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The Buzz: Canada ranks second globally for ransomware, Top Down closes $38M MSP fund, and Barracuda maps the new email threat landscape

Canada moves to second globally in ransomware attacks per Fortinet, Top Down Ventures closes its oversubscribed Founders Fund I at $38M Canadian, and Barracuda’s analysis of 3.1 billion ...
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On site at ServiceNow Knowledge: What building Canada’s first ServiceNow elite partner teaches you about what’s coming next

This is the final episode in our Knowledge 2026 coverage series, recorded live in Las Vegas. If you haven’t caught the earlier episodes, we’d suggest starting with our conversations with ServiceNow ...
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On site at ServiceNow Knowledge: What the agentic business actually looks like from a Canadian vantage point

Recorded live at Knowledge 2026 in Las Vegas, Robert Dutt sits down with Cristin Gooderham of ServiceNow Canada to unpack what a week of big agentic AI announcements actually means for Canadian ...
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The Buzz: inforcer brings shadow AI monitoring to MSPs, SUSE launches sovereign partner specialization, and Cayosoft targets the Microsoft identity migration gap

Today on The Buzz: inforcer’s Copilot Manager gives MSPs a new lens on shadow AI, SUSE formalizes a sovereign cloud path for channel partners, and Cayosoft reframes Microsoft identity ...
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Month: May 2026

Recorded live at Knowledge 2026 in Las Vegas, Robert Dutt sits down with Cristin Gooderham of ServiceNow Canada to unpack what a week of big agentic AI announcements actually means for Canadian ...
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On site at ServiceNow Knowledge: ServiceNow puts its AI leader in charge of the channel and the partner model is changing to match

Recorded live at Knowledge 2026 in Las Vegas, ServiceNow SVP of Global Partnerships and Channels Michael Park talks about why the company put an AI product veteran in charge of its partner ...
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Third-party risk management: The recurring revenue opportunity hiding in your clients’ vendor stack

Third-party risk management is emerging as the next major service category for MSPs. The starting point, according to Cynomi Chief Evangelist Tim Coach, isn’t a vendor questionnaire.
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The Buzz: SAS Innovate 2026 special – Viya opens to AI agents, Navigator introduced

A special edition of The Buzz from SAS Innovate 2026 in Washington. SAS opens Viya to external AI agents via MCP, AI Navigator gets automated discovery and lands on Azure Marketplace, and ...
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The Buzz: ServiceNow makes the case for “Agentic Business” as it repositions as an AI governance platform

At Knowledge 2026 in Las Vegas, ServiceNow is moving past the AI pilot conversation entirely. A new “Go Live AI” satisfaction guarantee, a live prompt injection demo, and FedEx ...
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The Buzz: WatchGuard acquires Perimeters.io, Meter launches $100M partner fund, and ServiceNow and Tanium announce Autonomous IT solution

Today’s channel news includes WatchGuard’s move into shadow AI, a $100M networking partner fund from Meter, and a new joint Autonomous IT platform from ServiceNow and Tanium out of ...
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The Buzz: OMERS-backed Integris targets Australian MSP First Focus, AI agents weaponized for infostealing, M365 E7 launches today

OMERS-backed Integris announces intent to acquire First Focus, the largest SMB-focused MSP in Australia and New Zealand; NeuShield partners with Ontario-based Data ...