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A. Today’s Technology, Channel Chief and MSP Partner Program News
1. Lenders put Avaya on Notice: A group of Avaya debt holders told the company’s loan agent that they intend to call Avaya into default if the company fails to file its quarterly results at the end of a grace period, Bloomberg reported . The financial warnings come amid a big revenue shortfall, a surprise CEO change and a whistleblower investigation into Avaya.
2. MSP Software – Reality Check: What N-able’s latest quarterly results mean for the MSP market.
3. MSP Software Licensing Terms: Time for more changes?
4. MSP and ServiceNow – Legal IT Services: Frontline Managed Services, a Top 100 Vertical Market MSP providing outsourced solutions to more than 600 companies in the legal and accounting markets, has expanded its Legal IT Operations Platform powered by ServiceNow.
5. MSP and Accountancy – Cyber Services: Accounting firm EisnerAmper offers Outsourced IT Services covering cybersecurity reviews; software development and website security; breach response and disaster recovery plans; managed technology services; and custom staffing. The new services come after EisnerAmper acquired CSAM Marketing — an MSP and MSSP — in 2019.
6. Collaboration – Zerto and AWS: Zerto, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, has joined the AWS ISV Workload Migration Partner Program, which enables it to “drive and deliver AWS workload migrations and accelerate the adoption of cloud data management and protection solutions this,” insisted Zerto.
7. Collaboration – Kyndryl and Five9: Kyndryl, the enterprise MSP, has signed a global partnership and expanded relationship with Five9. The goal: Work with cloud-based contact center solutions that “deliver personalized experiences to customers and employees,” the companies say. Kyndryl has been operating since spinning off from IBM in 2021, inserting key relationships with AWS, Google, Cisco, Microsoft and others.
8. Partnership – Customer Experience: CX Effect will offer First Orion’s Branded Communication products, INFORM and ENGAGE, to “help businesses label their calls and prevent them from being blocked or flagged as scams,” the companies said.
9. Partner Program – Accounting Software: LeaseQuery’s channel partner program experienced a 287% revenue growth rate in 2022 compared to 2021, including a 92% growth rate in new customer opportunities and a 150% growth rate in active partners. However, the actual dollar figures were not disclosed.
10. Partner Program – Network Security: ABSG Consulting, a global risk management company, has joined the Fortinet Engage Partner Program.
11. More Microsoft Layoffs: Microsoft has fired a team dedicated to reinventing its appeal to consumers, telling employees of the “Modern Life Experiences” group to find another position at the company within 60 days or take a severance, Business Insider reported
12. Oracle Cloud-AT&T Partnership: AT&T has signed a new five-year agreement to run the company’s database and application workloads on the Oracle Cloud.
13. GoTo CEO Transition: GoTo has promoted CTO Paddy Srinivasan to president and CEO. Srinivasan replaces board member Mike Kohlsdorf, who has served as CEO since January 2022.
14. Google Fiber Broadband Expansion: Google Fiber plans to bring its high-speed Internet service to several cities in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Nebraska and Nevada in the next few years in its first major expansion since becoming an independent Alphabet unit in 2015, Reuters reported.