O’Ryan Johnson

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O’Ryan Johnson is a veteran news reporter. He covers the channel beat for CRN and hopes to hear from channel partners about how he can improve his coverage and write the stories they want to read. He can be reached at ojohnson@thechannelcompany.com.

Latest Stories

Accenture Lawsuit: Ex-Senior Exec Is ‘Imminent Threat’ To Trade Secrets

by O’Ryan Johnson
The massive solution provider said in a federal lawsuit that the former head of its midwest finance and risk practice “cannot help but unlawfully leverage Accenture’s confidential information and trade secrets” in her new role at a “direct competitor.”
ScanSource Plans $623 Million In Divestitures Outside U.S.

by O’Ryan Johnson
The company says the move will open opportunities to focus more on ‘digital distribution’ and ‘higher-growth, higher-margin businesses.’
Lightview Capital Buys Buchanan Technologies As More MSPs See Private Equity Interest

by O’Ryan Johnson
‘We chose Lightview because of their deep MSP sector knowledge, shared values and a strong common vision for our growth,’ says James Buchanan, CEO and founder of Buchanan Technologies.
NinjaRMM Makes Two-Factor Authentication Mandatory

by O’Ryan Johnson
‘We were weighing the pros and cons between forcing it and saying, ‘You have no choice’ and having a backlash from particular MSPs that are upset that we’re forcing them to do that, and forcing them to manage services in a certain way,’ says Rachel Spatz, vice president of marketing with NinjaRMM.
Exclusive Networks Is Aiming To Be Disruptive, And MSPs Are ‘Interested’

by O’Ryan Johnson
Exclusive Networks is a French distributor focused on security and cloud trying to break into the U.S., and boasts that it is the largest distributor of Fortinet in the world.
Conduent Mulls Sale, Further Divestiture To Reverse Fortunes

by O’Ryan Johnson
‘All opportunities are under review, both selling pieces as well as the whole company, but there’s lots of work to be done before we can give any updates in that category,’ Conduent’s interim CEO, Cliff Skelton, tells Wall Street analysts.
Study: ‘Fivefold’ Increase In Phishing Attacks On State And Local Governments In Past Three Years

by O’Ryan Johnson
The National Association of State Chief Information Officers reports a significant increase in ransomware at state and local government but notes that while states may still be searching for ways to pay for security, the good news for MSPs is that they appear to be outsourcing more of their IT needs.
Dropbox Recruiting MSPs With Deal On ‘Low-Hanging Fruit’

by O’Ryan Johnson
‘We can take a look at your entire customer base and run a query on all those accounts and see who is using Dropbox Business already, and if they are, we can flip that business your way and you can get paid on the business that they’re already paying for,’ Zach Evans, partner account manager, tells MSPs at XChange 2019.
Pax8 Platform Redesign A Hit With Partners

by O’Ryan Johnson
When a partner searches for a vendor now, the search also retrieves contextual information around that vendor’s product, including catalogs, quotes, subscriptions and usage data, says Pax8 CTO Michael Dehmlow.
DXC Teams With Google Cloud As Customers Shift Workloads

by O’Ryan Johnson
The move comes as the company announced lower revenues, which sent its share price plunging to its lowest-ever point, down $16.72 or 32.37 percent in Friday morning trading
ePlus Gets A-Plus From Wall Street As Security Solutions Boost Revenue

by O’Ryan Johnson
‘Given the critical need to protect cyberinfrastructure against cyberthreats, we expect security to be a growing contributor for us and we continue to be a thought leader and evolve our solution set in this area,’ says ePlus President and CEO Mark Marron following the solution provider’s first-quarter earnings report.
Conduent Names Interim CEO, Suspends Search For Replacement

by O’Ryan Johnson
Interim CEO Cliff Skelton, who joined the company in May from Fiserv Output Solutions, is a former Naval Aviator and squadron commander. He was previously CTO at Ally Financial.
Tyler Technologies Grows On Big SaaS Wins, Looks To Cloud Future

by O’Ryan Johnson
The company is seeing a big uptick of local and state governments embracing cloud, leading CEO Lynn Moore to question the company’s ‘cloud-agnostic’ model.
Perspecta Buys Knight Point For $250 Million In First Acquisition

by O’Ryan Johnson
‘This is a great first acquisition for Perspecta that fits within our capital allocation model and strengthens our capability set,’ Chantilly, Va.-based Perspecta President and CEO Mac Curtis says in a statement.
5 Companies That Came To Win This Week

by O’Ryan Johnson
For the week ending Aug. 2, CRN takes a look at the companies that brought their 'A' game to the channel.

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Latest Stories

Accenture Lawsuit: Ex-Senior Exec Is ‘Imminent Threat’ To Trade Secrets

by O’Ryan Johnson

ScanSource Plans $623 Million In Divestitures Outside U.S.

by O’Ryan Johnson

Lightview Capital Buys Buchanan Technologies As More MSPs See Private Equity Interest

by O’Ryan Johnson

NinjaRMM Makes Two-Factor Authentication Mandatory

by O’Ryan Johnson

Exclusive Networks Is Aiming To Be Disruptive, And MSPs Are ‘Interested’

by O’Ryan Johnson

Conduent Mulls Sale, Further Divestiture To Reverse Fortunes

by O’Ryan Johnson

Study: ‘Fivefold’ Increase In Phishing Attacks On State And Local Governments In Past Three Years

by O’Ryan Johnson

Dropbox Recruiting MSPs With Deal On ‘Low-Hanging Fruit’

by O’Ryan Johnson

Pax8 Platform Redesign A Hit With Partners

by O’Ryan Johnson

DXC Teams With Google Cloud As Customers Shift Workloads

by O’Ryan Johnson

ePlus Gets A-Plus From Wall Street As Security Solutions Boost Revenue

by O’Ryan Johnson

Conduent Names Interim CEO, Suspends Search For Replacement

by O’Ryan Johnson

Tyler Technologies Grows On Big SaaS Wins, Looks To Cloud Future

by O’Ryan Johnson

Perspecta Buys Knight Point For $250 Million In First Acquisition

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