ says ScanSource CEO Mike Baur.
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5 Companies That Came To Win This Week
by Rick Whiting
For the week ending May 6, CRN takes a look at the companies that brought their ‘A’ game to the channel.
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CDW CEO: Supply Chain Issues Are An Opportunity
by C.J. Fairfield
‘The supply chain is what it is. It’s not getting better and it’s not getting worse. Some pockets are getting better, some pockets are getting more difficult and we‘re going to be living with this through 2022 if not into 2023. It’s a matter of who manages it the best, and I think we’re doing a really good job of that,’ says Christine A. Leahy, CDW president and CEO.
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NinjaOne Taps Connectwise, Liongard Vet Adam Slutskin As Chief Channel Advisor
by C.J. Fairfield
‘With what’s going on in the space with Datto and Kaseya merging, there’s no doubt that Ninja continues to be positioned better and better,’ says Adam Slutskin, NinjaOne’s chief channel advisor. ‘Ninja is now part of the core four. The future is just on tap for Ninja.’
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Insight Taps Capgemini Veteran Dee Burger As President Of North America Business
by C.J. Fairfield
“The stakes — and the opportunities — are greater than ever as organizations everywhere face a wide range of shifting priorities,” says Dee Burger, Insight president of North America business. “Through our wealth of technical expertise, high-impact solutions and broad partner resources, Insight is well-positioned to drive the transformation initiatives that are most critical to our clients’ futures.”
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Arrow Electronics Taps Sean Kerins As The Distributor’s New CEO
by C.J. Fairfield
“I am honored to lead this company into the future,” says Kerins in a statement. “It truly has been a privilege to work with Mike and the talented Arrow team for the past almost 15 years. I look forward to our continued focus on driving profitable growth and value creation for our shareholders, suppliers, customers, and employees.”
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5 Companies That Came To Win This Week
by Rick Whiting
For the week ending April 29 CRN takes a look at the companies that brought their ‘A’ game to the channel.
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Avnet CEO Phil Gallagher: Revenue, Growth Strong Despite Economic Environment
by Joseph F. Kovar
‘Our continued investments in digital and design tools and field application engineers are paying off as demonstrated by another solid quarter of design and engineering activity across all regions. These high levels of design registrations and wins in prior quarters resulted in yet another quarter of record demand creation of sales and gross profit,’ says Avnet CEO Phil Gallagher.
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MSP CEO Leading The Charge To Give Back To Veterans And His Community
by Rachael Espaillat
“I‘ve always thought in my whole life, that boy, it be nice to be that rich guy that could give back and do stuff. Well, I’m not that rich guy, but I can give back,” Pat Grillo, CEO, Atrion Communication Resources says.
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IT Skills Gap Is Significantly Increasing: Midmarket Survey
by C.J. Fairfield
When it comes to the IT skills gap, 44 percent of survey respondents at the Midsize Enterprise Summit said they balance legacy skills with the development of new skills, 16 percent said they were continuing to develop skills internally and 25 percent said they have a comprehensive critical skills gap across IT and will retain and hire new talent as needed.
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Kaseya CEO Fred Voccola: ConnectWise Investor Thoma Bravo Focused On ‘Cost Reduction’ While We Invest In ‘Growth’
by C.J. Fairfield
“When Thoma [Bravo] put ConnectWise and Continuum together it was about, ‘Let’s get everything offshore,’” says Kaseya CEO Fred Voccola. “They cut costs massively, and as a CEO that sucks. It’s not fun. This is fun. This is growth, and let’s create, so I’m looking forward to it.”
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