Wesco International, Inc. and Anixter International Inc. have announced a board agreement under which Wesco will acquire Anixter in a transaction valued at approximately $4.5 billion. Anixter’s prior agreement to be acquired by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC (“CD&R”) has been terminated, following CD&R’s waiver of its matching rights under [...]
Synnex has announced its plan to separate into two publicly traded companies, comprising of Synnex Technology Solutions in the distribution function and Concentrix, a global CX solutions company. Immediately following the transaction, Synnex shareholders will own shares of both Synnex and Concentrix. "The spin-off will provide each company with sharper [...]
Nextiva has rolled out CoNEXtion, a new marketing program for partners intended to deliver quality lead syndication and more than a dozen demand generation tools. As part of the value proposition, the Scottsdale, Arizona-based communications platform company, has integrated a variety of other features such as MDF, campaigns-in-a-box, co-branded collateral, [...]
Insight Partners to Acquire Veeam Insight Partners has announced plans to acquire Veeam Software, a Swiss-based cloud data management vendor, in a deal estimated at approximately $5 billion. Under the plan, Veeam will become a U.S. company, with a U.S.-based leadership team, while continuing its global expansion from offices in [...]
Insight Partners has announced plans to acquire Veeam Software, a Swiss-based cloud data management vendor, in a deal estimated at approximately $5 billion. Under the plan, Veeam will become a U.S. company, with a U.S.-based leadership team, while continuing its global expansion from offices in 30 countries and with customers [...]
Leaseweb USA, a Manassas, Virginia-based hosting and cloud services company, has released results of a survey that claims hybrid and private clouds are the wave of the future. According to the company’s “Developer IaaS Insights Study,” 61% of respondents see hybrid cloud or private cloud as their future infrastructure choice, [...]
Avnet is launching a new initiative designed to provide developers with a place to build complete IoT solutions, enabling them to scale their business in a quick and cost-effective manner. Using Avnet’s IoTConnect platform, developers can more easily connect devices that address both the software and hardware needs of IoT [...]
Gartner Identifies the Top Three Priorities for Service and Support Leaders in 2020 Digital channels and infrastructure, customer service representatives, and data, voice of the customer (VoC) and customer service metrics make up the top three priorities for customer service and support leaders and their organizations’ success going into 2020, [...]
Digital channels and infrastructure, customer service representatives, and data, voice of the customer (VoC) and customer service metrics make up the top three priorities for customer service and support leaders and their organizations’ success going into 2020, according to Gartner, Inc., which conducted a poll of service/support leaders. “Customer service [...]
Lifesize, an Austin-based video collaboration company, has rolled out its new Rooms-as-a-Service offering, enabling the purchase of Lifesize’s video meeting room devices, video conferencing service and support at lower upfront costs. Now available in the U.S. and Europe, organizations can deploy end-to-end video collaboration solutions in meeting rooms for $99 [...]
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