Earlier this year, CoreX announced that it would be acquiring InSource’s ServiceNow business unit to expand ServiceNow delivery capabilities. Companies say deal is a strategic move to scale ServiceNow services The companies involved say the deal will create a single, purpose-built organization to scale with intent, elevate enterprise transformation outcomes, and meet worldwide demand for…
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January 2026 M&A Recap: Channel Orgs Set to Expand Capabilities
January is now in the book, and channel organizations have made a number of early-year acquisitions to boost their capabilities and to better serve customers. Channel Insider has rounded up key mergers and acquisitions that have highlighted the start of Q1 2026. Service provider consolidation continues across ServiceNow, VMware ecosystems and more CoreX expands ServiceNow…
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Arctiq Adds Verinext in Services Platform Expansion
Arctiq has acquired Verinext, combining two established IT services providers to expand capabilities across managed services, security, infrastructure, and automation as customers look to consolidate technology partners. The deal, announced Tuesday, brings Verinext into Arctiq’s growing portfolio and is backed by private equity firm Gallant Capital Partners, the majority owner of Arctiq. Financial terms of…
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Quest Technology CEO Burke on M&A Integration Best Practices
As mergers and acquisitions accelerate across the IT channel, technology integration has emerged as one of the most common, and costly, failure points after deals close. In an interview with Channel Insider, Tim Burke, CEO of managed services provider Quest Technology Management, shared insights from years of guiding organizations through post-deal technology integrations. Drawing on…
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What Chronosphere Adds to Palo Alto Networks’ AI Push
Palo Alto Networks has officially completed its $3.35 billion acquisition of Chronosphere, a move intended to bring observability much closer to the company’s core security and AI strategy. First announced in November, the deal highlights how fast the conversation around AI pivoted to day-to-day operations. Enterprises are deploying more AI-driven applications, which means the underlying…
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What Chronosphere Adds to Palo Alto Networks’ AI Push
Palo Alto Networks has officially completed its $3.35 billion acquisition of Chronosphere, a move intended to bring observability much closer to the company’s core security and AI strategy. First announced in November, the deal highlights how fast the conversation around AI pivoted to day-to-day operations. Enterprises are deploying more AI-driven applications, which means the underlying…
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CEO Manny Rivelo on ConnectWise Acquisition of zofiQ
ConnectWise has agreed to acquire agentic AI startup zofiQ, a move the company says will accelerate automation across MSP service desks and deepen AI-driven capabilities inside its platform. We spoke with ConnectWise CEO Manny Rivelo about the deal and how bringing zofiQ into the fold benefits the company’s partner base. ConnectWise integrates zofiQ’s agentic AI…
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Why CrowdStrike is Buying SGNL for $740M in the AI Era
Identity security doesn’t typically make headlines, but CrowdStrike has made it so. The company announced it will acquire SGNL, an identity security startup, in a deal valued at roughly $740 million. The goal is to secure every identity, including human users, non-human accounts, and AI agents, as access decisions become more dynamic and risk-driven. Lots…
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11:11 Systems Acquires Ntirety: Sixth VMware Ecosystem Deal
11:11 Systems today announced it has acquired managed services provider Ntirety in a deal that continues 11:11’s expansion of its VMware-authorized business. The deal comes as Broadcom continues to refine its VMware partner ecosystem, reshaping opportunities for authorized service providers. We spoke with Dante Orsini, 11:11’s chief revenue officer, about the deal and the provider’s…
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Flexera Acquires ProsperOps & Chaos Genius to Expand FinOps
Flexera, a technology spend and risk intelligence company, announced two major acquisitions as part of its FinOps expansion: ProsperOps, an AI-enabled FinOps automation solution for public cloud, and Chaos Genius, an innovator in AI-driven cost optimization for Snowflake and Databricks. Comprehensive FinOps for AI, data clouds According to Flexera, the acquisitions are intended to augment…
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JumpCloud Acquires Brazilian MSP MacSolution
JumpCloud has acquired MacSolution, its largest MSP partner in the Americas. The acquisition, announced Jan. 8, brings MacSolution’s team and technical expertise directly into JumpCloud and establishes São Paulo, Brazil, as a strategic operational hub for the company. We spoke with Antoine Jebara, co-founder and general manager of JumpCloud’s MSP business, about the acquisition and…
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December 2025 M&A Roundup: Big Money Moves Highlight M&A Activities
The final month of 2025 saw no slowing in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the channel space. Organizations of all sizes have made moves at the end of Q4, including ServiceNow, Red Hat, and Alphabet. Additionally, many of these acquisitions were completed in part to shore up AI infrastructure offerings. Check out the M&A moves…
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Meta Buys Manus to Turn AI Agents Into a Business
Zuck has struck again. Meta Platforms has acquired Manus, a Singapore-based startup developing general-purpose AI agents, in a deal valued at more than $2 billion. The acquisition caps off a breakneck busy year of AI dealmaking for Meta. It highlights the overall goal of building AI products that are already generating real revenue, not just…
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SoftBank Commits $4B to the Infrastructure Behind AI
SoftBank Group is making another big move in AI, this time zeroing in on the infrastructure that does all the heavy lifting required to support it. The company has agreed to acquire DigitalBridge for approximately $4 billion, a deal that gives SoftBank a stronger footing in the data centers and connectivity needed to run AI…
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ServiceNow Buys Armis, Widens Security Play for Partners
ServiceNow has agreed to acquire cyber exposure management firm Armis in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $7.75 billion, marking the largest acquisition in the workflow automation vendor’s history and a significant escalation of its security ambitions. For channel partners, the acquisition underscores a broader industry shift toward converged platforms that tie security outcomes directly…
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Google’s $4.75B Play on Powering the AI Era
Alphabet, Google’s parent company, is making a straightforward move to address one of AI’s least glamorous but most urgent problems: power. The company announced plans this week to acquire data center and energy infrastructure firm Intersect for $4.75 billion in cash, plus the assumption of debt, in a deal expected to close in the first…
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Red Hat Brings AI Safety Into the Open With Chatterbox Labs
Red Hat just made a move to strengthen its AI strategy by bringing Chatterbox Labs on board. Chatterbox is known for building safety tools that fit with almost any model, whether it’s generative AI or a more familiar predictive approach. The goal is to help companies shift from testing things out to rolling out AI…
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IBM Bets $11B on Real-Time Data: Confluent Acquisition Details
IBM is making one of its biggest moves in years with an $11 billion agreement to acquire Confluent, a Mountain View–based company known for building the leading real-time data streaming platform. As enterprises scramble to deploy AI applications and autonomous agents, the biggest bottleneck isn’t the models; it’s feeding them fresh, trustworthy data fast enough.…
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M&A Roundup: Channel Orgs Continue Growth in November
As the end of 2026 approaches, organizations have kept their foot on the gas, making strategic acquisitions to accelerate business growth and deliver greater opportunities for customers. Learn about a few of the signature acquisitions made in November, along with a strategic investment opportunity pursued by Thoma Bravo, below: Service provider consolidation continues with several…
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Cisco Expands Enterprise AI Play with NeuralFabric
Enterprises are all-in on AI, but most are still trying to figure out how to do it responsibly, efficiently, and without running into barriers like data privacy rules or limited access to GPUs. Cisco acquires NeuralFabric to extend AI model development opportunities Cisco’s latest move is aimed directly at those challenges. The company intends to…
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AMD’s MK1 Buy Signals a Push Into AI Reasoning
AMD has acquired MK1, an AI software startup built by former Neuralink engineers. The acquisition is designed to add more depth to its growing in-house AI software bench. The MK1 team will join AMD’s Artificial Intelligence Group, where their work will help speed up and streamline inference and reasoning workloads running on AMD’s Instinct GPUs.…
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Indicium CEO on Mesh-AI Merger & Global Future
Data consultancies Indicium and Mesh-AI have announced plans to merge into a new global brand, Indicium AI. The unified consultancy aims to help enterprises worldwide accelerate digital transformation through advanced data and AI solutions. Channel Insider spoke with Indicium co-founder and CEO Matheus Dellagnelo about the merger, his roots in data consulting, and the company’s…
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October M&A Roundup: Q4 Begins With a Number of Key Moves
This month’s mergers and acquisitions (M&A) roundup has seen several moves based on AI and aimed at enhancing an organization’s capabilities. Let’s take a look at some acquisitions in the channel space shaping the start of Q4 as organizations seek to reposition themselves before a new year begins. Kaseya announces INKY aquisition Kaseya, a leading…
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Caylent and Trek10 Join Forces in AWS Partner M&A Deal
Caylent, an Amazon Web Services (AWS) Premier Tier Services Partner, has acquired Trek10 Inc., another Premier Tier partner, in a move designed to create what Caylent CEO Lori Williams calls “the most comprehensive dedicated AWS services partner in the industry.” The acquisition, backed by private equity firm Gryphon Investors, is designed to expand Caylent’s reach…
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Inveniam Set to Acquire Storj as Storage & Compute Needs Evolve
Inveniam Capital Partners today announced it will acquire distributed and decentralized cloud platform vendor Storj. We spoke with Storj CEO Colby Winegar and Inveniam CEO Patrick O’Meara ahead of the announcement to learn more about what the deal means for partners and customers. Leaders promise no changes coming to Storj’s core operations as Inveniam expands…
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September M&A Roundup: Security & MSP Consolidation Continue
The channel has seen its fair share of mergers and acquisitions in September, addressing technology needs in the AI era and enhancing cybersecurity skills development. Channel Insider keeps a tab on the major M&A news impacting the channel ecosystem and works to bring it to you every month. Read more about the latest news below.…
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SentinelOne Set to Acquire Observo AI
AI-native security provider SentinelOne has announced its intent to acquire Observo AI, a data streaming platform for managing AI-native telemetry pipelines. SentinelOne aims to boost SIEM and autonomous SOC capabilities This acquisition will be key in serving as an immediate complement and catalyst for SentinelOne’s AI SIEM and data offerings. Further, it will enable SentinelOne…
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Cato Networks Set to Acquire Aim Security in Platform & AI Move
Cato Networks, a provider of SASE technologies, recently announced the acquisition of Aim Security, a provider of AI security solutions. First M&A deal signifies Cato’s commitment to AI security demands Cato’s first-ever acquisition will expand the Cato SASE Cloud Platform, enabling secure enterprise adoption of AI agents, along with public and private AI applications. This…
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Lyra Technology Group CEO on Scaling Local MSP Model, AI & More
Lyra Technology Group is the managed services portfolio of Evergreen, a company we’ve covered before as it continues to acquire MSPs around the world. We spoke with CEO Elliot Hyman on how the portfolio enables MSPs to retain their brand and local touch while offering the ability to scale. Why Lyra Technology Group blends global…
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Varonis Bets Big on AI Email Defense with SlashNext Acquisition
Varonis has long been known for protecting data wherever it lives. With its recently announced acquisition of SlashNext, the company is adding email and collaboration tools to the equation. The deal, valued at up to $150 million, brings predictive AI-based email security straight to the Varonis platform. SlashNext was founded in 2017 and has made…
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July Roundup: AI, Cyber Key to Several M&A Developments
The month of July was marked by several key acquisition moves, particularly in the AI and cybersecurity arenas. AI agents and tools have their uses, but the greatest security measures will have to be adopted at the same rate as AI– and channel organizations recognize that. Each month, Channel Insider brings you up-to-date recaps on…
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Scale Computing Acquired by Acumera
Scale Computing, a hyperconverged infrastructure and edge virtualization platform, has been acquired by Acumera, a provider of secure edge connectivity. Through this acquisition, Acumera has improved its ability to deliver fully integrated, scalable edge platforms for enterprises operating across distributed locations. Scale Computing brand will remain as Acumera promises growth and resiliency Although Acumera is…
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Commvault Doubles Down on AI Data Security With Satori Deal
Commvault just made a strategic move to strengthen its cyber resilience platform, announcing plans to acquire Satori Cyber, a data and AI security company known for its agentless, cloud-native controls and deep visibility into structured and AI training data. The timing, as with most of the deals like this that we’re seeing lately, isn’t coincidental.…
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Comcast Business Channel Chief on Nitel Integrations
Recently, Comcast Business announced an integration of its channel sales organization with Nitel, a next-generation IT service provider for managed networks. Integration follows the acquisition of Nitel completed in April Through this integration, the global scale and managed solution expertise of Comcast Business will combine with Nitel’s channel-first agility and AI-optimized digital and customer experiences.…
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Excendio Advisors Q&A: Culture ‘Crucial’ to M&A Success
As more channel partners weigh their options in a market fueled by M&A activity, some leaders may be asking what role, if any, culture plays in successful outcomes. Cristian Anastasiu is a managing partner at Excendio Advisors, a firm dedicated to helping channel business owners secure the best future for themselves and their organizations as…
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Evergreen’s Craig Fulton on MSP Valuations, M&A Trends
It is no secret that M&A activity has increased steadily in the channel over the past few years. To dig into what drives MSP valuations and the steps owners should take to prepare themselves for an acquisition, we spoke with Evergreen’s M&A Advisor Craig Fulton. Why the channel is poised for even more acquisition activity…