The Latest
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Workday fires CEO, seeks to digest recent AI acquisitions
The ERP software provider’s stock hit a three-year low when it revealed it was replacing its CEO with co-founder Aneel Bhusri.
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Kyndryl reassures investors as revenue flattens
The IT services firm also revamped its finance team and commenced an audit of its cash management practices, company executives said Monday.
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Threat actors target SolarWinds Web Help Desk flaw
Researchers say hackers are using remote monitoring and other tools in compromised environments.
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MetTel, TekSynap take aim at aging Army National Guard telecom
The modernization service providers finalized multiyear contracts to replace aging networks at bases in Georgia and Tennessee.
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The IT boom is real but the channel’s share is shrinking
Vendors are driving a surge in technology spending as hyperscalers continue to pour capital into AI infrastructure buildouts.
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AI is saving customer support teams time, survey finds
Other benefits include scaling support without growing headcount and reduced cost to serve, according to an Intercom survey.
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Cognizant CEO warns AI won’t magically produce value
“You can't apply this technology on existing old processes,” Ravi Kumar S said Wednesday. “You have to reinvent and reimagine the process.”
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Neoclouds capture growing AI workload traffic, Backblaze says
The storage provider saw sustained traffic growth to GPU specialists in Q4, signaling an ecosystem opportunity beyond hyperscale platforms.
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Google’s $185B bet on rising customer demand for AI
CEO Sundar Pichai said Wednesday the surge in CapEx spend will let the company set "an eye toward the future" amid a boom in cloud revenue.
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AI creates identity sprawl crisis for channel partners
Automation and non-human identities are changing attack strategies, according to separate reports from Netwrix and the Cloud Security Alliance.
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Pure Storage partner program overhaul prioritizes outcomes
The data management platform added tiers, specializations and enablement initiatives to incentivize technical expertise over resale volume.
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Autonomous attacks ushered cybercrime into AI era in 2025
Malwarebytes urged companies to adopt continuous monitoring and lock down identity systems as AI models get better at orchestrating intrusions.
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Lexful looks to untangle MSP documentation with AI
The software startup built a platform with embedded AI search to guide IT services providers through legacy specs and records.
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HP CEO Enrique Lores steps down
After more than three decades, Lores departed Tuesday to become the CEO of PayPal. The PC giant appointed Bruce Broussard as interim CEO.
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IT services help drive global tech spend above $6 trillion: Gartner
Despite surging data center investments and substantial year-over-year growth in software, third-party IT services will remain the largest segment in 2026.
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AWS, Nutanix deliver sovereign cloud that partners can work with
Geopolitical developments are creating challenges and opportunities for IT service providers, resellers and consultants.
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New Charter bolsters its MSP network with NetSource One
The acquisition brings stronger compliance services and a deeper Michigan regional presence to the growing platform.
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Verizon reseller CSG combines with e-commerce hub 5Gstore
The two companies said they will form a channel partner organization with close to $80 million in annual revenue.
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Verizon plans to fight churn with better end-to-end experience
CEO Dan Schulman said the company will deploy AI at scale to help it reduce complexity, anticipate customer pain points and personalize interactions.
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SAP leans on partners to drive mid-market ERP migrations
“The mid-market is actually by far now the fastest-growing market within our customer base,” CEO Christian Klein said during a Wednesday earnings call.
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Avaya takes partner C1 to court for ‘interfering’ with customers
The legal action stems from a dispute over C1 marketing competitive products to Avaya customers.
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Enterprise infrastructure still not ready for AI
Most tech leaders report feeling ill equipped to manage rising infrastructure demands as AI compute ramps up.
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IBM enjoys a mainframe sales boost as its software segment soars
The company reported its highest annual revenue for zSystems units in two decades coupled with record growth in software revenue for the 2025 fiscal year.
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Microsoft AI investments raise questions about long-term strategy
CEO Satya Nadella reported rising interest in cloud and AI sovereignty, which analysts warned could lead to more selective enterprise buying patterns.
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AI hype vs. hard reality: How channel partners can thrive in 2026
The 2026 channel partner playbook: Survive vendor consolidation, dodge the AI hype trap, and figure out how to actually make money from all this automation.