Intelligent Tech Channels

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The expansion of neurotechnology beyond clinical environments could create a new source of highly sensitive information for cybercriminals and state-linked threat actors, according to research from Recorded Future’s Insikt Group. The Emerging Threats to Neurotechnology report examines how the increasing adoption of neurotechnology could expose neurological, biometric and behavioural information to cyberthreats as larger volumes of data are collected and processed by commercial platforms.

NVIDIA, AWS, Accenture, Carahsoft, Kroll and Zscaler are among the companies recognised by CrowdStrike for their contribution to its global partner ecosystem. CrowdStrike has announced its 2026 partner award winners, recognising companies across its global channel ecosystem at Fal.Con 2026 in Las Vegas. NVIDIA was named Global Partner of the Year, while Accenture received the Global System Integrator of the Year award and Amazon Web Services (AWS) was recognised as Global AI Partner of the Year.

Appian has announced Accenture, Deloitte, Roboyo and Conexxia as the winners of its 2026 Asia Pacific and Japan Partner Awards. “Our 2026 APJ Partner Award winners demonstrate the different ways partners create value with AI automation for critical processes across the Appian ecosystem,” said Scott Van Valkenburgh, Senior Vice President of Global Alliances and Channels at Appian.

Duxbury Networking has promoted André Kannemeyer from Chief Technology Officer (CTO) to Technical CEO, following an expansion of his responsibilities beyond traditional technology leadership during his more than 20 years with the business. Kannemeyer has played a central role in shaping Duxbury Networking’s technical direction, building its engineering capability and assessing new technologies for their relevance to the company’s partners and customers.

Westcon-Comstor, a global technology distributor specialising in cybersecurity, networking and hybrid cloud solutions, has announced a multi-region distribution agreement with Sonar, a global leader in AI code verification and governance. The partnership provides high-value growth opportunities for channel partners across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and Asia-Pacific (APAC) to help customers securely adopt AI into their software development workflows.

Mindware, a value-added distributor (VAD) in the Middle East and Africa, has announced a strategic partnership with Veeam Software, a provider of data resilience solutions. Mindware has been appointed as a value-added distributor for Veeam across the Middle East, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Egypt and Libya. The partnership will combine Veeam’s data resilience capabilities with Mindware’s regional channel network, technical expertise, market presence, partner ecosystem and cloud capabilities.

As MSPs face growing pressure to manage increasingly complex endpoint environments while protecting margins, consolidated platforms and closer vendor relationships are becoming increasingly important. Sally King, Channel Business Manager UK&I at Scalefusion, and Michael Conway, CEO of Renaissance, discuss the opportunities created by Scalefusion’s UK expansion, why partner profitability and enablement matter and how value-added distribution is evolving.

UK channel partners will gain access to HPE Aruba Networking and HPE Juniper Networking alongside technical, enablement and lifecycle services from Infinigate. HPE has appointed Infinigate UK as a specialist value-added distributor for its networking portfolio, expanding the options available to UK channel partners delivering secure and AI-driven networking solutions.