The 2024 Managed Service Provider 500

Hello, and welcome back. In this edition, we take a look at the North American MSPs and managed security service providers (MSSPs) recognized on our 2024 Managed Service Provider 500 list, seven things Cohesity CEO Sanjay Poonen shared with CRN about the company's planned acquisition of Veritas Software's enterprise data protection business, what you should know about the confirmed Cisco layoffs announced this week and more.

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The 2024 Managed Service Provider 500

CRN's Managed Service Provider 500 list recognizes the top technology providers and consultants whose forward-thinking approach to providing managed services is changing the landscape of the IT channel.

The annual list is made up of three categories:

• The Elite 150: These companies have extensive managed services portfolios, including on- and off-premises capabilities, weighted toward midmarket and enterprise customers
• The Pioneer 250: These companies have largely built their business model around providing managed services to the SMB market
• The Security 100: Spotlights MSPs with cloud-based security services expertise

You can view the complete 2024 MSP 500 list here.

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• MSPs Are Making All The Right Moves
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• Here Are The Emerging Technologies That MSP 500 Execs See Offering The Biggest Opportunities In 2024

Cohesity CEO On Plan To Buy Veritas Unit: 'We Now Have The Scale And Speed' To Meet Enterprise Data Needs

Data security technology developer Cohesity's planned $7 billion acquisition of Veritas Software's enterprise data protection business would rank as one of the top data storage acquisitions.

Sanjay Poonen, Cohesity's president and CEO, told CRN the deal would create a massively profitable and fast-growing data storage and data security powerhouse.

Here are seven key factors Poonen told us about the acquisition.

Cisco Confirms It Will Lay Off 5 Percent Of Workforce As Product Revenues Down

Following a Reuters report published last Friday that Cisco was poised to lay off thousands of employees, the tech giant confirmed the job cuts this week.

During its fiscal Q2 2024 earnings call on Wednesday, Cisco said the layoffs would impact about 5 percent of its workforce, or about 4,250 employees, as it works to realign its organization to focus on "key priority" areas.

Learn more about Cisco's Q2 results and job cuts here.

Elsewhere In CRN

Check out some of CRN's other best-read stories on channel-related news, insights and analysis over the past week:

• Supermicro CEO: 'We Are In What I Call An AI Revolution'
• A Valentine's Day IT Love Story: MSPs, Vendors, Disties Talk About What They Adore About The Channel
• Arcserve Makes Sudden Cloud Services Exit, Leaves MSPs Scrambling

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