This week, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) completed its $14 billion acquisition of Juniper Networks, following a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) that addressed antitrust concerns.
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Posted by Redmond Channel Partner magazine staff on July 02, 20250 comments
M-Files has announced an expanded partnership with Microsoft, integrating its AI-powered document management system directly into the Microsoft 365 ecosystem. Using Microsoft's SharePoint Embedded API, M-Files will store content natively within Microsoft 365, enabling users to access and manage documents through familiar interfaces like Teams, Outlook and Office applications.
The integration, announced Tuesday, aims to address common challenges in enterprise content management, such as fragmented information governance and siloed systems. By combining M-Files' metadata-driven automation with Microsoft's collaboration tools and AI capabilities, including Microsoft 365 Copilot and M-Files' own Aino, organizations can enhance productivity and reduce administrative overhead.
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Posted by Redmond Channel Partner magazine staff on July 01, 20250 comments
Guardz has introduced its Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR) solution, designed to help MSPs detect and mitigate identity-based cyber threats.
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Posted by Redmond Channel Partner magazine staff on July 01, 20250 comments
Longtime Microsoft partner Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has expanded its collaboration with Redmond to develop new AI and cloud solutions, with the goal of helping enterprises modernize their legacy systems.
Announced last week, this new multiyear partnership will see TCS integrate Microsoft technologies (namely Azure AI Foundry, Microsoft Fabric, Power Platform and Copilot Studio) into its existing products (including TCS Cloud Exponence, Cloud Counsel, ignio for AIOps, Cloud Migration Factory, and Cloud Governance and Optimization Platform).
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Posted by Redmond Channel Partner magazine staff on June 27, 20250 comments
AvePoint this month introduced new capabilities to its Elements Platform, targeting managed service providers (MSPs) looking to improve their SMB security offerings. The updates include marketplace integration for license management, risk user insights for enhanced security monitoring, and tools for license and storage optimization.
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Posted by Redmond Channel Partner magazine staff on June 26, 20250 comments
Security firm KnowBe4 announced a partnership with Microsoft this month designed to enhance email security, a persistent and frequently expensive weak spot for enterprises.
The integration, which will become generally available "soon," connects KnowBe4's Defend platform with Microsoft Defender for Office 365. The idea is to complement Microsoft's native quarantine capabilities with KnowBe4's inbound threat detection features, which the company says are powered by agentic AI.
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Posted by Redmond Channel Partner magazine staff on June 25, 20250 comments
Microsoft and careers firm Upwork announced a partnership this month to help businesses recruit AI experts to build and deploy agents using Microsoft Power Platform.
The initiative enables Upwork's network of freelancers to assist organizations in creating custom AI solutions by tapping into Microsoft's low-code solution. According to Microsoft, the goal is to make it easier for companies to implement agent-based experiences that automate workflows and customer interactions.
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Posted by Redmond Channel Partner magazine staff on June 24, 20250 comments
DNA Payments, which specializes in point-of-sale (POS) systems, is collaborating with MWC Partners to provide retail customers with a unified payment platform based on Microsoft Dynamics 365.
Under the partnership, announced this week, MWC will integrate DNA Payments' gateway with Dynamics 365. This integration is designed to help retailers process in-store, online and mobile payments through Dynamics 365 without relying on separate payment solutions.
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Posted by Redmond Channel Partner magazine staff on June 24, 20250 comments
Cayosoft, which specializes in Microsoft security and management solutions, this month announced it has inked a multiyear contract with the Internal Revenue Service to provide identity management solutions for the agency's Microsoft environments.
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Posted by Redmond Channel Partner magazine staff on June 20, 20250 comments
Island.io, which bills itself as the maker of a secure, enterprise-grade browser, has announced a new integration with Ping Identity to enable verified device access.
The partnership connects Island's browser product with Ping's identity management platform to provide continuous device posture verification for Web applications. According to Island's announcement, this approach helps organizations apply conditional access policies based on device trust without relying on traditional endpoint management tools. The idea is to give organizations another way to address challenges around securing applications accessed via unmanaged or bring-your-own devices.
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Posted by Redmond Channel Partner magazine staff on June 18, 20250 comments
Sasken Technologies has partnered with Microsoft to integrate its engineering services with the Microsoft Device Ecosystem Platform (MDEP), an Android-based platform designed to enhance security and manageability in enterprise devices.
This collaboration, announced last week, follows Sasken's acquisition of Borqs Technologies' Connected Devices business, bolstering its capabilities in embedded systems and IoT solutions.
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Posted by Redmond Channel Partner magazine staff on June 16, 20250 comments
A new cybersecurity company focused on securing SMB environments for MSPs is now out of stealth mode.
Launched earlier this month, CyberSentriq aims to provide security services to MSPs with SMB and midmarket customers. The startup, based in London, is backed by private equity firm Bregal Milestone and formed from the earlier merger of security firms TitanHQ and Redstor, which together counted over 3,000 MSPs as customers, reaching 150,000 SMBs globally.
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Posted by Redmond Channel Partner magazine staff on June 13, 20250 comments