Channel Brief: Ingram Micro Cuts 850 in Latest Layoffs

Managed services provider Integris is recapitalizing through OMERS Private Equity, a leading institutional investor, the company announced yesterday.

This recapitalization follows Integris’ four-year partnership with Chicago-based private equity firm Frontenac. Frontenac helped establish Integris’ employee base through a successful four-company merger and went on to help the company acquire an additional four companies in the past two years.

OMERS Private Equity is the private equity investment arm of OMERS, one of Canada’s largest defined benefit pension plans serving over 620,000 municipal employees.

The partnership will fuel Integris’ expansion goals through new acquisitions, organic growth, and continued investment in its employee base, Integris said in a statement.

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Today’s Tech, Channel and MSP News

1. Ingram Micro lays off 850: In a restructuring move, technology distributor Ingram Micro announced it will cut nearly 850 employees by the end of the first quarter of 2025. CEO Paul Bay announced the cuts in a letter to employees, as CRN reported. CRN said the restructuring includes integrating Ingram Micro’s digital and information technology teams to reduce costs and eliminate redundancies, transforming the company’s historical shared services model into an exception-based model, and streamlining selected country, business, and functional organizations.

2. ServiceNow, AWS expand partnership: ServiceNow and Amazon Web Services (AWS) expanded their strategic collaboration with new capabilities to accelerate AI‑driven business transformation, the companies said in a statement. A new connector enables the seamless use of multimodal models developed and trained on Amazon Bedrock for GenAI‑powered workflows in the Now Platform to boost the development and deployment of GenAI solutions. Additional automation solutions and integrations to seamlessly manage security incidents and procurement are now available on the AWS Marketplace.

3. Trustwave launches new MSFT security accelerators: MSSP Trustwave has launched two new Microsoft Security accelerators designed to help organizations quickly improve their security maturity and identify cost-savings opportunities, the company said. These accelerators – the Accelerator for Microsoft Purview and the Accelerator for Microsoft Entra ID – are the latest additions to Trustwave’s Microsoft Security accelerator program. The Microsoft Purview accelerator offers enhanced data governance and compliance to better safeguard sensitive information. The accelerator for Microsoft Entra ID adds strengthened identity and access management with robust authentication mechanisms and device management capabilities.

4. Atera names three new execs: AI-enabled IT management platform Atera announced three new C-suite executive appointments this week. Noam Vander joins Atera as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). With over 15 years of cybersecurity experience, including his previous role as CISO at Fiverr, Noam will oversee all cybersecurity, privacy, and risk management efforts at Atera. Nir Elharar moves into the role of Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). Having served as VP of marketing at Atera for the past 2.5 years, Nir has played a crucial role in scaling the marketing department and leading creative campaigns, as well as the launch of Atera's AI Copilot. As CMO, he will continue to drive Atera's brand strategy and market positioning. Prior to Atera, after spending years at Google, Nir held leadership roles at Outbrain and Duda. Emanuel Kanievsky moves into the role of Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) after serving as global VP of sales, where he built and scaled Atera's revenue engine. Emanuel brings extensive expertise in Enterprise software, SaaS growth, and strategic partnerships, honed through leadership roles at Microsoft, Sisense, and SysAid Technologies, as well as LinkedIn-acquired Oribi. He will now oversee Atera's revenue-driving teams, focusing on growth, customer acquisition, and the launch of the highly anticipated Autopilot. Congratulations!

5. Nucleus Security partners with SecurityScorecard: Nucleus Security is teaming up with SecurityScorecard in a partnership that provides seamless integration of SecurityScorecard's scoring data into the Nucleus Security platform to create a comprehensive view of company risk, the companies said. This integration enables customers to import SecurityScorecard data directly into Nucleus projects for comprehensive risk analysis and reporting. The SecurityScorecard connector for the Nucleus platform supports importing issues for individual company scorecards, all company scorecards within a portfolio, and all company scorecards within all portfolios.

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