Managed Service Provider (MSP) stories
Demand for cyber recovery tools is rising, with Omdia forecasting the managed backup and disaster recovery market will hit USD $38 billion in 2026.
Mid-market firms could gain AI-backed threat detection and remediation without new systems as SonicWall rolls out GPT-5.5 through its channel partners.
Businesses facing outages now have a physically separate UK-EU link, as traffic remains concentrated on a handful of cross-border corridors.
Institutions using Fireblocks can now tap OpenPayd's sterling and euro rails without extra integration, widening access to stablecoin payment flows.
Businesses saw no summer slowdown in website fixes, with half of outages still cleared in under two minutes despite holiday absences.
MSPs and MSSPs face rising pressure to prove security controls work, as cyber insurers and clients demand more evidence of resilience.
Arelion's network saw attack volumes surge as Aisuru fuelled terabit-scale floods, threatening gaming and cloud services worldwide.
Security teams face higher breach costs as ThreatDown expands visibility over unsanctioned AI tools and machine accounts in one console.
Most firms still lack the policies and governance needed to turn widespread AI use in the IT channel into lasting business value.
Partners will get more co-marketing tools and training as Barracuda seeks to help MSPs win customers and speed sales.
Critical infrastructure operators could gain a single managed route for sensitive data as the partners remove reliance on public internet paths.
Boston-area networks can now reach New York traffic with lower latency and no transport charges, thanks to a new one-hop link.
Demand for cloud and security services is rising, and the provider is adding sales leadership to align customer, partner and revenue strategy.
Enterprises in Ireland can now buy dedicated 5G networks directly from Logicalis after a regulatory change opened spectrum to non-telecoms firms.
Broader duties in the UK's proposed cyber law could divert scarce staff from frontline defence, worsening already acute skills gaps.
Critical infrastructure could face tougher cyber rules without stronger workforce pipelines, as 49% of businesses already report a skills gap.
Mid-sized firms risk wasting cybersecurity spend unless one executive is accountable for translating alerts into financial and operational decisions.
The upgrade boosts capacity for personalised mail as marketers demand faster turnaround, tighter tracking and stronger links to digital channels.
Pax8 partners can now sell independent backup and recovery for Microsoft 365, Salesforce and other SaaS tools to SMEs through the marketplace.
Gaps in access and affordability are leaving one in 10 New Zealand households offline, prompting calls for stronger public investment and resilience.