The Global Technology Industry Association GTIA has released the full agenda for ChannelCon 2026, its flagship IT channel event set for August 3–5 in San Diego. This year’s program highlights a strong focus on artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, partner growth, and workforce transformation across the IT services ecosystem. Organizers say the agenda is designed to move beyond theory, offering practical strategies that IT service providers, vendors, and consultants can appl

Healthcare data platform Clearsense has launched a new managed service designed to help healthcare organizations continuously rationalize legacy applications and actively archive clinical data. The company says the offering is designed to reduce operational complexity, lower infrastructure costs, and help healthcare providers modernize aging IT environments without losing access to historical patient records. Focus on legacy healthcare systems Hospitals and healthcare network

Global infrastructure monitoring pioneer Paessler has officially acquired UVnetworks, the specialized developer behind the UVexplorer network discovery and topology mapping platform. The strategic transaction integrates automated Layer 2 and Layer 3 mapping, hardware inventory asset tracking, and network device configuration backup mechanisms directly into Paessler’s flagship PRTG Network Monitor ecosystem. By blending real-time sensor metrics with structural physical maps, P

Dell Technologies wrapped up its annual flagship conference, Dell Technologies World 2026, in Las Vegas, leaving no doubt about the company’s strategic trajectory. Under the guiding theme of shifting "from bits back to atoms," Chairman and CEO Michael Dell and Vice Chairman Jeff Clarke laid out a massive infrastructure roadmap designed to pull artificial intelligence out of the public cloud and plant it firmly within local corporate data centers. Editorial credit: miss.cabul

WatchGuard Technologies has unveiled Rai, a new agentic AI digital workforce designed specifically for managed service providers (MSPs) looking to automate threat detection and response operations. The company introduced Rai during its EMEA Impact 2026 Partner Conference in Dubrovnik, Croatia, positioning the platform as a major shift from traditional “assistive AI” tools toward autonomous cybersecurity operations. What Rai does According to WatchGuard, Rai functions as an al