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Datto Taps Splunk Executive As New Marketing Chief
by Joseph F. Kovar
Brooke Cunningham left Splunk to become the new CMO at Datto, where she takes over a role that has been empty since the former executive in that position, Matthew Richards, left to take the marketing lead at Aqua Security.
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Ensono Acquires ExperSolve In Mainframe Modernization Play
by Joseph F. Kovar
‘One of our strengths is that we were founded at the core as a mainframe services company. In today’s world, as we provide mainframe services, we also provide C-level executives at our clients with choices,‘ says Larry Goldberg, Ensono’s senior vice president of advisory and consulting services.
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NWN Carousel Targets Hybrid Work Market With New Product
by Joseph F. Kovar
‘We’ve been delivering hybrid work environments for over 20 years, and we‘ve become a strong expert in this space. ... When COVID hit, our growth really accelerated. When “hybrid work” got noticed, we had already been doing it. We didn’t pivot to hybrid work because of COVID. We were already there,‘ says NWN Carousel CEO Jim Sullivan.
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Cloud Solution Provider ConvergeOne Acquires Integration Partners
by Joseph F. Kovar
‘Speaking for me and my partner, we’re super proud of the company we built and the people that work at Integration Partners. And we felt the acquisition by ConvergeOne will be a good opportunity for growth for both ConvergeOne and the employees at Integration Partners,‘ says David Nahabedian, Integration Partners principal and co-founder.
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Solution Provider GDT Gets Investment, Plans More Acquisitions
by Joseph F. Kovar
‘The hyper growth that we are expecting to get from the new leadership and the investments in hiring new reps, new solutions architects, and engineers across the country, and then underpinned by ability to do a couple acquisitions, will help us hyper-accelerate some of the areas that we want to focus on,’ says GDT CEO Tom Ducatelli.
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Secret To MSP Citon’s Success: Delivering On A ‘Handshake’
by Steven Burke
‘We always did what we said we were going to do,’ says Citon Computer cofounder and CEO Steven Dastoor. ‘That was the most important thing. We delivered on a handshake.’
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Lawsuit: CDW, Other Firm Hijacked IP From VAR
by Joseph F. Kovar
Contour Data Solutions is suing its client Gridforce, Gridforce’s parent company NAES, and CDW for stealing an IT system Contour designed for Gridforce, alleging that Gridforce/NAES asked CDW to help finish a ‘lift and shift’ of that IT system and that all the parties were completely aware that that ‘lift and shift’ was actually theft of Contour’s intellectual property.
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TD Synnex Shifts Two Exec Roles, Reshapes Its Partner Communities
by Joseph F. Kovar
TD Synnex has brought the Varnex, TechSelect, and Stellr communities into a single new umbrella organization called CommunitySolv under the leadership of long-time channel icon Sammy Kinlaw, while former Varnex lead Stegner takes on a wider marketing role for the distributor.
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ConnectWise Acquires SmileBack To Help MSPs Gain Customer Feedback
by Joseph F. Kovar
‘SmileBack is allowing partners to get feedback from their customers on what is going well and where any challenges are. We will provide our partners with more insights to help them increase their customer retention,’ April Taylor, ConnectWise vice president of product management, tells CRN.
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CDW To ‘Expand And Scale’ As $2.5B Sirius Acquisition Closes
by Mark Haranas
In one of the largest channel mergers in history, CDW has closed its $2.5 billion acquisition of Sirius Computer Solutions. Here’s what you need to know.
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The Channel Angle: Tips to Accelerate Data-Driven Insights and Boost Business Intelligence
by CRN Contributor
‘Using data resources effectively allows organizations to align services or products directly with customer feedback, increase business intelligence maturity, and forecast future trends,’ writes Synoptek’s Debbie Zelten in The Channel Angle.
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ConnectWise CEO Jason Magee: ‘Those Rumors, Not True’
by C.J. Fairfield
‘They’ve become prominent enough where it’s better to address it and say, ‘These rumors aren’t true,’ and just put it to bed,’ says Evan Leonard, CEO of CHIPS Technology Group. ‘If they can maintain a leadership group, then that will help the company continually move forward in the industry.’
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Domino Data Lab Allies With TCS, Nvidia To Develop Advanced Computing Managed Service
by Rick Whiting
Domino’s MLOps software will serve as the front end of a new high performance computing service Tata Consulting Service has launched based on Nvidia DGX hardware.
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FBI Director: Kaseya’s ‘Swift Response’ Yielded REvil Ransomware Attack Arrests
by Joseph F. Kovar
‘Kaseya’s swift response allowed the FBI and our partners to quickly figure out which of its customers were hit, and for us to quickly share with Kaseya and its customers information about what the adversaries were doing, what to look for, and how the companies could best address the danger,’ said FBI Director Christopher Wray at a press conference Monday.
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