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5 Channel Partner Updates: Friday 07 February 2020

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Here are five (actually, a bit more…) technology news updates, insights, chatter, and plenty more to start your day for Friday, February 7, 2020. Sip up.

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A. What’s Hot Today

1. M&A - MSPs: Dynamic Quest, a managed service provider offering IT and cloud services to enterprises and businesses, has acquired Cohn Consulting Corporation, a Marietta, Georgia-based MSP, the companies confirm.

2. M&A - Distribution and IT Services: Ingram Micro has acquired Ictivity, a 150-person IT services provider in Europe. This is M&A deal Number 102 that ChannelE2E has covered so far in 2020. See the complete M&A deal list here.

3. M&A - Executive Search and Technology Consulting: Element78, an advisory firm specializing in accounting, finance and operations, has acquired Trillium Solutions Group (TSG), a technology consulting and strategic sourcing firm.

4. Distribution: DLT Solutions, a subsidiary of Tech Data, has agreed to distribute BMC IT management solutions to the U.S. federal government.

5. Customer Support Software: Zendesk revenue was $229.9 million in Q4 2019, up 33 percent compared to Q4 2018. The company's net loss was $36.1 million for Q4 2019, a bit more than the $33.2 million net loss in Q4 2018. Zendesk has been building a partner program for its customer support software.

6. Hubspot Partner Program: HubSpot has expanded its partner program with a solutions partner effort.

7. Google Cloud's Value to Partners: A research summary is here.

8. SMB Insurance: AP Intego, a digital insurance agency, has launched a small business customer platform.

9. Xerox SMB IT Services: Did Xerox just go direct into the SMB market?

10. Artificial Intelligence Conference: It's under way in New York...

B. Upcoming Technology Conferences

  1. IoT Evolution (February 12-14, Fort Lauderdale, Florida)
  2. Pink20 ITSM 2020 (February 16-19, Las Vegas, Nevada)
  3. Seven Figure MSP Live 2020 (February 20-21, Phoenix)
  4. ASCII IT Success Summit (Feb 26-27, Long Beach, California)
  5. Bonus: Top 50 Technology Events in 2020 for Partners
  6. BonusChannelE2E’s complete event calendar

Got news to share for our morning update? Email me: [email protected].

Joe Panettieri

Joe Panettieri is co-founder & editorial director of MSSP Alert and ChannelE2E, the two leading news & analysis sites for managed service providers in the cybersecurity market.

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