Here are five (actually, more) technology news updates, insights, chatter, and plenty more to start your day for Friday, April 15, 2022. Sip up.
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A. Today’s Technology, Channel Chief and MSP Partner Program News
1. M&A - Best MSP Targets for Private Equity: Using a proprietary algorithm, FOCUS Investment Banking’s MSP team shares this list of potential MSP M&A targets for private equity firms.
2. M&A - MSP Software & WiFi Management: Auvik Networks has acquired MetaGeek.
3. Kaseya CEO Fred Voccola at Robin Robins' Conference?: That's the speculation.
4. Funding - SaaS Security: Obsidian Security, a provider of SaaS Security and Posture Management (SSPM), has raised $90 million in Series C financing led by Menlo Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners and IVP, with participation from existing investors Greylock, Wing and GV.
5. ServiceNow - Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI): ServiceNow shared a DEI progress report here. Related: Track diversity, equity and inclusion reports from dozens of technology companies here.
6. Veeam Vulnerabilities: Two critical vulnerabilities has been discovered in Veeam backup solutions which may have put users at risk of a ransomware attack, TechRadar reports.
B. Channel Partner Summits, MSP Conferences and Virtual Events Calendar
- Robin Robins Boot Camp 2022 (April 19-22, Nashville, Tennessee)
- Dell Technologies World 2022 (May 2-5, Las Vegas)
- Fortinet Accelerate 2022 (May 10-13, Virtual)
- IBM Think 2022 (May 10-11)
- ServiceNow Knowledge 2022 (May 11-12, New York and The Netherlands)
- ChannelE2E’s complete event calendar
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