Artificial Intelligence

GoTo and Nexthink ally to integrate Nexthink platform with LogMeIn Rescue in move that should please channel partners

October 10, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on GoTo and Nexthink ally to integrate Nexthink platform with LogMeIn Rescue in move that should please channel partners
The partnership enables a new integration between LogMeIn Rescue, GoTo’s enterprise-grade remote support tool, and the DEX-focused Nexthink Infinity platform, a partnership which will have significant implications for channel partners of both companies.

Backup

Object First targets edge locations and smaller businesses with new Ootbi Mini immutable storage appliance

October 10, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Object First targets edge locations and smaller businesses with new Ootbi Mini immutable storage appliance
The Ootbi Mini broadens the market for Object First storage to ROBOs and smaller businesses, while also adding a honeypot feature and a beta for fleet managers which should appeal to MSPs in particular.

Artificial Intelligence

MinIO adds  native Apache Iceberg support to its AIStor exascale object store with new Tables feature.

October 10, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on MinIO adds  native Apache Iceberg support to its AIStor exascale object store with new Tables feature.
The company says this key new capability establishes MinIO as the on-prem exascale AI Data Store for secure, sovereign, scalable enterprise AI.

Agent

Nintex unveils new AI-native capabilities in newly-announced Agentic Business Orchestration

October 10, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Nintex unveils new AI-native capabilities in newly-announced Agentic Business Orchestration
Nintex has announced that it has unlocked the power of agentic business orchestration by combining process intelligence, workflow orchestration, low-code development, and agentic AI, and has now formally unveiled Agentic Business Orchestration, its vision and strategic direction for the evolution of business process automation and application development.

Agent

Big jump coming in use of integrated AI Agents

October 10, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Big jump coming in use of integrated AI Agents
A global study of multinational organizations’ integration of agentic AI found that more than 68% of organizations will have integrated autonomous or semi-autonomous AI agents into their core operations by 2026, with almost 20%  using or will use fully autonomous agents within the next year.

Channel Communities

New Halcyon channel chief Dave Pawlowski wants partners to brand Halcyon as go-to for ransomware protection

October 9, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on New Halcyon channel chief Dave Pawlowski wants partners to brand Halcyon as go-to for ransomware protection
Pawlowski, Halcyon’s newly appointed Worldwide Vice President of Channels and MSSP, lays out his plans to make Halcyon a dominant player specifically in the anti-ransomware space, partnering rather than competing with EDR companies, and getting channel partners and distribution  more involved.

Channel Communities

Hitachi Vantara, Red Hat partner to combine Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization with Hitachi Vantara VSP One

October 9, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Hitachi Vantara, Red Hat partner to combine Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization with Hitachi Vantara VSP One
In the latest installment of an alliance between Red Hat and Hitachi Vantara, the companies announced a new solution that combines Hitachi Vantara’s VSP One with Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization, to make it easier for customers to adopt a unified, hybrid cloud platform.

Cloud

Microsoft Intune specialist Devicie expands channel reach through Pax8 marketplace

October 9, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Microsoft Intune specialist Devicie expands channel reach through Pax8 marketplace
Devicie Intune deployment and maintenance solutions for Microsoft environments are now accessible to Pax8’s over 40,000 managed service providers.

Agent

Horizon3.ai lets organizations ramp up offensive security efforts with new Active Directory Tripwires for their NodeZero platform

October 9, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Horizon3.ai lets organizations ramp up offensive security efforts with new Active Directory Tripwires for their NodeZero platform
Active Directory Tripwires lets organizations fight the attacks on AD that come from it sitting at the centre of enterprise identity, giving them the equivalent of an attacker-informed early warning system, and protecting them from bad guys attempting privilege escalation.

Artificial Intelligence

Sage makes platform smarter and faster by acquiring Criterion HCM

October 9, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Sage makes platform smarter and faster by acquiring Criterion HCM
Criterion strengthens Sage’s ability to support mid-sized businesses scale faster with its unified, AI-powered HR system that improves Human Capital Management by eliminating admin and driving performance.