Channel Brief: TD Synnex, Accenture Federal Services

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A. Today’s Tech, Channel and MSP News

1. Stock sale - TD Synnex announced a proposed secondary public offering of 9,000,000 shares of its common stock currently held by certain entities managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, Inc. TD Synnex is not selling any shares of its common stock and will not receive any proceeds from the sale of the shares by the selling stockholders in the offering.

2. Government cloud partnership - Accenture Federal Services is partnering with Microsoft to launch a first-of-its-kind, end-to-end, Cloud Modernization and Migration Factory on Microsoft Azure Government to meet the stringent security standards required for those operating across the national security space, including the Special Access Program community. The one-stop service will support federal agencies and ecosystem partners wherever they currently reside.

3. ServiceNow partnership - blueAPACHE has made a multi-million-dollar investment to enhance its own customer experience through integrating the ServiceNow platform for its managed services practice, according to an ARN report. Following a comprehensive review, the decision to leverage the ServiceNow platform enhances its operational capabilities and aligns with blueAPACHE’s growth ambitions and strategic goals to be the global mid-market service provider of choice.

4. Joining up with AWS - Arctic Wolf’s complete portfolio of security operations solutions is now available in AWS Marketplace, a digital catalog software listings from iSVs that make it easy to find, test, buy, and deploy software that runs on AWS. The expanded listing furher accelerates Arctic Wolf’s frictionless sales engine and will enable organizations from around the globe to start using Arctic Wolf’s industry-pioneering security operations platform, while maintaining their existing relationship with their channel partner of choice, the company said.

5. Leadership Move - MSSP Inversion6 announced that Tom Siu has joined its CISO practice. He will collaborate with Inversion6 clients to develop and manage their cybersecurity programs. Siu’s recent CISO roles include Michigan State University and Case Western Reserve University, as well as a role virtual CISO with a veteran-owned MSSP.

B. In-Person MSP and Channel Partner Events