Datto Merges With Autotask
Channele2e reports that the private equity firm that owns Autotask has decided to buy Datto (who hired bankers last month) and merge it with Autotask! Datto has a extensive partner …
Telecom
Robocalls Are Killing Me
I received 7 interrupting calls today. Five of them were automated messages or hang-ups. Two others were sales calls for a charity and a credit card processing company. I am …
Talent Drives Growth
I am told it is an exciting time of innovation and growth in telecommunications. The problem for many providers is that neither innovation or growth come without investment. Some of …
The Aging Channel
In one of my popular posts in 2017, I wrote that one thing rippling through the channel is that The Channel is Aging. The Channel is getting Old. Not near …
Has Cloud Won? Is Premise Dead?
Since the Cisco-BSFT deal, the channel media have been reporting that cloud has won and on-premise is dead. There are no real indications that on-premise is dead. It isn’t growing, …
Windstream Names Really New Channel Chief
The Windstream Advisory Council was notified that the next Channel Chief is Curt Allen. Curt was a co-founder of X4 that Sandler acquired last July. Curt retired in September. That …