This week’s 10 most-read channel partner and MSP news, columns, blogs, editorials and research involved:
10. New Relic for sale?: Private equity firms may be interested in acquiring an application performance monitoring (APM) and observability software company, the report suggests.
9. IT By Design and N-able Partner: MSPs using N-central have a unified NOC and RMM (remote monitoring and management).
8. PwC Acquires Azure and AWS Cloud Consulting Expertise: PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC) is buying two cloud consulting firms specializing in Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure.
7. SAP acquires Askdata: SAP acquires areas of expertise that include artificial intelligence, augmented analytics, search-driven analytics and natural language processing.
6. Selling Nokia Managed Services Business?: That’s the rumor…
5. MSP and Technology M&A List for 2022: We have tracked more than 650 M&A deals involving MSPs, IT consulting companies and software firms in the first half of 2022.
4. Accenture M&A List: The global IT consulting firm continues to acquire cloud, MSP, MSSP, e-commerce and digital agency companies. Here’s a look at over 110 Accenture acquisitions.
3. The Citrix Debt Financing Challenge Is a Warning Signal for Private Equity Buyouts: The $16.5 billion private equity buyout of Citrix Systems is missing a key ingredient: A $15 billion debt sale to finance the deal. Here’s why MSPs should be careful.
2. Avaya Board Fires CEO, Layoffs Coming?: The struggling unified communications company is planning to cut costs amid strong revenue and a lack of revenue. Are Avaya layoffs next?
1. Accenture acquires Solvera: The latest tuck-in deal includes ServiceNow, Microsoft and SAP application expertise.