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[ May 14, 2026 ] Threat briefings, not statistical talks: ESET’s Cameron Tousley and Pedro Kertzman on making CTI work for MSPs In The Channel
[ May 14, 2026 ] The Buzz: Acronis launches IaaS for MSPs, Citrix rethinks secure access, and Upwind brings agents to cloud security Podcasts
[ May 13, 2026 ] Beyond the Hype: Bridging the AI Governance Gap with Auvik’s Steve Petryschuk In The Channel
[ May 13, 2026 ] The Buzz: SonicWall extends Gen 8 to the cloud, Huntress ties security posture to insurance terms, and Intruder tracks the remediation gap Podcasts
[ May 12, 2026 ] Top Down Ventures closes oversubscribed C$38M Founders Fund I, with a 5.3x agentic AI exit already in the books In The Channel

Threat briefings, not statistical talks: ESET’s Cameron Tousley and Pedro Kertzman on making CTI work for MSPs

May 14, 2026

Cyber threat intelligence has long been framed as an enterprise discipline – but the threat landscape doesn’t respect that boundary anymore. Cameron Tousley and Pedro Kertzman of ESET make the case for why CTI belongs in the MSP practice, and what getting started actually looks like.

Beyond the Hype: Bridging the AI Governance Gap with Auvik’s Steve Petryschuk

May 13, 2026

In this episode of In The Channel, Auvik’s Steve Petryschuk joins Robert Dutt to discuss the findings of the 2026 IT Trends Report. They dig into the “Maturity Mirage,” the rise of Shadow AI, and why the path to AI readiness actually starts with better documentation and visibility.

Top Down Ventures closes oversubscribed C$38M Founders Fund I, with a 5.3x agentic AI exit already in the books

May 12, 2026

Top Down Ventures has closed Founders Fund I at C$38 million, oversubscribed, as the first institutional VC fund focused exclusively on early-stage MSP software and AI. Managing partner Joel Abramson joined In The Channel on announcement day to unpack the thesis, the zofiQ exit, and the market shift that has the fund bullish on the decade ahead.

On site at ServiceNow Knowledge: What building Canada’s first ServiceNow elite partner teaches you about what’s coming next

May 11, 2026

In the final episode of our Knowledge 2026 series, we sit down with Steven Kiss of EY Canada – the founder of SuMO IT Solutions, Canada’s first ServiceNow elite partner, now running EY’s national ServiceNow practice – for a practitioner’s view of where the channel is actually headed.

On site at ServiceNow Knowledge: What the agentic business actually looks like from a Canadian vantage point

May 8, 2026

Recorded live at Knowledge 2026 in Las Vegas, Robert Dutt sits down with Cristin Gooderham of ServiceNow Canada to unpack what a week of big agentic AI announcements actually means for Canadian enterprises and the partners who serve them.

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Threat briefings, not statistical talks: ESET’s Cameron Tousley and Pedro Kertzman on making CTI work for MSPs

Beyond the Hype: Bridging the AI Governance Gap with Auvik’s Steve Petryschuk

Top Down Ventures closes oversubscribed C$38M Founders Fund I, with a 5.3x agentic AI exit already in the books

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