Claire Bennett
Editor-in-Chief
Spent a decade in carrier strategy and M&A advisory before deciding the analysis was more interesting than the deals. Runs the publication. Covers the executive decisions, program overhauls, and billion-dollar bets that reshape the channel — and calls out the ones that won't work.
- The AI Giants Just Decided They Own the Security Stack. Read the March M&A Data.
- The Intermedia Deal Isn't About UCaaS. It's About Who Owns the Customer.
- The Q1 2026 Cybersecurity Money Report Is Out. The CrowdStrike Signal Is the One Worth Reading.
- Cisco just broke the first rule of Cisco 360. Partners are not okay with it.
- Liberation Day Is One Year Old. The Channel Is Still Paying the Bill.
- ConnectWise Just Bought the Future of MSP Labor Economics
- Verizon Just Put Its Entire Channel Under One Roof. Here's Why That Matters.
- Channel Convergence Has a Unit Economics Problem Nobody Wants to Admit
- Google Cloud Lost Its Channel Champion. The Timing Could Not Be Worse.
- Xerox Replaced Its CEO. The Stock Price Tells You Why.
- Google Cloud Just Hired Microsoft's Channel Boss. That's the Story.
- Barracuda just collapsed its partner program into one model. It's the right call, and everyone else is watching.
- Cisco just handed MSSPs a new business model. Most won't recognize it.
- Sherweb just took $125M and got very serious about running the cloud marketplace for MSPs everywhere
- Google Cloud Just Hired Its Best Argument Against Microsoft
- Cisco and Microsoft Are Selling Security Together Now. That's Your $163B Opportunity.
- AT&T, Comcast, and Spectrum Just Turned Their Networks Into AI Computers
- Charter-Cox Is One State Away From Closing. Here's What That Means for You.
- OpenAI Just Built Its Own Channel. It Runs Through Private Equity.
- Google Just Handed Its Fiber Network to Private Equity. Here's What It Means for the Channel.
- HPE-Juniper's Best Channel People Are Walking. Extreme Networks Is Bragging About It.
- Nvidia Just Turned T-Mobile's Network Into an AI Platform. The Channel Should Pay Attention.
- Anthropic's $100M Channel Bet Isn't About AI. It's About Who Sells It.
- 400 MSPs just told us which vendors they actually trust. The results should worry half the industry.
- When 85% of Telecom Deals Include IT Services, Pure-Play Telecom Is a Sunset Business
- What Is a TSD in Telecom? Full Guide for Agents, MSPs, and Advisors
- What Is the Telecom Channel? A Plain-English Guide
- AT&T just committed $250 billion to rebuilding America's network. Here's what it actually means for partners.
- Salesforce just launched a contact center. Every CCaaS partner should be nervous.
- Salesforce Gutted Its Partner Program and Rebuilt It Around Agentforce
- Zoom just declared war on Microsoft 365
- Cisco 360: the biggest partner program overhaul in a decade
- ServiceNow spent $12 billion on security in one year. Here's what that means for you
- Verizon and T-Mobile both replaced their CEOs. The channel shrugged
- Where VMware partners actually went after Broadcom
- Charter plus Cox isn't a cable deal. It's a wireless play
- The partner programs that actually matter in 2026
- Deloitte says telecoms must become platforms or die. They're probably right
- Why we built ChannelPulse