Training

In The Channel

ESET’s cybersecurity scholarship is building a talent pipeline

March 30, 2026 Robert Dutt 0
ESET Canada country manager Bob Bonneau joins In The Channel to talk about the company’s Women in Cybersecurity Scholarship — now in its eleventh year and fifth year in Canada — and why the talent it produces isn’t ending up where you might expect.

Artificial Intelligence

Fastly empowers partners to strengthen customer security and expand services with new certification program

November 24, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Fastly empowers partners to strengthen customer security and expand services with new certification program
Fastly, which makes a global edge cloud platform, has announced the launch of its new partner certification program, the Fastly Certified Services Partner Program, which is  designed for technical security professionals at partner organizations, providing them with comprehensive training and certification.

Channel Programs

SOTI enhances new and improved SOTI Altitude Program for channel partners

November 20, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on SOTI enhances new and improved SOTI Altitude Program for channel partners
Program enhancements have been reworked to empower partners to grow faster, sell more and maximize their success, through expanded support, more structured incentives and a more diverse partner ecosystem.

Agent

Akamai Inference Cloud gains early traction as AI moves to the edge

November 14, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Akamai Inference Cloud gains early traction as AI moves to the edge
Organizations are putting the technology to work to improve response times and revenue, from live video intelligence to context-aware chatbots and AI-powered consumer products, and why the company just announced Akamai Inference Cloud, a platform that redefines where and how AI is used by expanding inference from core data centres to the edge of the internet.

Channel Communities

Netrio brings Bobby Hall on board to drive partner growth and expand Netrio Go-To-Market strategy

November 5, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Netrio brings Bobby Hall on board to drive partner growth and expand Netrio Go-To-Market strategy
Hall will report directly to Mike Cromwell, Chief Revenue Officer at Netrio, but the two of them will work together to make Netrio’s channel strategy as effective as possible.

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.

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.

Artificial Intelligence

AI-powered Nintex releases new global partner program to grow partner base

October 7, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on AI-powered Nintex releases new global partner program to grow partner base
AI-powered workflow vendor Nintex has launched their new Nintex Partner Program, designed to help partners to grow their business, deliver greater value to customers, and capitalize on the rising demand for intelligent process automation and AI-powered business orchestration.

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.

Channel Programs

Akamai restructures partner program with unified Akamai Partner Connect

September 25, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Akamai restructures partner program with unified Akamai Partner Connect
The greatly revised partner program, Akamai Partner Connect introduces a unified structure aligned to how partners go to market today.