5 Channel Partner Program and MSP News Updates: Friday 29 January 2021 -

Here are five (actually, more) technology news updates, insights, chatter, and plenty more to start your day for Friday, January 29, 2021. Sip up.

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A. What’s Brewing Today: Technology News

1. M&A - Power Management: Eaton is acquiring Tripp Lite for $1.65 billion, which represents roughly 12 times Tripp Lite’s 2020 EBITDA and 11 times estimated 2021 EBITDA, the companies say.

2. M&A - Augmented Reality and IT Support: Xerox has acquired CareAR, an augmented reality support platform company that "provides real-time access to expertise for customers, employees, and field workers," the buyer says.

3. MSP Software - Localization: NinjaRMM now supports 12 different languages, up from the previous four. The 12-language support spans all of the IT management software company's products -- including Ninja Data Protection and the latest NinjaRMM 5.0 platform update, the company says. The multi-language support reinforces NinjaRMM's growing reach with MSPs and IT professionals worldwide...

4. IoT Connectivity Services: Comms365, a provider of 5G-ready IoT connectivity solutions, has launched an IoT-dedicated portfolio under a new brand, IoT- CaaS (IoT Connectivity as a Service). The effort combines multiple global IoT connectivity standards for UK and European IoT project deployments under a single service provision, Comms365 says.

5. ServiceNow - Identity Governance & Administration (IGA): Clear Skye appears to have significant momentum as an IGA platform built on ServiceNow...

6. Research - Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML): The majority of organizations globally lack the internal resources to support critical AI and ML initiatives, Rackspace Technology research finds. It's a safe bet the multi-cloud MSP is ramping up its own AI and ML capabilities to fill in customers' knowledge gaps...