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Netrix’s New CEO: More Acquisitions, Hiring On The Way
by Joseph F. Kovar
‘We’ll continue to focus around cybersecurity and digital transformation, continue to offer application development, and provide IT managed services both in the traditional IT MSP space as well as the MSSP space. We’re really focusing on the recurring services we can offer mid-market to enterprise businesses,’ says Russ Reeder, CEO of Netrix.
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Paul Bay Takes Ingram Micro CEO Role, Alain Monie Moves To Executive Chairman
by Joseph F. Kovar
Bay, who has been at Ingram Micro for about 24 years, takes over as CEO during a time of big change in IT distribution, just six months after Ingram Micro was acquired by Platinum Equity and rivals Tech Data and Synnex merged to form TD Synnex and is now the world’s largest IT distributor.
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Microsoft Partner Sa.global Acquires Chicago MSP, Stregthening North American Presence
by C.J. Fairfield
“Sa.global has a lot of global customers with American operations, and Dynamic Consulting had a lot of American customers with global operations, so I think this acquisition will help make that a seamless transaction for our customers.”– Jonathan Stypula, new president of sa.global Americas.
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MSP Corp Exec: Talent Shortage To Get Worse Before Improving
by C.J. Fairfield
‘[MSPs] need to automate more and reduce the repetitive tasks that the staff are doing. You can service more customers with less staff but you can also have your experienced people focus on what they’re good at and less on the initial general repetitive tasks,’ says David Papp, chief technology officer for MSP Corp.
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5 Companies That Came To Win This Week
by Rick Whiting
For the week ending Jan. 7, CRN takes a look at the companies that brought their ‘A’ game to the channel.
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ITsavvy Acquires TRA’s K-12 Computing Unit To Scale Virtual Learning
by C.J. Fairfield
“Virtual learning today combined with artificial intelligence tomorrow is going to significantly change the nature of how students learn. We think that our ability to be at the forefront of educators, students and technology will enable us to continue to evolve this platform to serve the ecosystem and then deliver to this rapid change that we believe is coming.”¬–said Munu Gandhi, ITsavvy president and COO.
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Log4j Vulnerability: How Two MSPs Reacted To The Massive Exploit
by C.J. Fairfield
‘It’s one of the challenges with these kinds of vulnerabilities when they’re so critical,’ he says. ‘The community moves very rapidly to patch the open-source project but you often don’t get a perfect patch. There’s still more testing going on but it’s really important for businesses to really keep pace as these fixes come out because they’re still fairly critical,’ says Eric Walk, director of data solutions at Perficient, a St. Louis-based solution provider.
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Wipro To Acquire Cybersecurity Firm Edgile For $230M
by C.J. Fairfield
‘Adding Edgile’s strategic consulting capabilities and launching Wipro CyberTransform are significant milestones on our journey to becoming the trusted partner to security leaders and boardroom stakeholders,’ says Tony Buffomante, senior vice president and global head of cybersecurity & risk services at Wipro Limited.
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AWS, Oracle Partner Syntax Sees Growth Opportunities After $300M Funding
by C.J. Fairfield
‘We continue to be very active on the M&A front. We will continue building capabilities and acquiring capabilities in the market to be more for our customer and continue expanding our footprint and being their trusted partner of choice,’ says Christian Primeau, global CEO of Syntax.
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Huntress’ John Hammond: Log4j Could Have Been ‘Ransomware Armageddon’
by C.J. Fairfield
‘It’s very evident that a lot of the technology, a lot of security stacks, a lot of software stacks that managed service providers use are still going to be affected by this. This affects so much, it’s ubiquitous. There’s no mistake, small and mid-market businesses and MSPs are going to see the effects,’ says John Hammond, senior security researcher at Huntress.
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Ingram Micro Unloads Commerce & Lifecycle Services In $3B Deal
by Joseph F. Kovar
The deal with France-based CMA CGM will give Ingram Micro and Platinum Equity, its private equity owner after acquiring the distributor this year for $7.2 billion, a big $3-billion war chest for further acquisitions and investments into its core technology business.
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5 Companies That Came To Win This Week
by Rick Whiting
For the week ending Dec. 2 CRN takes a look at the companies that brought their ‘A’ game to the channel.
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