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2 months ago | 
channelinsider.com | Victoria Durgin |Jordan Smith |Matthew Sainsbury
The security space is one of many that has found newfound opportunities thanks to the onset of the AI era. As agentic AI takes the tech market by storm in early 2025, one security vendor is celebrating continued growth and touting its early adoption of the technology. Channel Insider asked Torq’s CTO and Co-Founder Leonid Belkind how the company’s EMEA expansion and aggressive growth are fueled by the channel and emerging technologies.
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2 months ago | 
channelinsider.com | Jordan Smith |collecting Blu-rays |Victoria Durgin |Matthew Sainsbury
AI-powered channel sales and marketing SaaS solutions vendor StructuredWeb recently announced a $30 million majority investment from Invictus Growth Partners to drive the company’s AI innovation roadmap. “Channel sales has reached a critical turning point where AI is transforming how vendors and partners collaborate to drive demand and build pipelines,” said Daniel Nissan, the founder and CEO of StructuredWeb.
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2 months ago | 
channelinsider.com | Victoria Durgin |Jordan Smith |Matthew Sainsbury
Global security technology and services vendor Sophos has seen exponential growth in its managed detection and response (MDR) offerings, driven largely through MSPs and channel partners. Sophos SVP of Product Management Rob Harrison spoke with Channel Insider to share how the company aims to support its partners in growing their security businesses.
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2 months ago | 
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Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s (HPE) $14 million acquisition of Juniper Network, a networking products maker, is in jeopardy as the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is suing to block the deal. According to a filed complaint, the DOJ is arguing that the acquisition would stifle competition. The agency argues that the acquisition would eliminate competition and would lead HPE, along with Cisco, to control more than 70 percent of the U.S. market for networking equipment.
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2 months ago | 
channelinsider.com | Jordan Smith |collecting Blu-rays |Matthew Sainsbury |Victoria Durgin
The American AI market was recently rattled by the emergence of a Chinese competitor that’s cost-efficient and matches the performance of OpenAI’s o1 model on several math and reasoning metrics. The new AI model, created by Hangzhou-based startup DeepSeek, has supposedly surpassed Meta as the leading purveyor of open-source AI tools.
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2 months ago | 
channelinsider.com | Matthew Sainsbury |Jordan Smith |Victoria Durgin
Major consolidation moves are already shaping the Australian and New Zealand channel landscape in early 2025, with multiple acquisition talks and competing takeover bids highlighting the sector’s dynamic nature. The first big acquisition tussle is centered around ASX-listed cyber security company AUCyber. Melbourne-based digital services provider 5G Networks (5GN) has escalated its pursuit of the company, raising its unconditional offer to 13.5 cents per share.
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Jan 23, 2025 | 
channelinsider.com | Victoria Durgin |Jordan Smith |Matthew Sainsbury
Java enablement platform company Azul recently announced the launch of its new compliance support offering. The suite of solutions addresses the compliance needs of organizations now under the mandate of the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) across the European Union. Effective Jan. 17, DORA applies to financial institutions within the EU and organizations who actively conduct business in the region.
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
channelinsider.com | Victoria Durgin |Jordan Smith |Matthew Sainsbury
Attack surface management platform vendor Liongard kicked off 2025 with the appointments of David Powell as the company’s new chief revenue officer and Brook Lee as its new VP of Community and Channel. Lee spoke with Channel Insider to share more about why she joined the Liongard team and how her role will impact partners. Lee is new to the role at Liongard, but Liongard is not new to the channel and to its extensive, active partner network.
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
channelinsider.com | Jordan Smith |collecting Blu-rays |Matthew Sainsbury
IT services company Cognizant and cybersecurity provider CrowdStrike have announced a strategic partnership to drive enterprise cybersecurity transformation to deliver cybersecurity services that are powered by the AI-native CrowdStrike Falcon cyber platform.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
channelinsider.com | Jordan Smith |collecting Blu-rays |Matthew Sainsbury |Victoria Durgin
Deepwatch, the creator of a managed security platform for cybersecurity resiliency, recently announced the appointment of Sammie Walker as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) and Anand Ramanathan as Chief Product Officer (CPO). These two appointments are part of a wider strategy to boost Deepwatch’s mission of securing the digital economy and positioning itself for future transformative growth.
