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Cisco just broke the first rule of Cisco 360. Partners are not okay with it.
Two months after launching its most ambitious partner program overhaul in years, Cisco eliminated deal registration on compute. Partners say it contradicts everything Cisco 360 was supposed to stand for.
Anthropic Just Pulled the Rug on Every AI Tool That Runs on Claude. Here's What It Means for the Channel.
Starting April 4, Claude subscriptions no longer cover third-party tools like OpenClaw. Thousands of businesses built on the assumption that their subscription covered everything. It doesn't anymore.
AT&T OneConnect Is a Consumer Product. The Channel Implication Is Anything But.
AT&T's new fiber-plus-wireless bundle looks like a retention play against cable. It's also a window into where AT&T is positioning itself as a converged provider — and what that means for the partners selling around them.
Cato Just Broke the 'Buy the Whole Platform' Sales Pitch. Here's Why That's the Right Move.
Cato Networks just introduced a modular adoption model for its SASE platform. That's a bigger channel shift than it sounds — here's what it means for partners selling network security.
The AI Giants Just Decided They Own the Security Stack. Read the March M&A Data.
38 cybersecurity deals closed in March 2026. OpenAI bought Promptfoo. Databricks launched a SIEM. The channel security story just got a much bigger cast of characters.
The Intermedia Deal Isn't About UCaaS. It's About Who Owns the Customer.
26North's acquisition of Intermedia from Madison Dearborn isn't a routine PE exit. It's a $430M ARR bet that the CORE partner model is the winning formula for cloud communications — and the timing tells you everything.
Kaseya Just Fixed the Most Annoying Part of Backup Verification. Here's the Real Number.
AI-powered screenshot verification in Datto SIRIS and ALTO hits 99.9% accuracy and saves 8+ hours per technician per month. That's not a feature update. That's a labor math problem solved.
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