Here are five (actually, more) technology news updates, insights, chatter, and more to start your day for Friday, February 4, 2022. Suction.
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A. Today Technology, Channel Chief and MSP Partner Program News
1. ServiceNow Invests In BigID: The move to ServiceNow is in line with the company’s privacy, security and governance initiatives….
2. Desktop Backup for MSPs and SMBs: Unitrends, a Kaseya company, has launched the ION Series of desktop backup appliances and a Cyber Assurance Program. The appliances support automated disaster recovery (DR) testing, immutable storage, AI-based ransomware detection and more, Unitrends said.
3. Managed SAP Services: Lemongrass has signed a multi-year deal to migrate and manage Sarawak Energy’s SAP systems to Amazon Web Services (AWS).
4. Patch Management: JumpCloud will launch Patch Management on its cloud directory platform in Q1 2022.
5. Partnership – OpenText in Google Cloud: OpenText – parent of AppRiver, Carbonite, Webroot and Zix – has “deepened its strategic partnership” with Google Cloud by launching its OpenText Core Content as a Google Cloud service. The result: Customers can deploy the OpenText enterprise productivity suite on the Google Cloud platform.
6. Global IT Consulting – Pending Asset Sale: DXC Technologies plans to sell non-growth business units that generate approximately $ 500 million in annual revenue. Asset sales are expected to fetch $ 500 million – or a nominal analysis of 1X earnings, the company said in a earnings call this week.
B. Channel Partner Summits, MSP Conferences and Virtual Events Calendar
- Dynatrace Perform (February 7-11, Las Vegas)
- ASCII 2022 MSP Success Summit (February 16-17, Houston)
- NerdioCon 2022 (February 21-23, Cancun, Mexico)
- ThreatLocker Zero Trust World 2022 (February 21-23, Orlando, Florida)
- Addigy Innovate Summit (February 22-23, Virtual)
- The complete ChannelE2E event calendar
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