Layoffs at Datto are showing how far the impact from the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic is reaching into the managed services market, MSPs told CRN.
Datto is in the process of laying off an unspecified number of employees. The Norwalk, Conn.-based provider of automation, networking, and storage technology to the MSP market confirmed the layoffs but declined to provide information on how many of its personnel were affected. The privately held company has more than 1,700 employees, according to its website.
A couple of Datto's MSP partners said the Datto layoffs were just a symptom of a wider concern in the MSP business about the impact from the global pandemic, and that MSPs need to carefully plan for the rest of 2020. read the rest here