Alphabet, HP, IBM finance execs spotlight cautious AI pilots

Keeping humans “in the loop” and sanitizing data were among the AI deployment guardrails emphasized by top financial executives at an FEI conference last week.

By Alexei Alexis • Nov. 19, 2025

Cloudflare fortifies its AI arsenal with Replicate acquisition

Prior to enduring a widespread outage, the vendor added more than 50,000 models to its platform along with a community of developers.

By James Anderson • Nov. 18, 2025

Congested networks stymie enterprise AI adoption plans: report

More than three-quarters of organizations are looking to third-party providers for skills and guidance, according to a survey commissioned by Broadcom.

By Matt Ashare • Nov. 18, 2025

Microsoft, Nvidia partner with OpenAI competitor Anthropic

The companies said the deal will broaden enterprise model choice as the hyperscaler rolls out a series of agentic AI updates across its portfolio.

By Lindsey Wilkinson • Nov. 18, 2025

CIOs gain prominence as AI takes root

Tech chiefs are working more closely with their CEOs as their expertise is increasingly seen as critical to enterprise AI success.

By Makenzie Holland • Nov. 18, 2025

Cognizant’s 3Cloud acquisition gives it a new look in time for Microsoft Ignite

The IT consulting giant is ready to talk up its new cloud consultancy addition as it aims to grab a bigger slice of the enterprise AI market that is driving Azure’s growth.

By Phil Harvey • Nov. 17, 2025

Equinix builds out its colocation data center partnerships

As AI inferencing workloads grow, customers are looking for high-performance compute and customized services that require multiple providers.  

By James Anderson • Nov. 14, 2025

Broadcom launches open ecosystem for VMware Cloud Foundation

The move comes nearly two years after Broadcom acquired VMware and aligns with its plans to present VCF as a private cloud alternative to hyperscalers.

By Makenzie Holland • Nov. 14, 2025

Shadow AI is widespread — and executives use it the most

Employees in fields like health care and finance trust AI more than they trust their colleagues, according to a new report.

By Eric Geller • Nov. 14, 2025

Cisco gears up for renewed AI hardware demand surge

Hyperscaler orders should hit $3 billion this fiscal year, double the prior year, executives said Wednesday.

By Matt Ashare • Nov. 13, 2025

Partners wield AI platforms to take on a crowded market

IT services firms rollout an array of pre-built agents, accelerators and code generators.

By John Moore • Nov. 13, 2025

AWS sweetens its partner incentives

The updates are a response to a growing need for specialized cloud expertise to drive enterprise AI transformation initiatives, the hyperscaler said Tuesday.

By Matt Ashare • Nov. 12, 2025

Migration issues cost businesses $315K per project, study finds

Mounting pressure to modernize, consolidate and take advantage of new AI tools is wasting enterprise resources — hurting employee morale.

By Makenzie Holland • Nov. 11, 2025

Wholesale businesses turn to consulting partners to spur AI adoption

The sector saw the highest growth rate in companies planning to deploy the technology, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report.

By John Moore • Nov. 7, 2025

Will the MSP model survive AI?

AI will put the nail in the coffin of the break-fix service model for managed service providers, but the industry is continuing to grow.

By James Anderson • Nov. 7, 2025

MSP 501: Top Managed Service Providers 2025

Channel Partners’ comprehensive ranking of managed service providers around the globe.

By Dave Raffo, Senior Editor & MSP 501 Community Manager, Channel Partners Events • Nov. 7, 2025

SAP, Snowflake partner to unite cloud products

Users of SAP's Business Data Cloud will be able to access Snowflake’s AI and data platform as part of the collaboration announced Tuesday. 

By Makenzie Holland • Nov. 6, 2025

DXC fast-tracks AI to boost revenue

IT services company aims to generate 10% of its business from AI-based SaaS offerings within 36 months.  

By John Moore • Nov. 5, 2025

What if the AI bubble bursts?

IT services providers can mitigate their risks and offer measurable AI use cases, according to Channelholic’s Rich Freeman.

By Kelly Teal, Channel Dive Contributor • Nov. 5, 2025

Partners await details on whether they qualify for Cisco’s ‘preferred’ status

Cisco’s new partner program, set to launch in January, will pay more to partners that offer specialized services and bundle solutions across the Cisco portfolio.

By James Anderson • Nov. 4, 2025

ARG aims to speed up decisions, deals with AI platform

The technology advisory firm’s AI investment was years in the making, starting with the development and curation of a system of record.

By James Anderson • Updated Nov. 4, 2025

OpenAI, AWS sign $38B compute deal

The agreement marks the first major hyperscaler infrastructure partnership announced by the AI company since its corporate restructuring.

By Makenzie Holland • Nov. 3, 2025

6 trends shaping the channel ecosystem

Services providers, systems integrators and resellers are seizing cross-selling opportunities as generative AI and quantum encryption use cases ramp up.

By Matt Ashare , James Anderson , John Moore • Nov. 3, 2025

Cognizant banks on bundled AI capabilities to drive growth

The professional services company is expanding its technology partnerships across SaaS, cloud and frontier model providers, CEO Ravi Kumar S said during a Q3 2025 earnings call Wednesday.   

By John Moore • Oct. 30, 2025

Australian regulators sue Microsoft over ‘misleading’ pricing structure

The consumer watchdog said the vendor failed to disclose the existence of a cheaper Microsoft 365 plan sans Copilot, the latest query into the company’s bundling practices.

By Makenzie Holland • Oct. 27, 2025