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Cognizant and Microsoft have expanded their long-standing partnership to help enterprises accelerate AI transformation and deliver what the companies describe as frontier firm experiences—organizations that embed AI deeply across operations rather than limiting it to isolated pilots. The collaboration will embed agentic AI and Copilot into mission-critical workflows. Along with this, the partnership expands the Cognizant Neuro AI Suite of offerings and combines Microsoft's trusted cloud and AI with Cognizant's industry platforms. Other improvements in the pipeline include scaling up Azure, Azure AI Foundry, MS 365 Copilot, GitHub and related technologies.

Posted by Redmond Channel Partner magazine staff on December 19, 20250 comments

Commvault Partners With Pinecone to Add Cyber Resilience for Enterprise AI Vector Data

Commvault has announced a partnership with Pinecone aimed at strengthening cyber resilience for vector databases that underpin retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and other enterprise AI applications. The integration extends Commvault’s cloud-based resilience platform to protect Pinecone vector workloads, enabling immutable backups, point-in-time recovery, and extended retention without affecting query performance. The companies say the approach is designed for organizations that rely on vectors as a core data type but face strict compliance, governance, and recovery requirements. Key features include accelerated PITR, enhanced data protection, unified cyber resilience and compliance support with audit readiness.

Posted by Redmond Channel Partner magazine staff on December 18, 20250 comments

Guardz Report Finds Nearly Half of U.S. SMBs Have Experienced a Cyberattack

Nearly half of U.S. small and midsize businesses have already been hit by a cyberattack, according to Guardz’s 2025 SMB Cybersecurity Report, which surveyed 800 SMB owners across multiple industries. The report found that 43 percent experienced at least one attack in the past five years, with phishing, ransomware and employee error cited as the most common threats. Despite rising awareness—80 percent of respondents said cyber risk has increased—more than half of SMBs still rely on business owners or untrained staff to manage security, often without professional support.

Posted by Redmond Channel Partner magazine staff on December 17, 20250 comments