Bryan, commenting on potential contract churn. “If the client were to leave, the client is still obligated, the client cannot just walk away. So the issue aroundInsight’s $410M Acquisition Of SADA: 5 Things You Need Tothe Year partly because they deliver a great

With Salesforce Acquisition Pending, Informatica Reports Q3 Cloud Sales Growth With Salesforce Acquisition

we do. We prioritize cultural alignment in every acquisition as we’re a team-first, client-first organization. Our hiring is intentional and weBlue Mantis CEO: Latest Acquisition Helps ‘Deepen Our Networking Talent Bench’ Blue Mantis CEO: Latest

New Charter CEO On 29th MSP Acquisition: ‘Significant Benefits To Scale’ ‘The client

Integris Expands Overseas With Acquisition Of First Focus: CEO Integris Expands Overseas With

Capgemini Monday unveiled the planned $3.3 billion acquisition of India-based WNS in a

we can manage those assets.’ Trace3 announced the acquisition of Lasalle Solutions to grow its

Central. In addition, HPE Aruba’s AI-based client profiling capabilities and AI organizational insight functionality in

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required retooling service delivery models, pricing structures and client acquisition strategies, but results are clear: higher-quality engagements andand intelligence across both our internal operations and client-facing services. By integrating AI into service delivery, security monitoring

These innovations and expanded offerings helped drive new client acquisition and grow revenue. Brandon Johnson Director, Operations, Logisticsjoined Convergence Networks in August 2022 through its acquisition of SWAT Systems. Post-acquisition, he assumed a leadership role in integratingtools for the sales team. Abhijeet Baneka Director,

and Miami-based ICG. The move deepens client relationships while broadening the company’s service portfolio

transformation for the modern workforce. Accenture’s 2025 acquisition spree paints a clear picture of where

it the perfect fit for its latest acquisition. This acquisition comes as Melby said the Denver-based solution75 employees will come over in the acquisition. Terms of the deal were not disclosed

the Cranbury Twp., New Jersey-based MSP’s largest acquisition to date: TechMD and its security

for increasing the manufacturing skills of client’s teams. The acquisition was an overall growth strategy to expand criticalthan 10 acquisitions under its belt, Accenture ramped up its acquisition spree in the latter half, buying up

service provider General Informatics this week unveiled the acquisition of a managed security service provider and

use the product anymore. He believes the acquisition of ScreenConnect by ConnectWise fills a hole

end-to-end operations with agentic AI at scale. “Client demand is clearly shifting toward end-to-end

Veeam’s CTO as part of the acquisition deal. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. Alcion’s technology is being used torates and continued economic uncertainty, merger and acquisition activity continued at a brisk pace across the

MSP should engage in a merger or acquisition deal. And now, at a time

There’s a passion in our client base around the product.” Odom is an all

to improved customer outcomes, growth in net-new client acquisition and accelerated cloud services revenue. Cameron Gordon DirectorGroup In 2025, Abrams developed a hybrid, client-focused role focused on aligning device solutions with customer needs

and consulting business at scale and our ‘client zero’ lens,” says IBM CEO Arvind Krishna. IBM leveraged its

By contrast, Intel’s biggest cash cows, the Client Computing Group and Datacenter and AI

AI-powered Cognizant Moment to help clients reimagine client experiences.” 2024 also saw Cognizant, ranked No. 8 on CRN

U.K. and Europe Abacus Group Cole leads strategy, client service, technology infrastructure and business development in

The Future Of Managed Services General Informatics’ recent acquisition of fellow MSP IMS Solutions Group not only

since the close of HPE’s blockbuster acquisition in July. Specifically, the newly coined

extensive certifications across the ServiceNow Platform . Insight’s acquisition of Infocenter comes just several months after the

to drive business transformation for its global client base. Terms of the deals were not

improve operational efficiency. Others are packaging them into entirely new client-facing products and recurring revenue streams. Many are

and analytics. On Nov. 1, 2024, EPAM completed its acquisition of NEORIS, a Miami-headquartered global

support the business needs of a client,” one HPE partner tells CRN on the company

paths to adding value to a client,” says Brian Moats, senior vice president of global

kicks in once an MSP provides a client price quote. CRN reached out to ConnectWise, but

making Intel’s business units, such as the Client Computing Group and Data Center Group, report directly

the middle of January, the client asked whether Snowflake works much with aerospace companies. It was

Lisa Su, said “significantly higher data center and client processor sales more than offset declined in gaming

founded the Operational Excellence department to connect client strategy with service delivery, ensuring that the company

the provide real-time intelligence tailored to client needs, the company said. The offerings

a 25 percent share of the client SSD market, which includes performance, mainstream, and value

Your MSP Adventure’ ‘You need to strengthen your client relationships, your team collaboration and your service consistency

based company’s SSD portfolio includes models for client, enterprise and data center applications as well as

at the time. [Related: New Charter CEO On Latest Acquisition: ‘Our M&A Pipeline Is Bigger Than Ever’ ] In the

region. During the first year following Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware, Fine has focused on the

Abrams strengthened key customer relationships by developing a client-focused role at Davenport Group that works both internally and

services provider NTT Data has unveiled the planned acquisition of WinWire, a Microsoft Azure specialty

according to Databricks. Databricks Eyes Security Expansion With Panther Acquisition As for the Panther acquisition, Databricks did not disclose an estimated closing date or financialthe platform with improved governance. Plenty of client CIOs want to move beyond dashboards and

the strategic reasons why we made the acquisition of Softchoice.” Making such an acquisition was not something WWT took lightly. Known for itsnew opportunities: More than 15 months after the acquisition, WWT and Softchoice are going full steam ahead

to make pricing changes to certain commercial client device products in early March due to

operate in a dynamic environment, but one where client demand remains resilient,” he said. “In the categories

VCF 9,” said Carfagna. “We’re seeing this with every client who was early adopters in the cloud

open and recognizing and acknowledging that every client is a multi-cloud client—I think puts them in a reallythere’s an incumbent,” said Stuermer. “The Mandiant acquisition in the brand recognition now pulls them

which he joined following the company’s 2019 acquisition of his company, Barefoot Networks . “Nick is widely

sale. Now, when we sell to a client, we are highly motivated for that client to be successful because of ourare leading more than 50 percent of Agentforce client engagements, and 72 percent of customers

its platform with new agents that deliver contextual insights, generate client-ready outputs, and execute core workflows across the

cloud infrastructure lease and mergers and acquisition before leaving the vendor in 2022

quality and governance software. Even though the acquisition isn’t expected to close until early next

account opportunities that were at one time covered by IBM client reps. Key to the client engagement model is specific account sales planning. Partners are alsoin the wake of IBM’s blockbuster acquisition of Red Hat. “The message I

the completion of AMD’s $4.9 billion acquisition of ZT Systems in March . “We

Service and Device-as-a-Service programs, client operations, procurement, inventory, integration services, client fulfillment and sustainability centers. Brenda Hudson SVP, Commerciala rewarding environment at Compucom. Amid Compucom’s transition post-acquisition, she led the team to growth

stems from the company’s $1.4 billion acquisition of Nuvia in 2021. While Arm

expected to close on its $1.5 billion acquisition of former print rival Lexmark, which will not

by a combination of industry shifts, client needs, and strategic focus. -Rising compliance and

and platform MSP Harbor IT Monday unveiled the acquisition of Zag, an MSP focused on the

products and then some of our premium client products. This all ties into this massive opportunity that we

its efforts to shift renewals and client opportunities to a narrower group of

in the beta of Slackbot MCP Client. The Slackbot MCP Client will allow users to connect applications andwithout changing code. MCPs hosted in recent Salesforce acquisition Informatica allow users to pull Informatica data quality

and Ericsson, which she joined through the 2013 acquisition of Microsoft Mediaroom. She left Ericsson in

the company expanded its portfolio through the acquisition of AI-driven email security provider Inky. “Our

and align financial, technical and operational priorities—accelerating client strategies, driving net-new and expansion spend through

Desai had joined Google in 2021 through its acquisition of Provino Technologies, a chip startup

the wake of its $13.4 billion acquisition of Juniper Networks last July. HPE is moving

Plans Tariff-Related Price Hikes On Hardware ] The acquisition of VMware by Broadcom has lets to

to have a conversation with the client,” Fryberger said. “We’re just providing a flexible

to “maintain and develop the existing client base through regional marketing and direct sales activities

well as differentiated solutions for data center, cloud, client and edge computing for AMD’s

acquisitions and has successfully facilitated the acquisition of two leading services and strategy

and expanded AppSmart internationally with a major acquisition in Canada. She launched a dedicated

New Agentic AI Center, Forms Palo Alto Networks Partnership As Client Adoption Increases ] “We are working with a growing

completing a full integration of its acquisition of TW Telecom, Tinney made sure that the

new customer momentum coming via its blockbuster $1.25 billion acquisition of Softchoice this year, making the company

the solution provider powerhouse went public. The acquisition was completed in December 2019, leaving Presidio a

opening several foreign subsidiaries as well as closing its first acquisition. All of these resulted in the

the role of president and chief client officer. Antoun took on the role of

DuckDB process to act as a client, a server, or both. DuckDB 1.5 was

with the exception of the 2023 acquisition of 125-person federal solution provider ClearShark, which

received a boost from the Cerner acquisition. Oracle bought NetSuite in 2016 and Cerner

later, and found out there was only one client with $150 million in revenues, all from BT

enabled partners to win. Stephanie Hallford GM, Business Client Platforms, VP, Client Computing Group Intel Hallford helped launch Intel’s 11th-generationresponsible for optimizing the channel organization post-acquisition and managed a project to

spoke with CRN before IBM announced its planned $11 billion acquisition of Confluent). So far, many enterprises still prefer

its transition to private ownership following Francisco Partners' acquisition, completed in January 2026. Tschida started the

joined Symantec in 2016 through the acquisition of Blue Coat Systems, and he

success in areas that are outside but supplement client devices (including software, services, and security) is driving

proposals and to ensure diverse professionals lead client-facing teams at SVAM. When building partnerships, his first question

to that one, but that was our first international acquisition, and it was also by far our largest

fundamentally different motion—one that enables faster net-new customer acquisition, broader platform adoption, and repeatable expansion over time

presence in South America with the acquisition of Vates, a provider of

again in late 2023 after a failed acquisition attempt by Nvidia and seven years of