Here's a look at five news stories of interest to the channel from last week, focusing on key numbers within those stories.

15 – Number of Dell partners that sell to the public sector that have joined forces with the vendor to lobby for more SMB-friendly changes in such areas as quota, contracting and procurement regulations. The 16 companies have banded together to launch GovEvolve, which will advocate for policies that drive innovation and investment in next-generation technology, with a particular focus on issues that affect IT service providers with anywhere between 25 and several hundred employees.

$1.5 million – Market cap of Imperva, a security technology vendor that partners of Cisco are urging that company to acquire. Partners told CRN that Imperva's technological strengths would fill gaps inside Cisco’s "security everywhere" strategy. Imperva, of Redwood Shores, Calif., recently disclosed that it had hired financial and legal advisers and launched a strategic review of the company to explore opportunities.

11 percent - Projected annual growth rate through 2020 for the unified communications as a service (UCaas) market in North America, according to research firm HIS. Solution providers need to watch what happens in the UCaaS space as vendors scramble to become cloud-oriented to meet demand for cloud-based UC solutions. Long-time players such as Avaya and ShoreTel are hiring financial advisors to explore new strategic options, which could include the potential sales of the companies or selling off specific assets.

Less than $40,000 – Starting end-user price for new entry-level, full-featured, all-flash storage array unveiled last week by flash storage solution developer Nimble Storage. Alan McDonald, the CEO of Nimble partner All Connected, of Simi Valley, Calif., said the new product " gives us an opportunity to have new conversations with customers," as the cost of flash storage continues to fall.

$35 million – Series B finding recently received by Boston-based enterprise-grade 3-D printing disrupter Formlabs. The company said it would use the money to broaden its partner community, among other initiatives. Formlabs closed the funding round Aug. 3.