Tag: Venture capital
For the week ending Nov. 15, CRN takes a look at the companies that brought their ‘A’ game to the channel, including Presidio, Secuvy, CoreWeave, SAS and Snyk. The Week Ending Nov. 15 Topping this week’s Came to Win list is solution provider superstar Presidio for a strategic acquisition that will expand its expertise and…
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In our annual Stellar Startups special report, CRN shines a spotlight on some of the most exciting channel-focused startup vendors with leading-edge technologies that are creating new opportunities for solution providers. The pace of IT industry innovation, always moving at a brisk clip, has accelerated to a full-on sprint over the last two years with…
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For the week ending Oct. 18, CRN takes a look at the companies that brought their ‘A’ game to the channel including Presidio, Intel, AMD, Google Cloud, Netskope, Cyera and Inforcer. The Week Ending Oct. 18 Topping this week’s Came to Win list is channel superstar Presidio for striking a strategic collaborative agreement (SCA) that…
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‘With this funding, we’re really focused on brand exposure and expansion in the U.S.,’ says Jamie Daum, Inforcer co-founder and CEO. ‘We’re attending key industry events and building relationships within the MSP communities.’ U.K.-based software company Inforcer has secured $19 million in Series A funding to support its rapid growth, product development and expansion into…
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In addition to launching a new Copilot AI engine to assist with data analytic workflows, dbt Labs is expanding the capabilities of its popular dbt Cloud platform with cross-platform data mesh capabilities, support for the Apache Iceberg data table format, and new low-code visual editing tools. Dbt Labs is expanding its dbt Cloud data management…
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‘Acquirers of businesses have changed their taste in what they’re looking for as things evolve. Strategic buyers who are really driving the consolidation, particularly in areas like cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and data analytics, are fueling this growth,’ says John Holland, managing director of Corporate Finance Associates. The rise of AI solutions and evolving cybersecurity threats…
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As the first name in MSP operating tools comes under new leadership, ConnectWise’s customers say the popular, but long-in-the-tooth PSA tool is showing its age: “Slow costs me money.” ConnectWise top partners say the ITSM juggernaut must focus on its core MSP product, Manage, and deliver on the multi-year technology promise it made to unify…
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For the week ending Sept. 27, CRN takes a look at the companies that brought their ‘A’ game to the channel including HP Inc., Torq, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, SafeBreach and Salesforce. The Week Ending Sept. 27 Topping this week’s Came to Win list is HP Inc. for a savvy acquisition that will provide customers with…
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When it comes to the closet competitors of the security hyperautomation startup, ‘we are years ahead of them,’ Torq CEO Ofer Smadari tells CRN. Torq is planning to deploy its new $70 million funding round — which is the second major fundraise of the year for the security “hyperautomation” startup — to advance its AI-powered…
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Confluent also discloses investments in two regional systems integration partners who are developing leading-edge data integration and migration expertise and practices. Data streaming tech developer Confluent has launched an OEM channel program to recruit managed service providers, cloud service providers and independent software vendors to build the Confluent platform within their software and service offerings.…
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