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
At MWC 2026, Amdocs announced a collaboration with Microsoft to bring AI-accelerated application capabilities to communications service providers and enterprises. The initiative is designed to integrate advanced AI services with cloud-native application environments, enabling faster innovation and more efficient operations. The collaboration uses Amdocs Agentic services into coordinated multi-agent workflows. Leveraging Microsoft services include Foundry, Azure, Migration Agents, GitHub Copilot and Fabric IQ, the agents aim to automate and orchestrate modernization activities to enterprises at scale.
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Posted by Redmond Channel Partner magazine staff on March 02, 20260 comments
Structured has launched an AI-native Partner Marketing Execution Platform (PMEP) designed to help companies plan, coordinate and measure joint marketing initiatives with ecosystem partners. Microsoft has deployed the platform to its global partner enterprise network, representing a shift in partner marketing and its ability to work at real enterprise scale. The platform centralizes campaign execution, content distribution and performance tracking, using artificial intelligence to streamline workflows that are often managed manually across spreadsheets and email threads. The platform features a "Just Ask" AI feature that allows partners to describe their goal which is then built, personalized and fully integrated with compliance to the task needed. Structured's AI-native architecture offers agentic and generative AI capabilities, centralized content, automated localization, configurable campaigns, full-funnel campaign orchestration and performance visibility.
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Posted by Redmond Channel Partner magazine staff on February 25, 20260 comments
White Rock Cybersecurity has launched Microsoft Professional Services, a set of customized services designed to help organizations modernize, secure and manage their Microsoft environments. The Dallas-based firm claims the offering provides end-to-end support across Microsoft 365, Exchange Online, SharePoint, Teams and hybrid infrastructure, with a focus on migrations, configuration and security baseline implementation.
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Posted by Redmond Channel Partner magazine staff on February 25, 20260 comments
Commvault has expanded its integration with CrowdStrike to deliver bi-directional visibility between Commvault Cloud and CrowdStrike Falcon Next-Gen SIEM, strengthening coordination between security and IT teams during cyber incidents. The integration allows Commvault to feed AI-powered anomaly alerts and data integrity insights directly into Falcon Next-Gen SIEM, while leveraging CrowdStrike telemetry to help identify compromised backup data. The goal is to enable organizations to verify backup integrity more quickly and confidently before initiating recovery workflows.
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Posted by Redmond Channel Partner magazine staff on February 25, 20260 comments
IBM has introduced IBM Enterprise Advantage, a new initiative designed to help organizations deploy agentic AI solutions in collaboration with Microsoft. The offering brings together IBM Consulting’s industry expertise with Microsoft’s AI and cloud platforms, aiming to accelerate enterprise adoption of intelligent automation and AI-driven workflows. IBM Consulting Advantage will run on Azure and scales agentic solutions while preserving existing Microsoft data, operations and investments. The offering provides a pathway to unify fragmented AI pilots with a governance that complements Azure Policy, Defender for Cloud and Agent 365.
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Posted by Redmond Channel Partner magazine staff on February 24, 20260 comments
Zero Networks announced continued expansion of its global partner ecosystem, highlighting accelerated growth in channel engagement and a high-velocity go-to-market model centered on partners. The company has built a global partner engine designed to drive faster customer acquisition and broader adoption of its identity-based segmentation and lateral movement protection platform. The update to the Zero to Sixty partner program features a new tier structure rewarding investment, revamped discounting, enhanced sales, marketing development and a modernized partner portal. This update grow momentum across the enterprise ecosystem benefitting MSPs, enterprise VARs and offers global distribution.
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Posted by Redmond Channel Partner magazine staff on February 24, 20260 comments
TQA has announced a new agentic-focused identity, alongside expanded technology partnerships with Microsoft and ServiceNow, aimed at helping enterprises accelerate AI adoption. The shift reflects growing demand for structured, secure AI orchestration within complex enterprise environments, where integration challenges often slow large-scale deployments. Given the multi-platform needs of global enterprises, TQA integrates Microsoft's Copilot, Power Platform and Azure AI to provide secure, scalable enterprise solutions. The partnership aims to deliver AI agents that actually work for real-world business challenges.
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Posted by Redmond Channel Partner magazine staff on February 23, 20260 comments