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The Channel Co. has named former Gizmodo Australia Managing Editor Athina Mallis as CRN Australia’s editor.

A downtown Natick firm, which uses technology to help firms improve their employee benefits and HR compliance, has purchased the site of its headquarters for $5.3 million.

Employees at Vision Advertising, Thrive Support & Advocacy, and Main Street Bank are advancing in their careers.

In Central Massachusetts, the confidence banking executives have in the brick-and-mortar model is unwavering.

Dell still has a presence in Hopkinton, owning three properties which feature about 1.28 million square feet of office space. However, since the 2015 merger announcement, the company has off-loaded more than 1.2 million square feet.

BJ’s saw a 90% membership renewal rate in the fiscal year ending on Feb. 1 after implementing a membership price increase at the beginning of 2025.

Workers Credit Union has named Sandesh Parulekar as the Littleton-based institution’s new chief information officer.

Human services provider Making Opportunity Count will lay off 20 employees by April 30 as the Fitchburg-based nonprofit will shutter two of its shelter locations.

Westborough-based IT solutions provider ZehnTek has acquired fellow cloud strategy firm BossNine Technologies, headquartered in Maynard, whose founder will assume the role of CEO of the conglomerate.

“We’ve been DOGE-ed,” said Christopher Egan, president of Carruth Capital in Westborough, which owns one of the impacted properties.