- ConnectWise Acquires BDR Providers Axcient and SkyKick
- Tiffani Bova Returns to the IT Channel, Joining Futurum
Every MSP is involved in cybersecurity or should be involved in cybersecurity. But the world of managed services involves many other technologies, tools and trends as well.
With that in mind each week MSSP Alert brings you the top headlines from our affiliate site ChannelE2E which focuses on MSP tools, M&A, AI, and other topics of importance to service providers.
This week, cover the acquisitions of Axcient and SkyKick by ConnectWise, as well as the news that Tiffani Bova is now leading the effort to build out the channel analyst business at market research firm Futurum in her role as chief strategy and research officer.
ConnectWise Acquires BDR Providers Axcient and SkyKick
After months of rumors, we have official confirmation: ConnectWise will acquire data protection and disaster recovery provider Axcient in a transaction expected to close in the coming weeks, the company announced. In addition, ConnectWise has acquired SkyKick, a cloud backup and management software company.
ConnectWise said the acquisitions significantly enhanced its cybersecurity and data protection offerings, reinforcing the critical role of data protection as the last line of defense against cyberthreats such as ransomware and phishing. ConnectWise has been the last holdout among the big three MSP tools providers in offering its own data protection and disaster recovery solution. Kaseya famously acquired Datto in 2022. N-able offers a cloud-first data protection solution for MSPs called N-able Cove.
In a prepared statement, ConnectWise CEO Jason Magee said that the deals will help MSPs' data protection and cybersecurity posture.
Read the full story on Channel E2E.
Tiffani Bova Returns to the IT Channel, Joining Futurum
Longtime channel community members will remember Tiffani Bova. Eight years ago she was a top analyst from Gartner and a channel expert, frequently tapped for keynotes at channel conferences and events.
Bova left Gartner and the channel to blaze new trails at Salesforce where she served as senior vice president of Global Growth and as Innovation Evangelist.
But like many channel community members, Bova has returned.
She departed Salesforce in October 2023 and has been consulting as a sole practitioner under her firm name, Think Forward Advisors.
However, she’s about to broaden that mission. Now Bova will lead the effort to build out the channel analyst business at market research firm Futurum as chief strategy and research officer.
