O'Ryan Johnson

Kaseya CEO Fred Voccola said odds are Kaseya will be a publicly traded company by the end of the year.

Two veteran IBM executives with global experience have been tapped to lead the company’s IT management and infrastructure business, once that is eventually spun out.

DXC Technology said in a statement that it was no longer pursuing a deal with french solution provider Atos.

Finally responding to the pent-up online frustration in its partner network, Microsoft said a rogue employee who failed to follow protocols is behind the emails that sidestepped partners of record and launched a sales pitch directly to customers.

Channel experts from IGEL, Arrow and Pax8 say accelerating digital transformation, while focusing on customer experience will be the differentiators for successful solution providers in 2021.

Xerox said it plans to “stand up” three separate businesses in software, financing and innovation by next year, though it has not determined a corporate structure for them.

A California MSP learned a lesson years ago when a software vendor tried to go direct with his end-users, so when Microsoft demanded contact information for his customers, he gave them an email address that went directly to him instead.

Atos And DXC Technology Deal 'Not For The Faint Of Heart:' Analyst  CRN

Sirius Acquires Champion Solutions Group, Doubling Its Microsoft Business  CRN

IBM plans to cut about 20 percent of its European workforce with the heaviest blow to fall on technology jobs in the UK and Germany, as it prepares to roll out “NewCo,” the company told labor representatives in the European Union, according to Bloomberg.

Datto raised more than $641 million from its IPO last month which it has used to pay off more than half a billion in debt, while holding onto about $50 million in free cash, said CEO Tim Weller, during the company’s third quarter earnings call.

Pax8, Partners Are Feasting After Early Pandemic Cash Fears Turned Into 'Big Fat Nothing Burger,' CEO Says  CRN

Pax8 Partners 'Blown Away' By 'Awesome' Pax8 Pro  CRN

Tyler Technologies Lost $4 Million In Sales Due To Ransomware Attack  CRN: Technology news for channel partners and solution providers

ConnectWise Plans To Acquire Perch Security In $80M Deal, Sources Say  CRN: Technology news for channel partners and solution providers

A “brazen” gang of eastern European cybercriminals has hit more than three US hospitals with ransomware this week, attacks which have prompted the hospital to reroute ambulances and “reroute patients,” said Charles Carmakal, CTO of FireEye Mandiant.

Datto Inc.’s shareprice shot up nearly 20 percent during its first day of trading, and closed marginally higher.

Vista Equity CEO Robert F. Smith has the support of “his colleagues and employees and portfolio companies,” amid the fallout from his involvement with what federal prosecutors call the largest tax evasion in U.S. history by an individual.

Here’s a look at a board of directors change at Datto just before an expected $561 million initial public offering.

Vista Equity CEO Robert Smith – which owns MSP tool provider Datto --- “committed serious crimes” federal prosecutors said as part of his involvement in what they are calling “a $2 billion tax fraud” case.