Business continuity

Carbonite's Webroot acquisition nears finalization. Webroot MSPs should expect a 'Do No Harm' partner strategy from Carbonite CEO Mohamad Ali, ChannelE2E believes.

Commvault hires Sungard Availability Services veteran Karen Falcone as VP of Worldwide Cloud and Service Providers. The goal: Stronger CSP partnerships.

RDX acquires ClearDB. Combined MSP offers managed database as a service (DBaaS) & MySQL expertise across AWS, Microsoft Azure & Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

Backup & disaster recovery (BDR) provider Storagepipe Solutions acquires MSP GridWay Computing, uniting Veeam data protection partners in Canada.

Axcient names former Webroot CRO David Bennett as CEO. The announcement comes less than one week after potential Axcient backup & disaster recovery (BDR) rival Carbonite acquired Webroot.

SolarWinds CEO Kevin Thompson on MSP (managed services provider) software market growth, the private equity stampede, pricing models, DRaaS & private cloud backup.

Carbonite's Webroot acquisition combines endpoint data protection & security; seeks to disrupt 8 rivals: Acronis, Avast, Barracuda, Datto, McAfee, Sophos, Symantec & Veeam.

Carbonite acquires Webroot. Deal combines Carbonite's cloud- & appliance-driven backup & disaster recovery (BDR) with Webroot’s MSP- & SMB-centric cybersecurity software.