AI PCs are becoming a bigger part of enterprise refresh conversations as Dell, HP, Lenovo, and other major PC makers position AI-enabled devices as the next phase of workplace computing. For channel partners and MSPs, the shift creates a new advisory challenge: helping customers determine when local AI processing justifies a hardware upgrade, when traditional…
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SAS’ Alyssa Farrell on Data Management, Quantum, and AI Positioning
During SAS’s Innovate 2026 event recently, SAS announced it would refresh its SAS Data Management portfolio, a cloud-native offering built on the SAS Viya data and AI platform. Among the new and expanded capabilities are AI-ready data management, governance by design, agentic AI and copilots, and cloud-native analytics acceleration. “A modern data platform is not…
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Microsoft’s Original Windows Secure Boot Certificate Is Expiring
The Secure Boot refresh is one of the largest coordinated security maintenance efforts across the Windows ecosystem, Microsoft said. Update those PCs soon.
AI, Apps, Global Security News, Risk Management
Q&A: AI Fuels ERP Modernization Surge in the Channel
ERP modernization is no longer a discretionary IT refresh; it has become a strategic inflection point. As organizations confront end-of-maintenance deadlines, mounting security exposure, talent attrition, AI-driven competitive pressure, and rising expectations for real-time performance, the question is shifting from whether to modernize to how, and how fast. In this Q&A, Henrik Wagner, the chief…
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NWN’s Jim Sullivan on 2026 AI NaaS Opportunity for the Channel
NWN CEO Jim Sullivan says accelerating AI adoption and renewed infrastructure refresh cycles are creating a major opportunity for channel partners heading into 2026—particularly those positioned to deliver AI-enabled networking as a service. In an interview with Channel Insider, Sullivan outlined how legacy infrastructure, return-to-office mandates, and data-intensive AI workloads are pushing enterprises toward network…