Financing

Artificial Intelligence

AI Hype major obstacle to CFO attainment of realistic goals

November 4, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on AI Hype major obstacle to CFO attainment of realistic goals
A new study from OneStream Software indicates CFOs  are facing mounting pressure from boards and investors to turn AI from promise into performance, while also attempting to transcend AI hype, which is likely why 97% say their boards expect a regular readout on AI investment, even as 32% of CFOs express concerns about ROI uncertainty of AI projects.

Artificial Intelligence

Flamingo targets MSP  market with AI-powered open source platform

November 3, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Flamingo targets MSP  market with AI-powered open source platform
Flamingo emerges from stealth  and at launch had already signed up over 1,000 MSPs on their waitlist, with over 150 early adopters from the Slack community actively involved in testing.

Distribution

Anti-ransomware fighter Halcyon signs North American distribution deal with Climb Channel Solutions

October 30, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Anti-ransomware fighter Halcyon signs North American distribution deal with Climb Channel Solutions
While Halcyon has worked with Carahsoft in the public sector, and has had distribution relationships in EMEA and APJ, this deal with Climb is their first in North American that handles the enterprise, commercial or SMB areas in North America.

Channel Communities

TD SYNNEX partners with IBM Cloudability to empower partners with cloud financial management

October 27, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on TD SYNNEX partners with IBM Cloudability to empower partners with cloud financial management
Distributor TD SYNNEX has commenced a TD SYNNEX Global FinOps Practice powered by IBM Cloudability, which is targeted . The practice is geared at helping partners build their own practice with the assistance of Cloudability.

Channel Programs

Network observability vendor NetBrain unveils ACE+ Partner Program

October 8, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Network observability vendor NetBrain unveils ACE+ Partner Program
The all-in-one channel program includes cloud and desktop licensing options, plus a library of pre-built automations with free, full-platform access, allowing partners to rapidly generate customer network assessments and accelerate sales cycles

Artificial Intelligence

Upscale AI launches with over $100M  round for ultra-low latency network solutions purpose-built for AI

October 3, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Upscale AI launches with over $100M  round for ultra-low latency network solutions purpose-built for AI
Upscale AI is pioneering open-standard networking technology to drive faster innovation along with greater choice and flexibility across AI infrastructure, creating sustainable, ultra-low latency network infrastructure solutions purpose-built for AI, interconnecting compute, data, and users.

Artificial Intelligence

Bad guys increase ransomware attacks for first time in three years: Hornetsecurity

October 3, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Bad guys increase ransomware attacks for first time in three years: Hornetsecurity
A new report from Hornetsecurity found the first increase in ransomware attacks in three years were driven by new technology, particularly more convincing AI-based phishing attacks, against which traditional training and defenses have little use.

Artificial Intelligence

Sphinx launches with $9.5M seed round to redefine how AI works with data

October 2, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Sphinx launches with $9.5M seed round to redefine how AI works with data
With Seed funding round led by Lightspeed, Sphinx unveils AI copilot for data scientists that thinks in statistics and patterns to find value in raw information.

Agent

Databricks and OpenAI partner to make OpenAI models natively available within the Databricks platform and Agent Bricks flagship product

October 1, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Databricks and OpenAI partner to make OpenAI models natively available within the Databricks platform and Agent Bricks flagship product
Databricks and OpenAI have announced a multi-year partnership that will make OpenAI models natively available within the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform and Databricks’ flagship AI product Agent Bricks, while they also signed a multiyear, $100 million deal to sell artificial intelligence services to large business customers.

Agent

Autonomous AI agents key to Email security startup AegisAI leaving stealth

October 1, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Autonomous AI agents key to Email security startup AegisAI leaving stealth
Cybersecurity startup AegisAI has announced a radical approach to email security as parts of both its public launch and seed funding round, with the premise being the use of autonomous AI agents that eliminate phishing, malware, and business email compromise attacks before they ever reach user inboxes.