The Channel Happy Hour

Dec 27, 2017

Channel Happy Hour's 2017 Year in Review

A Big Year for M & A:

• CompTIA Buys AITP - January 2017
• Tech Data Acquires Avnet Technology Solutions - February 2107
• HPE Expands it Storage Capabilities With Nimble, Simplivity Deals -February and April
• Datto Merges with Autotask - October 2017
• Solution Provider Merger: Sirius...

Dec 20, 2017

• Ingram Micro Acquires Cloud Harmonics
• Tech Data as launched a Technology-as-a-Service (TaaS) program that enables partners to sell endpoints using the same subscription approach employed to sell cloud services and software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications.
• Kaspersky Lab's has Sued U.S. Department Of Homeland Security...

Dec 15, 2017

We discuss the channel news of the week:

• Reuters reports The White House said Wednesday the U.S. government needs a major overhaul of information technology systems and should take steps to better protect data and accelerate efforts to use cloud-based technology.
• The Linux Foundation is gearing up to make the...

Dec 9, 2017

We discuss the channel news of the week:

Thoma Bravo is acquiring Barracuda Networks for $1.6 billion in cash.

At the KubeCon + CloudNativeCon 2017 conference the Cloud Native Computing Foundation stabilized some crucial Kubernetes cluster APIs and added support for Windows.

The AWS Reseller Program will now be renamed...

Nov 27, 2017

We are back after a 4-year break.  Rested and ready to go.  Join Mike Vizard and Brett Martin as we discuss this week's IT Channel News.