Key Takeaways: Flamingo is betting that artificial intelligence can change the economics of managed IT services, not merely add another assistant to the help desk. The startup has secured a $4.5 million seed round led by Vertex Ventures to develop an AI-driven platform for managed service providers, or MSPs, accor
Key Takeaways: Government buyers evaluating enterprise resource planning (ERP) software should test real finance, payroll, procurement, grant, and IT transactions against statutory controls, integration requirements...
Key Takeaways: Microsoft 365 has become part of the operating fabric of many enterprises. Email, meetings, documents, identity, workflow automation, compliance, and generative AI frequently converge within the same ...
Key Takeaways: The 20 MSP has reached a pace usually associated with private equity-backed consolidation. By the second half of 2026, the Plano, Texas-based business had acquired and integrated 48 managed service providers in less than four years, without a private equity sponsor. The 20 MSP says it can move from
Key Takeaways: Cohesity has expanded its cyber recovery partnership with HCLTech by integrating a managed clean room service into VaultNXT, HCLTech’s consulting-led cyber resilience offering. The service combines Cohesity Clean Room and AI-based data security capabilities with VaultNXT’s policy-based cyber vaultin
Key Takeaways: CloudClevr has returned to the M&A market after more than two years, acquiring Flow Automated Intelligence, known as Flow AI, from fellow Rigby Group-backed business SCC. The transaction gives the SME and midmarket-focused managed service provider an established operation spanning document services,
Key Takeaways: ESET has partnered with Cysurance to integrate cyber warranty protection and an expedited insurance option into its managed detection and response subscriptions. Announced September 1, 2026, the program is initially available in the United States and Canada, with a broader international rollout expe
Key Takeaways: Retail environments are unusually difficult to secure. A typical enterprise may operate hundreds of stores, seasonal distribution sites, cloud applications, payment terminals, supplier connections, co...
Key Takeaways: For years, government agencies could postpone replacing analog POTS lines, PRI trunks, and Centrex services. The circuits were expensive and dated, but they generally worked. Shorter regulatory timeli...
Key Takeaways: Buyers can connect an existing private branch exchange (PBX) and Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) trunks to Microsoft Teams through Direct Routing, using a certified session border controller (SBC) t...