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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...