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Kognitos and the Rise of the Neuro-Symbolic Operating System

Binny Gill, Founder & CEO of Kognitos, introduced its neuro-symbolic platform, a cognitive operating system designed to bridge the trust gap in enterprise AI....

Come Meet Leadership Coach Andrew Leith at ChannelNext East 2026

Guest: Andrew Leith, Helping Leaders Find Their Superpowers | Professional Speaker | Neuro-inclusivity Advocate | Certified Revenue & Leadership Coach Andrew will be a featured...

Fortra at RSAC 26

Faraz Siraj, Vice President of Global Channels and Alliances at Fortra, talks Fortra's channel strategy, product priorities, and partner economics. Fortra prioritizes delivering...

Bitdefender Launches Complimentary Internal Attack Surface Assessment to Help Organizations Uncover...

Bitdefender announced the Bitdefender Internal Attack Surface Assessment, a complimentary evaluation that helps organizations identify and reduce hidden internal cyber risk caused by unnecessary user...

Sponsor Spotlight: Gabriel Bergeron, ITCloud at ChannelNEXT26 East: Saint Sauveur, Quebec,...

Your Canadian Cloud Distributor for Over 25 Years and Best Cloud Distributor Reseller Choice Award Winner for over 5 years! ITCloud has consistently adapted to...

Proofpoint Launches New Partner Network

Stan de Boisset, SVP of Global Channels, introduced the Proofpoint Partner Network, a revamped global program designed to address the Agentic Workspace—the emerging environment...

Top Breaking News Items from the 2026 RSA Conference

Another RSA Conference is in the books, and it’s safe to say the channel once again has a lot to absorb from a fully...

Fortra’s Channel Evolution: Unifying Cybersecurity through the Fortra One Platform

Faraz Siraj, Vice President of Global Channels and Alliances, detailed Fortra’s transformation from a high-velocity acquisition engine—completing 20 integrations in just five years—into a...

Quantum Computing on Display at the 2026 RSA Conference

The marketplace continues to hype quantum computing, but few people in the channel have actually seen it up close. That changed at this year’s...

Featured Speaker: Eric Parent CEO EVA Technologies, CISO Sonepar Group at...

Eric Parent is a top Cyber Security Expert specializing in Senior Management coaching. Ex-Military with over 30 years experience at all levels. Focused on...

Top Takeaways from 2026 RSA Conference

Nearly 44,000 people attended this year’s RSA Security Conference, many of them channel partners, which helped shape the event’s overarching theme: “The Power of...

Women in Tech Interview Series – Jenna Mann

Jenna Mann is Senior Channel Sales Executive at Lenovo Canada. In this discussion with Glynis Devine, Jenna talked about her career, strengths, and community work....

Weekly Roundup Ending March 27th

Here is a recap on some of the people, companies and news mentioned: In-depth interview with Axonius Our Women in Tech interview this week was...

RSA’s Strategic Alignment with Microsoft and the Sovereign Cloud

Guests: Jim Taylor, President and Greg Nelson, CEO, of RSA, the gold standard in identity protection and the architect of the world’s largest cybersecurity...

Ubiquiti: Winner of Canada’s Reseller Choice Award for 2025

The Reseller Choice Awards are Canada's most established and largest channel-voted awards for the IT industry. What makes these awards unique is that they...

Featured Speaker: Natalie Poirier, Founder of LABConnexion at ChannelNEXT26 East: Saint...

Natalie Poirier, an IT Industry Leadership Coach, will be hosting an interactive workshop at ChannelNEXT. Her expertise lies in helping IT organizations enhance collaboration,...

Simbian Redefines SecOps with Autonomous Triage and Human-in-the-Loop AI

David Greene, Head of Market Development, detailed Simbian's mission to rescue overwhelmed security teams through its autonomous security operations platform. By layering an AI-driven...

Intel’s Integrated Strategy for Next-Gen Client and Workstation Solutions

Guests: Jen Larson, GM, Commercial Client Segments, and David Feng, VP, Client Computer Group; GM, PC Client Segments at Intel, the world's largest semiconductor...

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

CyberFOX: Re-Engineering MSP Security for the AI and Cloud Era

CyberFOX, a cybersecurity platform built by ConnectWise co-founder David Bellini and Adam Slutskin, just closed a nine-figure growth investment. The company has scaled ARR...

EnGenius Brings AI-Powered Analytics and Sophisticated Cloud Management to Existing ONVIF Cameras

EnGenius Technologies Inc., announced the expansion of its AI-powered Network Video System (NVS) lineup with two tower-based SKUs designed to bring intelligent analytics, centralized...

Illuminating Innovation and Neutralizing Shadow AI with Portal26

Neil Cohen, Head of Marketing at Portal26, positioned the company as a foundational "MRI" for the modern enterprise—a platform designed to provide granular visibility...

Ericsson and Future Technologies Expand Collaboration to Scale Enterprise Wireless Infrastructure for Industrial AI

Ericsson and Future Technologies Venture, LLC announced an expanded collaboration to accelerate deployment of enterprise wireless and private 5G networks across industrial and critical...

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...

Women in Tech

Women in Tech Interview Series – Jenna Mann

Jenna Mann is Senior Channel Sales Executive at Lenovo Canada. In this discussion with Glynis Devine, Jenna talked about her career, strengths, and community work....

EVENTS

NEW PRODUCTS

Come Meet Principal Consultant Gigi Agassini at ChannelNext East 2026

Guest: Gigi Agassini, Principal Consultant | ISO/IEC 27001:2022 | Cybersecurity | ESRM | Privacy Gigi will talk about how governance must pivot to keep pace...

Spotlight on Andy Larin of allCare IT — Cyber Security &...

Andy Larin is an MSP visionary, successfully navigating and adapting to the evolving market and customer demands for over 30 years. Today, he leads...

Closing the SAP Security Gap: SecurityBridge’s Multi-Tenant Evolution for MSSPs

Jesper Zerlang, CEO of SecurityBridge, detailed how his company is revolutionizing the protection of SAP environments—a historically underserved critical infrastructure. The platform addresses the...

Ctech: 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...

Spotlight: Simon-David Williams at ChannelNEXT26 East

Who is Simon-David Williams? With 18 years in the channel, starting as an MSP in 2008 and evolving into a cybersecurity leader, Simon brings a...

New Intel Lineup Could Spark Massive Refresh for Channel

NEW YORK – At its Intel Pro Day event, the chipmaking giant unveiled a slate of advanced commercial client solutions for business PCs, spanning...

The Evolution of Distribution: Driving the AI Era through the GTDC

Frank Vitagliano, CEO of the Global Technology Distributor Council (GTDC), redefined the modern distributor’s role as a sophisticated go-to-market orchestrator that has evolved far...

Come Meet Corporate Trainer Natalie Poirier at ChannelNext East 2026

Guest: Natalie Poirier, President, LABConnexion Natalie will present a hands-on workshop, Succeeding with AI in Cybersecurity Projects / L'Étoile du changement, which uses a physical...

CyberFOX: Re-Engineering MSP Security for the AI and Cloud Era

CyberFOX, a cybersecurity platform built by ConnectWise co-founder David Bellini and Adam Slutskin, just closed a nine-figure growth investment. The company has scaled ARR...

Meet your emcees for ChannelNEXT26 East Quebec April 13-14 in Saint...

We will kick off the event the moment you arrive. We will be there to meet and greet you! Julian Lee, Publisher of eChannelNEWS (English...

EnGenius Brings AI-Powered Analytics and Sophisticated Cloud Management to Existing ONVIF...

EnGenius Technologies Inc., announced the expansion of its AI-powered Network Video System (NVS) lineup with two tower-based SKUs designed to bring intelligent analytics, centralized...

Illuminating Innovation and Neutralizing Shadow AI with Portal26

Neil Cohen, Head of Marketing at Portal26, positioned the company as a foundational "MRI" for the modern enterprise—a platform designed to provide granular visibility...

Breaking Bad on MSP Owner Dependence

One of the most significant challenges for MSPs planning to sell their business is the high degree of owner dependence. This reliance poses a...

Foundation for Growth: Axonius Strategic Alignment for RSA and ADAPT 2026

Ernesto Tey, VP of Global Strategic Partners and Alliances of Axonius, talked about partner strategy and product positioning ahead of the RSA Conference and...

Spotlight on Chris Fabes, VP Leading SHI Canada at ChannelNEXT26 East...

Chris Fabes knows the channel inside and out. At a DNA level and from all sides. We are incredibly excited to announce that a top...