Networking

Channel Communities

Zscaler launches new innovations for advanced end-to-end monitoring, diagnostics, and remediation

November 4, 2025 Mark Cox 0
Cloud security vendor Zscaler has launched three major new Zscaler Digital Experience (ZDX) innovations that help enterprises monitor and fix performance issues faster, cut issue detection by 98% and resolve issues in minutes to strengthen SLAs and minimize downtime.

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Artificial Intelligence

Cisco’s Robbins outlines opportunities, challenges of AI era

November 4, 2025 Robert Dutt 0
SAN DIEGO — AI has the technology industry “moving at a pace as an industry, as a group, and as partners, that we haven’t moved in a very long time,” Cisco CEO Chuk Robbins told […]
Edge

Cisco’s Unified Edge updates UCS concept for AI era

November 4, 2025 Robert Dutt 0
SAN DIEGO — At its Partner Summit here, Cisco announced its latest server offering, taking the converged infrastructure approach it’s been taking with its Unified Computing System (UCS) lineup for many years and bringing it […]
Artificial Intelligence

Auvik makes SaaS management available through Pax8

November 3, 2025 Mark Cox 0
The availability of Auvik SaaS management, following the initial availability of Auvik Network Management (ANM) on the Pax8 Marketplace in 2024, marks a significant milestone as the first SaaS management platform available on Pax8 with shadow IT and shadow AI discovery capabilities.

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APIs

Cequence Security strengthens channel first model to drive profitability across the application, API, AI and AI ecosystems

October 27, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cequence Security strengthens channel first model to drive profitability across the application, API, AI and AI ecosystems
Cequence enhances their channel program with structured tiers, enhanced enablement, and profitability incentives as the company strengthens its channel-first positioning.

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Artificial Intelligence

Ultraconverged Infrastructure [UCI] pioneer VergeOS launches VergeOS 26 with VergeIQ and its AI-focused abilities

October 23, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Ultraconverged Infrastructure [UCI] pioneer VergeOS launches VergeOS 26 with VergeIQ and its AI-focused abilities
VergeOS 26 modernizes infrastructure while VergeIQ, integrated within it, has features like shared LLM, OpenAI-compatible services, vendor-agnostic GPU support, and generative AI intelligence.

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Certifications

Aryaka reworks and simplifies their channel program

October 15, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Aryaka reworks and simplifies their channel program
Simplicity is really the key here, as it is behind many of the changes, including ease on onboarding, as Aryaka positions itself for accelerated channel-led growth.

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Artificial Intelligence

d-Matrix announces SquadRack rack-scale solution to provide AI Inference at data centre scale 

October 14, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on d-Matrix announces SquadRack rack-scale solution to provide AI Inference at data centre scale 
Generative AI inference trailblazer d-Matrix partners with Arista, Broadcom and Supermicro to create the industry’s first blueprint for disaggregated standards-based rack-scale solutions for ultra-low latency batched inference.  

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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

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Artificial Intelligence

Auvik’s new CTO Dan Zaniewski lays out his plans

October 7, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Auvik’s new CTO Dan Zaniewski lays out his plans
Auvik has promoted Dan Zaniewski to Chief Technology Officer from his previous role as Senior VP of Engineering. His job is to advance Auvik’s technical leadership in the growing network management and IT operations sectors, and leverage his deep expertise in product engineering in the MSP channel and security spaces to accelerate Auvik’s AI adoption, cybersecurity, and cloud strategies.

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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.

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Artificial Intelligence

FireMon adds NVIDIA Cumulus Support to unify policy management in AI-intensive data centres

September 30, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on FireMon adds NVIDIA Cumulus Support to unify policy management in AI-intensive data centres
The integration closes a long-standing gap for teams who standardize on open networking while maintaining a single source of truth for network security policy across firewalls, clouds, and modern fabrics.

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Artificial Intelligence

NDR provider Stamus and SentinelOne partner to deliver AI-powered go-to-market measures

September 22, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on NDR provider Stamus and SentinelOne partner to deliver AI-powered go-to-market measures
Stamus makes an open-source based intrusion detection system and intrusion prevention system, and they have been partnered with SentinelOne for a while, but that has now been extended in an advanced partnership that better addresses network security with AI-powered detection and response.

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Channel Programs

Tufin upgrades Tufin Partner Program for network management and cloud security automation

September 21, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Tufin upgrades Tufin Partner Program for network management and cloud security automation
The revamped global Tufin Partner Program delivers complete network management from a single platform and empowers partners to simplify network security, accelerate deal cycles, and maximize customer value.

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Data Centre

ExtraHop, CrowdStrike extend partnership to break down data silos and assist federated search

September 19, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on ExtraHop, CrowdStrike extend partnership to break down data silos and assist federated search
Building on recent integrations with Falcon Next-Gen SIEM, NDR vendor ExtraHop and cybersecurity vendor CrowdStrike have expanded their relationship, and are now working together, in order to further unify data and deliver faster, simpler investigations.

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Artificial Intelligence

VergeIO, Cirrus Data partner to eliminate infrastructure sprawl

September 18, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on VergeIO, Cirrus Data partner to eliminate infrastructure sprawl
The collaboration combines Cirrus Data’s patented software-only data mobility technology with VergeOS, the industry’s only single-codebase infrastructure operating system for virtualization, storage, networking, and AI.

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Artificial Intelligence

Stellar Cyber and NetFoundry partner on AI-driven SecOps platform

September 18, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Stellar Cyber and NetFoundry partner on AI-driven SecOps platform
This partnership between security platform maker Stellar Cyber and zero trust-focused Netfoundry expands Stellar Cyber’s security capabilities and brings Netfoundry into the Stellar Cyber’s Open Cybersecurity Alliance.

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Data Management

Barracuda Managed XDR beefs up  both Microsoft and Google with Automated Threat Response

September 18, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Barracuda Managed XDR beefs up  both Microsoft and Google with Automated Threat Response
Barracuda Managed XDR has had Automated Threat Response added for two major platforms – Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and Google Workspace.

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Agent

Ericsson leaps forward in enterprise 5G networking by integrating agentic AI into NetCloud platform

September 15, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Ericsson leaps forward in enterprise 5G networking by integrating agentic AI into NetCloud platform
In addition, as NetCloud evolves to effortlessly manage both Wireless WAN and private 5G solutions, Ericsson is also launching the industry’s first enterprise 5G agentic AI virtual expert.

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APIs

Enterprise browser firm Island named IGEL partner of the year

September 11, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Enterprise browser firm Island named IGEL partner of the year
Island, which has been focused on building quality lightweight browsers and has been focused on the workspace, has been selected by IGEL as their 2025 IGEL Ready Application Excellence Partner of the Year. It significantly upgrades what IGEL has been doing around their enterprise browser technology, to the point where Island considers IGEL to be a design partner

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