10ZiG announced expanded collaboration with Nerdio alongside updates to its 10ZiG Ready Technology Partner Program, aiming to simplify the deployment and management of digital workspace environments. The company's deeper partnership with Nerdio focuses on supporting Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) and Windows 365 deployments, with the goal of reducing the total cost of ownership and streamlining management. The integration is designed to help organizations optimize cloud desktop infrastructure while improving performance and scalability. Customers can benefit from cloud cost optimization, endpoint lifecycle extensions, simplified management and improved economics for AVD and Windows 365.
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Posted by Redmond Channel Partner magazine staff on April 28, 20260 comments
Accenture is expanding its use of Microsoft 365 Copilot across a workforce of roughly 743,000 employees, aiming to integrate generative AI into everyday business processes. The deployment focuses on using Copilot to support tasks such as document creation, data analysis and internal communications. The goal is to improve productivity by embedding AI assistance directly into tools employees use daily, including Microsoft 365 applications.
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Posted by Redmond Channel Partner magazine staff on April 27, 20260 comments
Microsoft and Tieto have announced a strategic partnership aimed at delivering artificial intelligence solutions to enterprise customers across multiple industries. The collaboration will focus on integrating Microsoft’s AI technologies with co-selling AI solutions to customers and offering AI adoption for Tieto's internal operations. The goal is to help organizations deploy AI applications, modernize operations and improve decision-making through data-driven insights. The partnership aims to upskill 5000 consultants with the latest Microsoft AI technologies, accelerating Tieto's Tech Consulting business roadmap.
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Posted by Redmond Channel Partner magazine staff on April 23, 20260 comments
Accenture and Avanade are collaborating with Microsoft to develop an agentic factory concept designed to help manufacturers reduce downtime using artificial intelligence. The approach integrates AI agents into manufacturing environments to monitor systems, analyze data and automate responses to operational issues, moving beyond traditional manufacturing analytics, dashboards and oversight tools.
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Posted by Redmond Channel Partner magazine staff on April 21, 20260 comments
Aptean has introduced an artificial intelligence platform, AppCentral, and AI agents designed for organizations using Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central in on-premises environments. The offering enables businesses to integrate AI-driven automation and analytics into existing ERP workflows without requiring a full move to the cloud. The platform is intended to support tasks such as process automation, data analysis and decision support across finance, operations and supply chain functions. The release also introduces 10 AI agents, accessible to Aptean's AI hub with the newly launched AppCentral.
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Posted by Redmond Channel Partner magazine staff on April 21, 20260 comments
ConnectWise has launched Modern Threat Protection, a managed threat protection service designed using AI-powered cybersecurity to provide managed service providers (MSPs) with defined security outcomes and service guarantees. The offering combines threat detection, response and remediation capabilities into a single service, with delivery guarantees intended to ensure consistent performance. The platform is designed to help MSPs protect client environments while reducing the complexity of managing multiple security tools. Offering a holistic cybersecurity approach, the offering centralizes three critical threat layers including the ConnectWise Managed EDR, ConnectWise SIEM and ConnectWise Email Security.
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Posted by Redmond Channel Partner magazine staff on April 09, 20260 comments
Nutanix announced it is extending its agentic AI offerings to help neocloud providers deliver AI-driven services, with a focus on automating operations and enabling new revenue opportunities. The approach will enable neoclouds to deliver a broader catalog of AI services including GPU-as-a-service, Kubernetes-as-a-service and an enterprise-ready AI platform service powered by Nutanix Agentic AI. Enhancements to the Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) is aimed at helping service providers monetize AI infrastructure as a service.
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Posted by Redmond Channel Partner magazine staff on April 07, 20260 comments
Nutanix and NetApp announced updates aimed at helping service providers expand cloud offerings and support enterprise workloads across hybrid environments. The partnership aims to integrate NetApp Intelligent Data Infrastructure with the Nutanix Cloud Platform (NCP). The aim is to offer customers modernized virtualization, hypervisor layers, faster migration, simplified operations, built-in cyber resilience and VM-Granular operations. The collaboration accelerates AI innovation aimed at business transformation.
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Posted by Redmond Channel Partner magazine staff on April 07, 20260 comments
Eastwall has achieved the Microsoft AI Apps on Azure specialization, a designation that validates its ability to deliver artificial intelligence solutions on Microsoft’s cloud platform. The certification reflects its experience in developing, deploying and managing AI applications using Azure services. The specialization is awarded to partners that meet Microsoft’s requirements for technical expertise, customer success and implementation capabilities. Having demonstrated deep expertise across Azure AI, data, cloud-native application builds and real-world success in deploying AI solutions that are compliant, secure and scalable positions Eastwall as a top-tier systems integrator (SI).
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Posted by Redmond Channel Partner magazine staff on April 06, 20260 comments
FNTS has expanded its cloud services portfolio with a new Nutanix Cloud Platform offering built on Nutanix technology, targeting organizations seeking more control over infrastructure. The solution provides a managed private cloud environment that combines Nutanix’s hyperconverged infrastructure with FNTS-managed services. The platform is designed to support enterprise workloads that require greater control, security and customization than public cloud environments. The platform supports virtual machines, containerized applications and hybrid cloud environments and supports workloads across Azure, IBM, Google Cloud and AWS.
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Posted by Redmond Channel Partner magazine staff on April 06, 20260 comments
Microsoft has introduced a service agent capability in Microsoft 365 Copilot aimed at automating service-related tasks and improving support operations. The feature enables organizations to deploy AI agents that can handle service requests, resolve issues and assist users across business applications. The purpose-built agent brings customer service context, insights and actions directly to Copilot combining the familiarity of Microsoft 365 Copilot with Dynamics 365 Customer Service data.
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Posted by Redmond Channel Partner magazine staff on April 01, 20260 comments
ControlUp has introduced DaaS IQ, a platform designed to help organizations monitor and optimize desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS) environments. The tool provides analytics and performance insights across virtual desktop deployments, enabling IT teams to assess user experience, resource utilization and system health. The platform is intended to help administrators identify performance issues and improve the delivery of virtual desktops. ControlUp DaaS IQ brings together lifecycle management, cost optimization and operational visibility with image management and activity tracking. This reduces administrative overhead, minimizes configuration errors and streamlines daily operations.
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Posted by Redmond Channel Partner magazine staff on March 31, 20260 comments