Kaseya closes $6.2B Datto deal, vows to cut prices
Kaseya has finalised its $6.2 billion acquisition of Datto, promising tight integration between products and lower pricing for customers.
Kaseya has finalised its $6.2 billion acquisition of Datto, promising tight integration between products and lower pricing for customers.
Recently acquired Datto has hired vendor veteran Mark Clayton to oversee its Asia Pacific operations.
The decision by Kaseya to acquire Datto surprised many managed service providers (MSPs) when the news broke in April.
Kaseya has unveiled plans to acquire Datto in a US$6.2 billion deal funded by private equity as the MSP market enters a fresh round of consolidation.
James Bergl, Datto’s Australian and New Zealand regional vice president, has decided to leave the company after driving the vendor’s expansion into the region six years ago.
Small and often lightly funded IT shops can find themselves challenged to deliver the range of specialised services, security and robust infrastructure required.
Backup and disaster recovery vendor Datto has ramped up its threat detection capabilities with the acquisition of Israeli cyber security vendor BitDam.
The world’s biggest technology vendors are facing a long road back to sales recovery post-COVID, but the channel could prove to be their return to ‘normal’.
Datto is set to acquire Australian channel procurement firm Gluh for an unspecified sum.
New Zealand start-up Aportio is now offering its InboxAgent software through Datto’s open ecosystem programme.
Datto has laid off employees across Australia and New Zealand as part of a coronavirus-spurred global restructure.