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AWS Approved for NATO RESTRICTED Cloud Workloads bit.ly/4d5n3Vy

AWS Approved for NATO RESTRICTED Cloud Workloads

AWS becomes the first cloud provider approved across NATO for RESTRICTED workloads, giving allies access to approved services across 15 regions.

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Apple Renews Qualcomm Patent Deal as It Expands In-House Modems bit.ly/4hLOrdM

Apple Renews Qualcomm Patent Deal Amid Modem Shift

Apple renews its Qualcomm patent license effective April 2027 as it expands in-house modems. See what the separate deals mean for partners and suppliers.

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BNP Paribas Expands Google Cloud Deal for Gemini Banking Agents bit.ly/4Atr68l

BNP Paribas Plans Gemini Agents in Google Cloud Deal

BNP Paribas expands its Google Cloud deal to plan Gemini agents for credit memos and other banking workflows, with security controls shaping the rollout.

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Google Takes AI Infrastructure Into Orbit With SpaceX Test bit.ly/4dpg2zd

Google to Launch AI Hardware Into Orbit With SpaceX

Google will send four TPUs into orbit aboard a SpaceX mission, testing Project Suncatcher and the channel opportunities around future orbital AI infrastructure.

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Akamai Secures $11.6 Billion Deal to Power Anthropic’s AI Workloads bit.ly/4hfrb7R

Akamai Secures $11.6 Billion Deal to Power Anthropic’s AI Workloads

Akamai signed an $11.6 billion cloud deal with Anthropic, expanding its AI infrastructure ambitions and creating new questions for MSPs and partners.

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Microsoft Expands Gulf AI Ambitions With More Than $10B Through 2030 bit.ly/4ryNM2H

Microsoft Plans $10B-Plus Gulf AI, Cloud Investment

Microsoft plans more than $10 billion for Gulf AI and cloud expansion through 2030 across Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar and Kuwait, with channel implications.

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China’s AI Boom Is Fueling a Surge in One-Person Startups bit.ly/4rGe1nZ

China’s AI Boom Is Fueling a Surge in One-Person Startups

China’s AI boom is fueling one-person startups, but many founders still struggle to find customers and build sustainable businesses.

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Proofpoint Targets AI, Data Risks with Agentic Security bit.ly/4he5cOQ

Proofpoint Targets AI, Data Risks with Agentic Security

Proofpoint launches agentic security systems for AI, data and collaboration, adding autonomous detection, investigation and remediation.

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Video: GTIA Acquires ASCII Group: What Changes for MSP members? bit.ly/4iIa1kx

Video: GTIA Acquires ASCII Group: What Changes for MSP members? | Channel Insider

GTIA’s acquisition of the ASCII Group brings two influential IT channel communities together while raising important questions about member benefits, community culture and the future of MSP advocacy....

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IGEL CTO: Shadow AI Policy Needs Endpoint Controls bit.ly/4ydROAb

Shadow AI Governance Needs Endpoint Controls, IGEL Says

IGEL CTO Matthias Haas says shadow AI governance requires endpoint visibility and network controls as MSPs help organizations manage AI risk.

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Enveda Raises $311M as AI Drug Discovery Startup Hits $2B Valuation bit.ly/4d550ii

Enveda Raises $311M as AI Drug Discovery Startup Hits $2B Valuation

Enveda raised $311 million at a $2 billion valuation as it expands AI-powered drug discovery, clinical trials and automated research infrastructure.

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Censys Expands Global Channel Partner Program bit.ly/4ypw3gE

Censys Expands Global Channel Partner Program

Censys expands its global Channel Partner Program with new GTM support, early product access, enablement, and resources to accelerate partner-led security growth.

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Lenovo Expands Virtualization Portfolio for AI-Ready IT bit.ly/3V4FT9e

Lenovo Expands Virtualization Portfolio for AI-Ready IT

Lenovo expands its virtualization portfolio with ThinkAgile VX850 V4, deployment services and new Express Solutions for AI-ready infrastructure.

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Finnish AI Cloud Startup Verda Raises $189M, Tops $1B Valuation bit.ly/4xLBgyv

Finnish AI Cloud Startup Verda Raises $189M, Tops $1B Valuation

Finnish AI infrastructure startup Verda raised $189 million at a valuation above $1 billion as it expands GPU cloud capacity across Europe.

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Fastly Launches AI Runtime Controls for Enterprise Agents bit.ly/3T55RJ7

Fastly Launches AI Runtime Controls for Enterprise Agents

Fastly launched AI Runtime Control, AI Firewall, and API Security tools to help enterprises and partners govern AI models, agents, and API traffic.

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Okta Expands AI Agent Security and Governance bit.ly/4xLBg1t

Okta Expands AI Agent Security and Governance

Okta expands AI agent security with discovery, access governance, runtime enforcement and kill switch capabilities for enterprise deployments.

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KDDI, Exaforce Expand Agentic SOC Services in US, EMEA bit.ly/4ydcKaA

KDDI Adds Exaforce Agentic SOC Platform to Security Services

KDDI America and KDDI Europe will sell and deploy Exaforce’s agentic SOC platform as part of managed security services across the US and EMEA.

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Aviatrix Launches Quantum Harvest and Decrypt Protection Solution bit.ly/4rogjrE

Aviatrix Launches Post-Quantum Cloud Security Solution

Aviatrix launches Harvest and Decrypt Protection, combining post-quantum encryption with workload communication governance for cloud environments.

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SoftBank’s $11 Billion Bond Sale Raises the Stakes on OpenAI bit.ly/4hqnoUh

SoftBank’s $11B Bond Sale Raises Stakes on OpenAI

SoftBank is raising more than $11 billion through junk-rated bonds to fund its OpenAI investment, increasing pressure on its debt-backed AI strategy.

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AMD Reaches $1 Trillion Market Cap as Stock Climbs More Than 180% in 2026 bit.ly/4AqfCSP

AMD Reaches $1 Trillion Market Cap as Stock Climbs More Than 180% in 2026

AMD briefly crossed a $1 trillion market cap as shares surged more than 180% in 2026, driven by rapid data center growth and AI demand.

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