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Come Meet Relationship Coach Gabriela Embon at ChannelNext East 2026

Guest: Gabriela Embon, Relationship Coach Gabriel's session will focus on helping MSP leaders respond to AI-driven stress and identity challenges with a board-led emphasis on...

Securing Executive Comms with ArmorText’s Sovereign Infrastructure

ArmorText recently launched Sovereign Edition, a new secure communications platform designed to operate entirely on local infrastructure, independent of global cloud connectivity, built to safeguard...

Ingram Micro reported 52.6 billion in sales year ended December 27,...

Ingram Micro’s year end report card is nice, but how exactly did they build that success in 2025? Among other things, its investment in automation...

Dynabook Canada Expands Nationwide Distribution Through TD SYNNEX

Dynabook Canada Inc. has signed a nationwide distribution agreement with TD SYNNEX, expanding access to its business‑class laptop portfolio across Canada. The partnership improves...

Renaissance Expands Cybersecurity Portfolio Through Strategic Alliance with Fortra

Renaissance has announced a strategic partnership with Fortra, this relationship strengthens Renaissance’s cybersecurity portfolio, enabling partners to help customers detect, test, and disrupt advanced threats...

The AI Valuation Vault: Decoupling the Founder from the Business

The harsh reality of the current market is that over 70% of MSP founders are nearing retirement, yet many cannot exit because their company's...

Check Point Software Launches Dedicated Canada Data Region, Enabling Full Data...

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. announced the launch of a dedicated Canada data region for its Check Point Web Application Firewall (WAF), ensuring that...

Infinite IT: One of Canada’s 50 Best Managed IT Companies for...

We assess the best business practices of hundreds of channel partners, including VARs, MSPs, MSSPs, and ITSPs. The top 50 are honored with Canada's...

Elevate Your Edge: The 2026 Women in Tech Mastermind Intensive

Online MASTERMIND Intensives - Starting this March we are launching the first 2 cohorts of the Online Mastermind INTENSIVE. It's a 12-week, online, weekly...

Come Meet Pax8 at ChannelNext East 2026

Guest: Allan Weiss, Regional Sales Manager, Canada East at Pax8, a global "born-in-the-cloud" technology marketplace that has largely displaced traditional IT distribution for MSPs. Allan...

Next Dimension Taps Todyl’s SASE and MXDR to Modernize Managed Security

Next Dimension has announced a deep operational partnership with Todyl, migrating its security stack to a single, cloud-native command center. By consolidating SIEM, EDR,...

Weekly Roundup Ending Feb. 20th

Here is a recap on some of the people, companies and news mentioned: Supply-chain defense with Obsidian Security Learn more about MSP profitability with TopLeft Our podcast...

AllCareIT: One of Canada’s 50 Best Managed IT Companies for 2025

We assess the best business practices of hundreds of channel partners, including VARs, MSPs, MSSPs, and ITSPs. The top 50 are honored with Canada's...

MSPWell Launches Mission to Support the Mental Health of MSPs

Although I am not a mental health expert, I witness the struggles of our community daily. Having met and shared experiences with thousands of...

Architecting the Intelligence Layer: The Spyglass “AI Navigator” Roadmap

Spyglass MTG recently launched AI Navigator, a new framework to help enterprises adopt, scale, and govern AI responsibly. As companies rush to deploy generative and...

MSP Well Launches as the IT Channel’s First Dedicated Mental Health...

MSPwell, a nonprofit organization created to bring mental wellness to the forefront of the IT channel. MSPwell gives IT professionals a place to speak openly, connect...

EnGenius Redefines Video Surveillance as Video Intelligence at ISC West 2026

EnGenius Technologies announced it will exhibit at ISC West 2026, the largest converged security trade show in the United States, taking place March 23–27 at The...

NTT DATA and Ericsson Team Up to Scale Private 5G and...

NTT DATA and Ericsson announced a multi-year strategic partnership to accelerate enterprise adoption of private 5G and unlock advanced edge AI and physical AI...

Security

Channel Leaders

Channel Leader Interview Series : Scott Mann

StorMagic recently announced the appointment of Scott Mann as Global SVP of Sales. Scott joins StorMagic after more than 15 years in enterprise IT...

Channel Leader Interview Series – Matthew Kelly

Lightbeam.ai, a pioneer in identity-centric data security, recently announced the appointment of Matthew Kelly as Director, Channel and Alliances, marking a major investment in...

Channel Chief Interview Series: Tony Giannini

Assured Data Protection, a company specializing in data protection, disaster recovery, and cyber resilience, recently announced an expansion of Tony Giannini's leadership responsibilities. Giannini...

The Road Ahead in 2026 with Jay McBain

Jay McBain, Chief Analyst Channels, Partnerships & Ecosystems at Omdia, outlined the strategic shifts facing the tech industry ahead of 2026. He pointed out...

Channel Leader Interview Series: Dave Pawlowski

Halcyon, a top anti-ransomware provider, has recently appointed Dave Pawlowski as Worldwide VP of Channels and MSSP. Pawlowski will immediately spearhead the global partner...

Artificial Intelligence

The AI Valuation Vault: Decoupling the Founder from the Business

The harsh reality of the current market is that over 70% of MSP founders are nearing retirement, yet many cannot exit because their company's...

Architecting the Intelligence Layer: The Spyglass “AI Navigator” Roadmap

Spyglass MTG recently launched AI Navigator, a new framework to help enterprises adopt, scale, and govern AI responsibly. As companies rush to deploy generative and...

Beyond Movement: Starburst Architecture for the AI-Native Data Mesh

Toni Adams, SVP Partners & Alliances for Starburst, explored the critical shift toward "querying in place" to solve the 2026 data silo crisis....

Adeptia: Winning the “First-Mile” Challenge

Tim Bond, Chief Product Officer of Adeptia, provided an overview of how the company specializes in transforming first-mile data through intelligent document processing, which...

GoTo’s Blueprint for Unified Communications and AI Integrity for the 2026 Channel Ecosystem

Mike Day, VP of Partner Sales at GoTo, explored the critical evolution of the modern channel partner. Driven by new technologies and a total...

TetraNoodle: The Digital Twin Blueprint

Manuj Aggarwal, Founder of TetraNoodle Technologies, unveiled a transformative five-step framework for adopting Digital Twins as "thinking partners." Moving beyond simple automation, these digital...

Women in Tech

Elevate Your Edge: The 2026 Women in Tech Mastermind Intensive

Online MASTERMIND Intensives - Starting this March we are launching the first 2 cohorts of the Online Mastermind INTENSIVE. It's a 12-week, online, weekly...

EVENTS

NEW PRODUCTS

Channel Leader Interview Series : Scott Mann

StorMagic recently announced the appointment of Scott Mann as Global SVP of Sales. Scott joins StorMagic after more than 15 years in enterprise IT...

All Covered: Architecting Integrated Defense for the 2026 Threat Landscape

Cando Wango, cybersecurity solutions architect at All Covered (a division of Konica Minolta), examined the critical shift from fragmented toolsets to a full-stack security...

Come Meet CyberPower at ChannelNext East 2026

Guest: Noah Jacobs, Canadian Senior Channel Sales Leader at CyberPower, a global company that provides a wide range of power protection and management products. Noah...

How TopLeft Turns Kanban Efficiency into MSP Profitability

Wim Kerkhoff, CEO of TopLeft, talked about the critical challenge of "work-in-progress" (WIP) bloat within the modern MSP. TopLeft serves as a visual orchestration...

Obsidian Security’s Blueprint for Sovereign Identity and Supply-Chain Defense

Sean Roche, Senior Director Product Marketing and Value Engineering of Obsidian Security, addressed the SaaS sprawl crisis currently destabilizing the 2026 enterprise landscape. With...

Weekly Roundup Ending Feb. 20th

Here is a recap on some of the people, companies and news mentioned: PIA's infrastructure for the help desk New partner program from M-Files Glynis Devine launches...

Scale Computing Acquires Adaptiv Networks

Scale Computing, the leader in edge computing and network solutions, announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Adaptiv Networks, a leading...

Channel Leader Interview Series – Matthew Kelly

Lightbeam.ai, a pioneer in identity-centric data security, recently announced the appointment of Matthew Kelly as Director, Channel and Alliances, marking a major investment in...

Nucleus Networks: One of Canada’s 50 Best Managed IT Companies for...

We assess the best business practices of hundreds of channel partners, including VARs, MSPs, MSSPs, and ITSPs. The top 50 are honored with Canada's...

Omdia: Navigating Slow Growth and Agentic Risk in the 2026 MSP...

In a discussion on the current state of the channel, Robin Ody, Principal Analyst at Omdia, talked about the value gap currently stalling MSP...

Hisense Canada Celebrates Award-Winning Performance In The Home Appliance Market

Hisense Canada’s suite of home appliances had a strong year in 2025, resulting in the company winning a 2026 Circana Major Appliance Industry Performance Award. The...

Zoho Corporation Surpasses One Million Customers

Zoho Corporation marked its 30th anniversary with the announcement of two major company milestones. Zoho Corporation, consisting of Zoho, ManageEngine, Qntrl, and TrainerCentral, is now a trusted technology provider to...

Finally: Women Tech Leaders Get the Strategic Networks That Built Male...

Glynis E. Devine, CSP , Launches My WIT Community—A Leadership Ecosystem Ending the Isolation That Keeps Talented Women Out of the C-Suite Here's what nobody...

New Program to Transform M-Files into a Global Partner Powerhouse

Mike O'Neill is the new Global VP, Channel and Alliances at M-Files. He joined M-Files to build its partner ecosystem after a private-equity transition...

Sharp Expands Audio Portfolio in Canada

Sharp Electronics of Canada Ltd. announced the expanded availability of its consumer audio portfolio in Canada, introducing a comprehensive range of portable and party...