Tuesday Update Tracking Channel M&A: Check our coverage below and you’ll notice ChannelE2E has been tracking numerous M&A deals over the past 24-hours — including exclusive financial details about the Optiv sale. If you’re seeking to understand valuations for VARs, MSPs and CSPs the best place to look is our ChannelE2E Milestones section — which covers M&A and associated financial metrics whenever possible. Thank You: Yesterday was the biggest Monday ever for ChannelE2E website traffic. All of our readership metrics continue to climb higher thanks to your support. We can’t thank you enough for the daily engagement, news tips, constructive criticism and sponsorship support. Without you there is no ChannelE2E. 
TODAY’S LINEUP Updates: BeyondTrust, Coalfire, Connectria, Datrium, Deltek, Dizzion, G2 Technology Group, Globalgig, Quest Software, Tech Data, Trusted Metrics & Weston.
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Equinix is acquiring 29 data centers from Verizon Communications for $3.6 billion in cash. How will Channel Chief Christopher Rajiah leverage them?
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Ingram Micro finalizes $6 billion company sale. Promotes Gina Mastantuono to CFO; Augusto Aragone to general counsel. Bill Humes & Larry Boyd join board.
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KKR is acquiring Optiv Security, the companies confirmed today. ChannelE2E first reported financial details about KKR buying Optiv Security on December 5.
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GoDaddy is acquiring Host Europe Group (HEG) for $1.79 billion or roughly 11 times EBITDA. GoDaddy's HEG buyout focuses on SMB customers.
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TDC Erhverv, a telecom provider with hosting and cloud expertise, has acquired Adactic, a Danish cloud services firm that promotes Office 365.
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ChannelE2E's 2017 cybersecurity predictions span corporate compliance, ransomware, the Internet of Things (IoT), cloud services providers (CSPs) and more.
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Consolidated Communications (CNSL) acquires FairPoint (FRP), which specializes in broadband fiber, data center & managed services, for $1.5 billion.
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Fake HIPAA audit emails are actually phishing attacks. And those HIPAA phishing attacks could morph into ransomware attacks, pundits warn.
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Blackstone Group allegedly sells Optiv Security Inc. to KKR for roughly $1.9 billion -- or perhaps as much as 13 times EBITDA, ChannelE2E reports.
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Publicis Group is merging SapientNitro and Razorfish to form SapientRazorfish. Forrester Research explains the digital agency & consulting strategy.
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Updates: Alsbridge, Datto, Backupify, Information Services Group, Intronis, Barracuda Networks, Ixia, Opex IT Group, Stack8, StorageCraft, Vembu & Zensar.
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