Software

Compliance

 71% of in-house IT builds don’t deliver on time or on budget

November 24, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on  71% of in-house IT builds don’t deliver on time or on budget
Exclaimer’s Build vs Buy Report exposes the hidden costs and productivity drain of DIY IT tools, urging organizations to rethink how they balance control, compliance, and innovation.

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Hyper-converged

StorPool Storage launches all-in-one software-based HCI solution integrated with Oracle Virtualization.

November 19, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on StorPool Storage launches all-in-one software-based HCI solution integrated with Oracle Virtualization.
The StorPool next-gen HCI Software Stack has multiple advantages over VMware and its integration with Oracle Virtualization is positioned as an alternative to it.

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Artificial Intelligence

While almost all organizations now have AI, many still lack visibility: Cycode

November 12, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on While almost all organizations now have AI, many still lack visibility: Cycode
The result of the Cycode study show the prevalence of Shadow AI, while unmanaged AI is now the #1 priority, motivating 100% of security leaders to increase their investments in AI-related initiatives.

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Endpoint management

GoTo boosts Unified Endpoint Management for MSPs with new LogMeIn Resolve capabilities

November 10, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on GoTo boosts Unified Endpoint Management for MSPs with new LogMeIn Resolve capabilities
GoTo, which makes LogMeIn products, has announced a suite of new features for its LogMeIn Resolve solution for MSPs. The latest capabilities give MSPs a modern, AI-driven Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) solution to enhance the customer experience, streamline operations, and drive business growth.

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Artificial Intelligence

Harness collaborates with Google Cloud to accelerate software delivery in the AI era

November 10, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Harness collaborates with Google Cloud to accelerate software delivery in the AI era
Built on Google Cloud’s Vertex AI platform, Harness AI applies it across the entire software delivery lifecycle so that code moves quickly, securely, and reliably through every stage into production.

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Agent

Sage makes multiple announcements at Barcelona channel event

November 7, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Sage makes multiple announcements at Barcelona channel event
Key news items include the addition of a new agent, a Finance Intelligence Agent to power high-performance finance teams, and the launch of AI Developer Solutions, which is designed to accelerate partner-led innovation on the Sage Platform.

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Agent

Dynatrace, ServiceNow launch multi-year partnership that deepens strategic collaboration

October 31, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dynatrace, ServiceNow launch multi-year partnership that deepens strategic collaboration
The multiyear partnership between the two organizations focuses on intelligent automation at scale for joint enterprise customers.

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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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Artificial Intelligence

NetApp strengthens enterprise-grade data platform to accelerate modern AI workloads

October 14, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on NetApp strengthens enterprise-grade data platform to accelerate modern AI workloads
The two big enhancements, both new, are exabyte-scale AFX systems with disaggregated storage, and an AI Data Engine built with NVIDIA, both of which deliver on NetApp’s AI vision.

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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.

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Agent

Akto looks to protect MCP servers with new Agentic Security Platform

October 2, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Akto looks to protect MCP servers with new Agentic Security Platform
Akto’s new Agentic Security Platform is an end-to-end security solution purpose-built for the age of autonomous AI agents that is designed to protect enterprises as they deploy AI agents at scale and adopt the Model Context Protocol , with the platform delivering complete visibility, continuous Agentic red teaming, and real-time guardrails to stop agents from going rogue.

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Channel Programs

Cybersecurity vendor Morphisec names Rohyt Belani to Advisory Board  

September 29, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cybersecurity vendor Morphisec names Rohyt Belani to Advisory Board  
Belani has extensive experience working with subscription-based cybersecurity solutions and deep insights into the MSSP landscape, and this will help Morphisec strengthen its leadership in anti-ransomware using its advanced deception technology Automated Moving Target Defense (AMTD) and expand its global partner ecosystem.

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Agent

Equinix unveils Distributed AI Infrastructure to power Agentic AI and next wave of AI innovation

September 26, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Equinix unveils Distributed AI Infrastructure to power Agentic AI and next wave of AI innovation
At their first AI Summit, Equinix introduced Fabric Intelligence with real-time awareness and automation for AI and multicloud workloads to enable faster inferencing and edge-to-cloud connectivity

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Security

Absolute Security unveils Rehydrate to quickly restore inoperable devices

September 22, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Absolute Security unveils Rehydrate to quickly restore inoperable devices
Embedded in the firmware of more than 600 Million Windows PCs, this industry-first innovation lets organizations perform remote, single-click restoration for any connected Windows PC, to stop downtime from cyberattacks, ransomware and software incidents.

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Agent

Microsoft partners with Workday around unified AI Agent experience for the enterprise

September 19, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Microsoft partners with Workday around unified AI Agent experience for the enterprise
Customers that build AI agents using Microsoft Azure AI Foundry and Copilot Studio will be able to easily register and manage them within the Workday Agent System of Record.

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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

Malwarebytes launches Malwarebytes Tools free feature

September 8, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Malwarebytes launches Malwarebytes Tools free feature
Malwarebytes Tools is a new collection of free features designed to help people quickly solve computer problems, speed up their Windows devices, and boost protection and privacy.

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Security

Veeam announces first fully pre-built, pre-hardened software appliance

September 8, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Veeam announces first fully pre-built, pre-hardened software appliance
Veeam has rolled out a fully pre-configured backup software appliance to make it easier to deploy, install, and operate its Data Platform backup and cyber-resilience product on the hardware of their choice, from a hyperscaler to the edge.

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Artificial Intelligence

Supply Chain Risk Management vendor Avetta launches global partner program with ten partners out of the gate

September 2, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Supply Chain Risk Management vendor Avetta launches global partner program with ten partners out of the gate
The new SCRM Management-focused program gets out of the gate with an ecosystem of ten foundational partners that bring complementary solutions and specialized expertise to help drive greater strategic value for Avetta customers.

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Hardware

SonicWall to relaunch Elevate regional partner events

August 18, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on SonicWall to relaunch Elevate regional partner events
The 2025 regional partner events are not coming to Canada this year, but will give partners direct access to SonicWall leaders, new solutions, and growth strategies across the globe.

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