On Tuesday, September 21, 2021, there are exactly five (actually more) technical news updates, insights, small talk and more to start your day. Take a sip.
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A. What is brewing today: technology news
1. Mergers and acquisitions-rumors deny IT consulting: According to Reuters, French IT company Sopra Steria denied rumors that it had contact with rival Atos about a potential acquisition. Rumors of Atos acquisition have appeared many times in 2021. The global IT consulting company faces growth challenges and has been exploring potential plans to sell or divest certain managed infrastructure assets.
2. M&A-Cloud Security: F5 acquired Threat Stack, a cloud security software provider, for US$68 million. This transaction will add approximately $15 million in revenue to F5 in fiscal year 2022. The buyer stated that Threat Stack’s software provides security visibility across application infrastructure and cloud workloads.
3. Freshworks IPO: According to Reuters, Freshworks has increased its target price range for its initial public offering in the United States, which may bring the business and customer involvement software company’s valuation to nearly $9.6 billion.
4. Ransomware recovery software: Druva’s accelerated ransomware recovery module now has a planned recovery function. The company stated that the new feature “mitigates the impact of ransomware attacks and builds an uncorrupted, unencrypted, and malware-free recovery point to ensure successful recovery before launch”.
5. Executive Leader-Cyber Security Consulting: Evolver, a government-focused security consulting company, has named it Dan Jetton As the vice president of cyber security. The company in Reston, Virginia has approximately 200 employees.
6. Executive leadership-printers and office equipment: Xerox has promoted Deena LaMarque Piquion to chief marketing officer.
7. Executive leadership-logistics and asset tracking: Position Imaging specializes in omni-channel logistics fulfillment and asset tracking, adding Dick Sillman as Vice President of Engineering, Matthew Knoff as Vice President of Services, and Matt Haynes as Senior Vice President of Sales.
B. Channel partner summits, MSP meetings and virtual event calendars
1. Channel Director-SD-WAN and SASE: Aryaka has appointed Craig Patterson as its new channel director and vice president of sales for the Americas. Patterson is responsible for listing strategies in agency, resale and distribution channels.
2. Integration-IT Service Management (ITSM) and Identity Management: Avatier Identity Anywhere is now certified for use with the ServiceNow Rome platform. Avatier claims that this integration allows users to “securely connect, configure, and audit any identity or application from ServiceNow’s Now Platform Rome.”
3. Microsoft partners: Lemongrass has achieved Gold Competency in the Microsoft Partner Program.
4. Partnership-Operational Technology Management (OTM): The two companies said that Infosys and ServiceNow are working together to deploy ServiceNow Operational Technology Management (OTM) to support the manufacturing industry to digitize factories, workshops, and factory operations.
5. Distribution-Open XDR: IT Security Distribution Inc. in the Philippines has adopted Stellar Cyber Open XDR to protect customers and repair incidents in the region.
C. Channel partner summits, MSP meetings and virtual event calendars
- BigBig from Taylor Business Group (September 23-25, Arizona)
- VMware VMworld 2021 (October 5-7, virtual)
- UiPath Forward IV 2021 (October 5-6, Las Vegas)
- Google Cloud Next 2021 (October 12-14, virtual)
- Sherweb Accelerate 2021 (October 18-20, Hollywood, Florida)
- Kaseya Connect IT Global 2021 (October 19-21, Las Vegas)
- ChannelE2E’s complete event calendar
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