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Posted by Redmond Channel Partner magazine staff on March 18, 20260 comments
Arctiq announced it has acquired Shadow-Soft, a consulting firm focused on observability and automation, as part of its efforts to expand its cloud and platform engineering services. The acquisition will enhance its ability to support enterprises adopting cloud-native technologies, particularly in areas such as container orchestration, DevOps practices and application observability. Shadow-Soft brings expertise with Dynatrace and Red Hat and automation frameworks used to manage modern application environments. The collaboration aims to bring Shadow-Soft's engineering capabilities to Arctiq's broader customer base while giving customers access to expanded innovation across security, infrastructure and AI-driven operations.
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Posted by Redmond Channel Partner magazine staff on March 18, 20260 comments
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Posted by Redmond Channel Partner magazine staff on March 17, 20260 comments
Quokka announced it has joined the Microsoft Intelligent Security Association (MISA), a partner program that connects security vendors with Microsoft’s enterprise security ecosystem. Through the program, Quokka’s security platform will integrate with Microsoft technologies such as Microsoft Defender and Microsoft Sentinel to help organizations detect and respond to cyber threats. MISA membership also allows partners to collaborate with Microsoft on security integrations and reach enterprise customers using Microsoft’s cloud and security platforms. Q-scout, Quokka's mobile vetting platform uses Microsoft Sentinel and Intune insights to help organizations identify, assess and manage mobile application risk across enterprise environments.
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Posted by Redmond Channel Partner magazine staff on March 16, 20260 comments
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Posted by Redmond Channel Partner magazine staff on March 16, 20260 comments
DataBahn announced an expanded partnership with Microsoft aimed at helping enterprises deploy data and artificial intelligence solutions at cloud scale, through Microsoft Sentinel. The collaboration focuses on accelerating the adoption of Microsoft technologies across enterprise environments, including data analytics and AI platforms. DataBahn provides consulting and implementation services designed to help organizations integrate data systems, modernize analytics environments and deploy AI-driven applications using Microsoft’s cloud ecosystem. Integrating DataBahn's AI-powered data pipeline directly into Microsoft Sentinel offers customers an accelerated data security onboarding, streamlined Microsoft Sentinel ingestion, eliminates custom data engineering overheads and uses existing Microsoft Azure commitments.
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Posted by Redmond Channel Partner magazine staff on March 12, 20260 comments
Huntress announced an expansion of its global partner program aimed at increasing access to cybersecurity services for managed service providers (MSPs) and their customers. The updated program introduces new resources, incentives and support structures designed to help partners deliver threat detection and response capabilities to small and midsize organizations. Huntress focuses on providing security tools that MSPs can deploy across client environments to identify and respond to cyber threats. The expanded partner ecosystem, purpose-built cybersecurity platform and agentic-AI powered SOC make enterprise-grade security accessible to all businesses regardless of size.
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Posted by Redmond Channel Partner magazine staff on March 11, 20260 comments
DataStrike announced an expansion of its Microsoft Fabric service offerings aimed at helping organizations deploy analytics and artificial intelligence solutions more quickly. The expanded services focus on helping enterprises adopt Microsoft Fabric for data integration, analytics and AI-driven insights. DataStrike provides consulting and implementation support designed to help organizations migrate data environments, build analytics pipelines and enable AI capabilities using the platform. The expansion helps customers on their Fabric journey by offering Fabric readiness and Proof-of-Concept (POC), Fabric Migration Services and Fabric Managed Services and Support for customers.
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Posted by Redmond Channel Partner magazine staff on March 10, 20260 comments
Microsoft says businesses are entering a new phase of digital transformation that centers on artificial intelligence and new ways of organizing work. In a blog post, the company described what it calls frontier transformation, a shift in which organizations use AI systems and digital tools to redesign business processes rather than simply digitizing existing workflows. The transformation creates a new business application, called agentic business applications, integrated with AI that is being used every day and moves beyond basic efficiency to create innovative opportunities for growth. The approach combines AI capabilities with enterprise data and collaboration platforms to automate tasks and support decision-making.
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Posted by Redmond Channel Partner magazine staff on March 10, 20260 comments
Simplilearn has launched the Applied Agentic AI: Systems, Design & Impact Program, an education initiative designed to prepare professionals to build and manage AI-driven systems within Microsoft’s technology ecosystem. The program targets product managers, architects and engineering leaders seeking practical skills in deploying agentic AI solutions at enterprise scale. Organizations face a critical talent gap for professionals to use agentic AI capabilities at scale. The program aims to address this gap by blending Microsoft's AI technological expertise with Simplilearn's expert training classes.
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Posted by Redmond Channel Partner magazine staff on March 02, 20260 comments
Blue Cycle LLC has joined the Microsoft Intelligent Security Association (MISA), a partner program that brings together independent software vendors and managed security providers whose solutions integrate with Microsoft Security technologies. The membership reflects its alignment with Microsoft’s security stack and commitment to collaborative threat defense. As a cybersecurity advisory and systems integrator firm joining MISA reflects Blue Cycle's aim to deliver sharp advisory, strong security technologies and real integration between third-party products and the Microsoft Security ecosystem.
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Posted by Redmond Channel Partner magazine staff on March 02, 20260 comments
Cirrus Nexus announced that its solutions are now available in Microsoft Marketplace, enabling customers to procure its cloud mobility services directly through Microsoft’s commercial platform. The launch of TrueCarbon offers automatic analysis of every workload across AWS and Azure to deliver accurate workload spend, performance and emissions. This offers continuous cloud optimizations and periodic strategy reporting. The move is intended to simplify purchasing and align Cirrus Nexus offerings with Azure-based modernization initiatives.
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Posted by Redmond Channel Partner magazine staff on March 02, 20260 comments