One-third of AI-replaced workers will be rehired by 2029: Gartner

Less than 1% of 2025 job loses were driven by AI productivity gains, according to the analyst firm.

By Nidhi Sharma • Sept. 14, 2026

Accountability, oversight and AI: Inside Microsoft’s security transformation

Stung by years of embarrassing hacks, the tech giant overhauled how it approached cybersecurity. Company leaders now say they’re seeing results.

By Eric Geller • Sept. 14, 2026

Alianza buys Skribby, aims telco AI at meetings that MSPs manage

The Belgian startup allows developers to build meeting bots that work inside Microsoft Teams, Google Meet and Zoom.

By Phil Harvey • Sept. 11, 2026

Are MSPs losing customer leverage?

Automation and vibe coding are making the process of switching providers easier and far less painful, in theory.

By James Anderson • Sept. 11, 2026

Yugabyte moves into the channel

The cloud-native database vendor is recruiting IT resellers, distributors and service providers to build out a partner program.

By Matt Ashare • Sept. 11, 2026

Enterprises grapple with Microsoft 365 misconfigurations

A Syskit survey shows 90% of IT leaders report security incidents linked to overlooked permissions.

By Nidhi Sharma • Sept. 10, 2026

Tech sector continues to shed workers amid AI shift

The decline could be a reflection of the waves of layoffs tech providers undertook earlier this year, according to a CompTIA analysis.

By Roberto Torres • Sept. 9, 2026

Accenture musters 1K forward deployed engineers to staff Gemini Enterprise business group

The consulting firm is expanding an existing Google Cloud practice with agentic AI adoption in mind.

By Matt Ashare • Sept. 9, 2026

Exabeam joins CrowdStrike, Wiz in Google Cloud security partner group

The move embeds AI agent tracking capabilities deeper within the hyperscaler’s marketplace.

By James Anderson • Sept. 8, 2026

AI deployments got expensive in 2026. Here’s the receipt

Tokenmaxxing, cost controls, governance gaps and grid limits complicated the AI narrative as partners grappled with adoption challenges. 

By Phil Harvey • Sept. 8, 2026

Infrastructure assessments: The hidden key to AI power readiness

AI is exposing power gaps. Eaton IT infrastructure assessments help partners uncover risks before growth stalls.

Sept. 8, 2026

JFrog automates compliance as AI coding agents outpace traditional audits

The vendor embedded continuous monitoring for software development into its governance tool.

By Nidhi Sharma • Sept. 4, 2026

How to avoid the AI pilot trap

Why are channel partners burning time on pilots that never ship?

By Zaré Baghdasarian • Sept. 3, 2026

Flamingo raises $4.5M to pull MSPs out of their own ticket queue

The managed service platform provider combines open-source tooling with AI agents that autonomously handle tickets, backups and security incidents.

By Nidhi Sharma • Sept. 2, 2026

IT teams chase discounts as they rip and replace their vendors: Telarus

Rising costs and fast-changing technology are eroding IT vendor loyalty.

By James Anderson • Sept. 1, 2026

Retailers bet on AI for supply chain, ‘smart’ shopping

Large retailers are using AI technologies to overhaul their customer experience, supply chain and personalized shopping offerings, according to Q2 earnings calls.

By Paige Gross • Aug. 31, 2026

Nvidia partners with Cloverleaf to accelerate data center development

Nvidia customers can tap data center developer Cloverleaf's portfolio of powered sites, creating an integrated approach from chips to AI facilities.

By Nidhi Sharma • Aug. 31, 2026

Why CX budget planning is broken — and how to fix it for 2027

Teams are pouring money into AI and other tech while underinvesting in the foundations necessary to deliver ROI, experts say.

By Michael Brady • Aug. 31, 2026

Agentic AI is shifting the pricing models CIOs rely on

A trend toward outcome-based billing is prompting IT leaders to rethink vendor management strategies, according to executives and analysts.

By Patrick Thibodeau • Aug. 31, 2026

Data center market faces all-time low vacancies despite record-breaking construction

Power capacity available for lease fell to 1.4% in the first half of 2026, even as under-construction capacity surged 25%, according to CBRE.  

By Nidhi Sharma • Aug. 28, 2026

AWS pushes partners to rethink pricing for the AI era

The cloud giant favors outcome-based billing models to ensure customers are getting value from technology investments.

By Nidhi Sharma • Aug. 28, 2026

Consultants are walking away when AI clients need them most

In the rush to implement the technology, too many projects have failed to deliver long-term, productive use cases.

By Sam Shar • Aug. 28, 2026

Hundreds of agents went rogue in lead up to Hugging Face breach

OpenAI released a technical breakdown of the historic incident and plans changes to prevent such an occurrence from happening again. 

By David Jones • Aug. 27, 2026

TD Synnex adds Microsoft, Cisco deal data to PartnerFirst portal

The tech distributor also connected the platform to Salesforce and QuickBooks Online.

By Matt Ashare • Aug. 27, 2026

Cloud Communications Group platforms its consulting data

The tech advisor firm aims to help partners cut through the complexities of procurement-by-committee.

By James Anderson • Aug. 26, 2026