Managed Services
Year: 2026
Artificial Intelligence
Shadow AI is an identity problem, and your employees already created it
Employees are spinning up AI agents and handing them broad access to corporate systems – often without security teams knowing. Okta VP of Product Jack Hirsch explains why identity, not endpoints, is the key to getting ahead of shadow AI, and where the opportunity lies for Canadian solution providers.
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ICYMI: Cisco rewrites partner pricing rules as component shortages bite
Cisco now reserves the right to cancel compute orders and adjust pricing between order and ship date. Lenovo is warning of March price hikes. And WD says its entire 2026 hard drive production is spoken for. Here’s what it all means for your quoting strategy. Plus: Pure Storage becomes Everpure, WatchGuard targets the enterprise-MSP gap, and AWS says AI is accelerating real-world attacks.
Managed Services
MSPs, AI, and the Readiness Gap: What’s working, what isn’t, and what comes next
AI is a top priority for MSPs, but excitement hasn’t always translated into execution or profitability. In this episode, Mike DePalma of OpenText Cybersecurity breaks down where partners are succeeding with AI, where they’re struggling, and how the channel opportunity is starting to take real shape.
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