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How financing can help channel partners navigate higher IT costs

September 3, 2026 Robert Dutt 0
Rising hardware costs and customer budget pressure are making IT infrastructure deals harder to close. Mitsubishi HC Capital Canada’s Jim Moschos explains how MSPs and VARs can use financing to protect margins, manage cash flow and support multi-year technology commitments.

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The Buzz: TD Synnex deepens PartnerFirst, Barracuda collapses partner tracks, and AWS pushes outcome-based AI billing

September 2, 2026 Robert Dutt 0
TD Synnex adds Microsoft and Cisco data to PartnerFirst, Barracuda merges MSP and reseller tracks, and AWS pushes outcome-based AI pricing. Plus: Blumira and DNSFilter integrate, OpenAI agents breach Hugging Face, and TD SYNNEX Canada Inspire dates are set.

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Frank Balonis on why Canadian partners need to start CPCSC prep now, and what CMMC taught us

September 1, 2026 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Frank Balonis on why Canadian partners need to start CPCSC prep now, and what CMMC taught us
Kiteworks chief information security officer Frank Balonis joins In The Channel to explain what Canadian partners need to know about CPCSC, how it differs from CMMC, and why the window to get ahead of Level 2 requirements is already closing.

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The Buzz: KnowBe4 names Kurt Mills channel chief, CBTS launches Forge Agents, and Sublime Security integrates with CrowdStrike

September 1, 2026 Robert Dutt Comments Off on The Buzz: KnowBe4 names Kurt Mills channel chief, CBTS launches Forge Agents, and Sublime Security integrates with CrowdStrike
Today’s Buzz covers KnowBe4’s new channel chief, CBTS’s push to put AI agents into production, and Sublime Security’s CrowdStrike integration, plus counter-tariffs on U.S. tech, browser security, and research on why internal AI SOC builds fail.

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The Buzz: ePlus buys Daymark, Cohesity expands Aspire partner program, and Exclaimer builds an MSP lane

August 26, 2026 Robert Dutt Comments Off on The Buzz: ePlus buys Daymark, Cohesity expands Aspire partner program, and Exclaimer builds an MSP lane
ePlus acquires Daymark Solutions for its Microsoft cloud push, Cohesity adds specializations and rebates to its Aspire partner program, and Exclaimer debuts MSP Connect with PSA integrations. Plus, IBM deploys thousands of AI agents and CrowdStrike warns on frontier AI threats. Here’s your Wednesday, August 26 channel briefing.

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Cisco brings sovereign infrastructure to Canada with air-gapped portfolio

August 25, 2026 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Cisco brings sovereign infrastructure to Canada with air-gapped portfolio
Cisco has launched its Sovereign Critical Infrastructure portfolio in Canada, giving government, financial institutions, and healthcare providers a new option for air-gapped, on-premises deployment. Cisco Canada president Raj Juneja says the offering is open to the full partner ecosystem, with certifications consistent with existing portfolio requirements.

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The Buzz: Cisco Canada launches sovereign critical infrastructure, ScanSource buys MicroAge for $220.5 million, and ESET Canada names cybersecurity scholarship winners

August 25, 2026 Robert Dutt Comments Off on The Buzz: Cisco Canada launches sovereign critical infrastructure, ScanSource buys MicroAge for $220.5 million, and ESET Canada names cybersecurity scholarship winners
Cisco Canada launches its Sovereign Critical Infrastructure portfolio with Bell as lead partner, ScanSource acquires MicroAge for $220.5 million to augment partner services, and ESET Canada names three Women in Cybersecurity Scholarship winners. Plus CrowdStrike expands Project QuiltWorks to SMBs, Palo Alto Networks and NTT Data sign a $1 billion pact, and Auvik promotes Daniel Ochoa to CRO.

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ESET’s Tony Anscombe on why breached SMBs feel more confident, and where MSPs fit in the insurance collision

August 20, 2026 Robert Dutt Comments Off on ESET’s Tony Anscombe on why breached SMBs feel more confident, and where MSPs fit in the insurance collision
ESET Chief Security Evangelist Tony Anscombe joins In The Channel to unpack the 2026 SMB Cyber Readiness Index. We discuss the confidence paradox, the collision between cyber insurance and MSPs, why AI headlines distract from phishing fundamentals, and why monthly micro-training is the antidote to checkbox compliance.

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Coro CEO Joe Sykora on the case against Frankenstein security stacks

August 18, 2026 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Coro CEO Joe Sykora on the case against Frankenstein security stacks
Coro chief executive Joe Sykora talks platform consolidation, automated alert remediation, and the agentic AI question reshaping how MSPs should think about their security stacks.

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Logging in, not breaking in: Blackpoint Cyber’s Wil Santiago on the 2026 threat landscape

August 13, 2026 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Logging in, not breaking in: Blackpoint Cyber’s Wil Santiago on the 2026 threat landscape
Wil Santiago, chief security and trust officer at Blackpoint Cyber, joins In The Channel to unpack the company’s 2026 Annual Threat Report – and what thousands of real SOC incidents reveal about how attackers are using trusted credentials and IT tools to get inside MSP environments undetected.