Here are five (actually, far more…) technology news updates, insights, chatter, and plenty more to start your day for Friday, September 13, 2019.
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B. Freshly Brewed News and Chatter
1. M&A - Managed Print Services: Novatech, backed by private equity firm Trivest Partners, has acquired Copy & Camera, a managed print services (MPS) provider in Lafayette, Louisiana.
2. M&A - Data Centers: NYI has acquired a data center in Chicago, apparently from Navisite. As you may recall, RDX recently acquired Navisite.
3. M&A - Identity and Access Management: HID Global, an Austin, Texas-based provider of trusted identity solutions, has acquired HydrantID, a Salt Lake City, Utah-based provider of management and automation services.
4. VC Misconduct?: The FBI is investigating a venture capital fund started by Facebook board member Peter Thiel, Vox reports. The investigation involves concerns about alleged financial misconduct...
5. Managed Database Services: AWS announced Amazon Quantum Ledger Database (QLDB) is now available. QLDB is a fully managed service that provides a "high-performance, immutable, and cryptographically verifiable ledger for applications that need a central, trusted authority to provide a permanent and complete record of transactions across industries like retail, finance, manufacturing, insurance, and human resources," AWS asserts.
6. Microsoft Surface Event: Microsoft will unveil new Surface hardware offerings and developments during an October 2 event in New York.
7. Talent - Office Equipment Management: UBEO Business Services of Austin, Texas, has made three key executive moves. The updates include:
- William “Bill” Gardner as CFO
- Chris Callaway as VP and GM of San Antonio and the surrounding marketplace; and
- Yvonne Brown as director of finance.
8. Talent - Symantec Layoffs: The latest details are here.
9. Talent - Cloud Services: Goldman Sachs has hired AWS veteran Marco Argent as co-chief information officer.
10. Customer Experience Monitoring: Nectar Services Corp. has launched Nectar Customer Experience (CX) Assurance -- which offers customer experience assurance testing and monitoring for contact center and IVR teams.
C. Channel Partner Programs and Strategic Alliances: MSPs, CSPs, ISVs, VARs
1. Cisco's MSP Partner Strategy: For the second time in two days, Cisco Systems is providing new clues about its growing work with MSPs...
2. Data Protection: HYCU and Daiwabo Information System Co. are partnering to promote enterprise cloud backup and recovery solutions in Japan.
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D. Next Five Technology Conferences
- Oracle OpenWorld 2019 (September 15-19, San Francisco)
- IT Glue GlueX 2019 (September 15-17, Phoenix)
- Pure Storage Accelerate 2019 (September 15-18, Austin, Texas)
- Cisco Contact Center Summit 2019 (September 17-19, Hollywood, Florida)
- New Relic FutureStack (September 19, New York)
- Bonus: ChannelE2E’s complete event calendar
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