Workday fires CEO, seeks to digest recent AI acquisitions

The ERP software provider’s stock hit a three-year low when it revealed it was replacing its CEO with co-founder Aneel Bhusri.

By James Anderson • Feb. 9, 2026

AI is saving customer support teams time, survey finds

Other benefits include scaling support without growing headcount and reduced cost to serve, according to an Intercom survey.

By Bryan Wassel • Feb. 6, 2026

Neoclouds capture growing AI workload traffic, Backblaze says

The storage provider saw sustained traffic growth to GPU specialists in Q4, signaling an ecosystem opportunity beyond hyperscale platforms.

By Kelly Teal, Channel Dive contributor • Feb. 6, 2026

Google’s $185B bet on rising customer demand for AI

CEO Sundar Pichai said Wednesday the surge in CapEx spend will let the company set "an eye toward the future" amid a boom in cloud revenue.

By Roberto Torres • Feb. 5, 2026

Cognizant CEO warns AI won’t magically produce value

“You can't apply this technology on existing old processes,” Ravi Kumar S said Wednesday. “You have to reinvent and reimagine the process.”

By Matt Ashare • Feb. 5, 2026

AI creates identity sprawl crisis for channel partners

Automation and non-human identities are changing attack strategies, according to separate reports from Netwrix and the Cloud Security Alliance.

By Kelly Teal, Channel Dive contributor • Feb. 4, 2026

Autonomous attacks ushered cybercrime into AI era in 2025

Malwarebytes urged companies to adopt continuous monitoring and lock down identity systems as AI models get better at orchestrating intrusions.

By Eric Geller • Feb. 4, 2026

Lexful looks to untangle MSP documentation with AI

The software startup built a platform with embedded AI search to guide IT services providers through legacy specs and records.

By James Anderson • Feb. 4, 2026

HP CEO Enrique Lores steps down

After more than three decades, Lores departed Tuesday to become the CEO of PayPal. The PC giant appointed Bruce Broussard as interim CEO.

By Matt Ashare • Feb. 3, 2026

IT services help drive global tech spend above $6 trillion: Gartner

Despite surging data center investments and substantial year-over-year growth in software, third-party IT services will remain the largest segment in 2026.

By Matt Ashare • Updated Feb. 5, 2026

AWS, Nutanix deliver sovereign cloud that partners can work with

Geopolitical developments are creating challenges and opportunities for IT service providers, resellers and consultants.

By Kelly Teal, Channel Dive contributor • Feb. 2, 2026

Verizon plans to fight churn with better end-to-end experience

CEO Dan Schulman said the company will deploy AI at scale to help it reduce complexity, anticipate customer pain points and personalize interactions.

By Bryan Wassel • Feb. 2, 2026

Enterprise infrastructure still not ready for AI

Most tech leaders report feeling ill equipped to manage rising infrastructure demands as AI compute ramps up.

By Scarlett Evans • Jan. 30, 2026

SAP leans on partners to drive mid-market ERP migrations

“The mid-market is actually by far now the fastest-growing market within our customer base,” CEO Christian Klein said during a Wednesday earnings call. 

By Matt Ashare • Jan. 30, 2026

IBM enjoys a mainframe sales boost as its software segment soars

The company reported its highest annual revenue for zSystems units in two decades coupled with record growth in software revenue for the 2025 fiscal year.

By Matt Ashare • Jan. 29, 2026

Microsoft AI investments raise questions about long-term strategy

CEO Satya Nadella reported rising interest in cloud and AI sovereignty, which analysts warned could lead to more selective enterprise buying patterns.

By Makenzie Holland • Jan. 29, 2026

AI hype vs. hard reality: How channel partners can thrive in 2026

The 2026 channel partner playbook: Survive vendor consolidation, dodge the AI hype trap, and figure out how to actually make money from all this automation.

By Phil Harvey • Jan. 29, 2026

Thrive puts ServiceNow agents to work in AI push

The IT services provider has poured money and headcount into its security and AI practices in the last two years.

By James Anderson • Jan. 28, 2026

Amazon cuts 16K jobs citing ongoing culture shift

The company tied the cuts back to the reorganization push that drove 14,000 layoffs in October. 

By Roberto Torres • Jan. 28, 2026

3 forces redirecting the flow of channel business in 2026

IDC analysts say build-based platform strategies are gaining traction as vendors and partners increasingly overlap in their sales approaches and value propositions.

By Christine Horton, Channel Dive contributor • Jan. 27, 2026

Channel sales to top $4 trillion this year

Partner-driven deals will account for two-thirds of global IT spend in 2026, according to analyst firm Omdia.

By Matt Ashare • Jan. 26, 2026

Supply constraints hinder Intel’s turnaround efforts

Revenues remained flat during the 2025 fiscal year as the chipmaker's plan to return to growth unfolded.

By Roberto Torres • Jan. 23, 2026

Why HP isn’t worried about a PC memory chip shortage

“Hiccups have happened before and we have learned to live with them — it’s a normal situation in this industry,” said HP's Marcos Razon.

By Matt Ashare • Jan. 23, 2026

Leaders await ‘significant’ revenue boost from AI by 2030

Investments to fuel the technology will soar over the next four years, but executives fear integration issues will hinder adoption, according to an IBM study.

By Makenzie Holland • Jan. 22, 2026

Confusion clouds Microsoft partners’ path on discount changes

Microsoft wants its partners to drive Copilot adoption and expand Microsoft 365 usage in their clients. That’s easier said than done.

By James Anderson • Jan. 21, 2026