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    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
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    Sherweb adapts to Microsoft channel overhaul

    The cloud distributor is taking on a business advisory function to guide MSPs through sweeping changes.

    By • Nov. 3, 2025
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    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
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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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    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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    IT providers consider cloud resilience costs in wake of AWS outage

    “There are always going to be risks that a business has to be able to make an assessment about,” Allen Terleto, VP of partners and alliances at Cockroach Labs, said.

    By • Oct. 23, 2025
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    AWS snafu delivers a lesson in cloud geography

    Tying infrastructure to a single regional hub can make an outage more disruptive, Netgain CEO Sumeet Sabharwal said.

    By • Oct. 20, 2025
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    AWS outage puts spotlight on IT durability

    The downtime serves as a reminder to CIOs that recovery strategies separate from their primary cloud vendor are key to business continuity.

    By Roberto Torres • 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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    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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    Why Akamai simplified its partnership program

    The recent shift reflects the company’s evolution from content delivery to cloud and cybersecurity services, Akamai VP and Geo Sales Leader Dave Allen said.

    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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    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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    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

  • AWS partners cite boost from GenAI, online selling updates

    The ability to build industry offerings on Amazon Nova, easier online selling and accelerated application modernization intrigued partners at AWS re:Invent 2024.

    By John Moore • Dec. 9, 2024

  • FinOps consulting grows as IT cost management efforts expand

    IT service providers pursue advisory, training and automation opportunities as customers adopt FinOps and apply its cost optimization principles across more IT resources.

    By John Moore • Sept. 20, 2024