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[ May 13, 2026 ] Beyond the Hype: Bridging the AI Governance Gap with Auvik’s Steve Petryschuk In The Channel
[ May 13, 2026 ] The Buzz: SonicWall extends Gen 8 to the cloud, Huntress ties security posture to insurance terms, and Intruder tracks the remediation gap Podcasts
[ May 12, 2026 ] Top Down Ventures closes oversubscribed C$38M Founders Fund I, with a 5.3x agentic AI exit already in the books In The Channel
[ May 12, 2026 ] The Buzz: Canada ranks second globally for ransomware, Top Down closes $38M MSP fund, and Barracuda maps the new email threat landscape Podcasts
[ May 11, 2026 ] On site at ServiceNow Knowledge: What building Canada’s first ServiceNow elite partner teaches you about what’s coming next In The Channel

Top Down Ventures closes oversubscribed C$38M Founders Fund I, with a 5.3x agentic AI exit already in the books

May 12, 2026 Robert Dutt 0

Top Down Ventures has closed Founders Fund I at C$38 million, oversubscribed, as the first institutional VC fund focused exclusively on early-stage MSP software and AI. Managing partner Joel Abramson joined In The Channel on announcement day to unpack the thesis, the zofiQ exit, and the market shift that has the fund bullish on the decade ahead.

Mark Collins, vice president of the partner organization at Cisco Canada

Bell launches Cisco Viptela as first service on Canada’s first cloud-based Virtual Network Services platform

October 19, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off

Bell becomes the first Cisco service provider partner to take the Viptela SD-WAN solution, which Cisco acquired a little over a year ago, to market on a broad national platform.

Dell unveils new X-Series smart switches for smaller businesses

April 6, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off

The X-Series replaces the PowerConnect 2800, but is much more feature-rich and has a broader range of SKUs. Dell also added a smaller family, the N1500, to its fully managed N-series offerings.

Linksys continues relaunch with new fully managed switches

August 1, 2014 Mark Cox 1

Linksys continues the rebuilding of its brand in the SMB market with the announcement of the first fully managed gigabit switches in its Linksys Business product lineup.