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    The channel must move fast on agentic AI: TD Synnex CEO

    TD Synnex CEO Patrick Zammit urged partners to capitalize on agentic AI quickly and said his company is driving AI adoption across every part of its business.

    By Christine Horton, Channel Dive contributor • Oct. 27, 2025
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    Workday widens its channel, opens new doors for partners

    The SaaS company’s expansion into ERP and AI has paved the way for revenue growth for IT service providers.

    By • Oct. 24, 2025
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    Massive AI spend ‘hardly touches’ channel partners: Canalys

    Some IT service companies have seen stock prices stagnate compared to the broader S&P 500. Others are bullish on AI's value.

    By • Oct. 23, 2025
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    Vendors don’t have answers to the ROI for AI question

    Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff underscored how agentic AI is changing vendor-enterprise relationships during Gartner’s conference Tuesday. 

    By Lindsey Wilkinson • Oct. 23, 2025
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    Billion-dollar AI startup leans on collaborative deployment model, outcome-based pricing

    Distyl AI recently raised $175 million for a business model that’s starting to spread across the IT services market.

    By • Oct. 20, 2025
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    AppDirect wants to be a one-stop-shop for IT partners

    The B2B commerce company has stocked up on IT asset management, energy brokerage and agentic AI capabilities in an effort to reach $1 billion in annual revenue.

    By • Oct. 20, 2025
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    Oracle opens partner channels to drive multicloud data migrations

    The company added third-party sellers to its hyperscaler alliances with AWS, Microsoft and Google Cloud during Oracle AI World last week.

    By • Oct. 20, 2025
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    What Wipro’s global CIO learned about AI cost overruns

    “AI without the right process orchestration is a very expensive experiment,” Kenny Kesar said.

    By • Oct. 20, 2025
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    Cloud marketplace sales set to skyrocket by 2030

    Multiyear enterprise cloud commitments will lead software sales to increase more than fivefold in the next five years, according to Omdia.

    By Makenzie Holland • Oct. 20, 2025
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    AI-optimized IaaS spend will more than double in 2026

    Infrastructure as a service for AI is skyrocketing among enterprises while tech giants continue to forge partnerships and make their own deep investments. 

    By Makenzie Holland • Oct. 20, 2025
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    Windows 10 end-of-support boosts global PC shipment growth

    Despite the global rush to upgrade PCs before Windows 10 support ended, North America saw only modest growth, according to Gartner.

    By Makenzie Holland • Oct. 17, 2025