5 Things Successful MSPs Are Doing Differently
Managed Service Providers are confronting a price‑sensitive market, yet top performers are thriving by shifting from instinct to data‑driven operations, selective client targeting, and treating sales and marketing as growth engines. They leverage automation and AI to support 400‑500 endpoints per employee, while expanding into AI‑powered services and compliance‑as‑a‑service. By prioritizing consumer‑grade digital experiences over pure SLA metrics, they deliver outcomes that resonate with growth‑mindset customers. These strategies enable higher margins and sustainable growth despite tightening spend.
How Tech Is Changing the Construction Industry
Construction, the world’s largest output sector, remains one of the least digitized, prompting a productivity overhaul to meet a projected $22 trillion global output by 2040. AI adoption is accelerating, with the market expected to grow from $11 billion in 2025 to...
The Geekom Air12 2026 Edition Is a Solid Entry-Level Mini PC – if You Can Bag a Good Bargain on...
Geekom’s Air12 2026 Edition is an ultra‑compact mini PC targeting budget‑conscious users, featuring a 117 × 112 × 34.2 mm chassis and a five‑year‑old Intel Pentium Gold 7505 processor paired with 8 GB RAM and a 256 GB PCIe SSD. At roughly $380 (£299) it competes with...
The MSI Prestige 16 AI+ Is a High-Quality Business Laptop at an Attractive Price – It's Nigh on Impossible to...
The 2026 MSI Prestige 16 AI+ upgrades to a 16‑inch OLED panel, Intel Core Ultra 7 355 CPU, and a slimmer, lighter chassis while cutting the numeric keypad and offering lower graphics performance than the 2025 AMD model. At roughly $1,600 it delivers a...
How Welsh Councils Are Improving Services with Microsoft Copilot
Welsh local authorities are leveraging Microsoft 365 Copilot to boost productivity and service quality. Swansea County Council reported a 5,400‑hour time saving in just four weeks, while Rhondda Cynon Taf saw assessments completed nearly four times faster and a surge...
Industrial Organizations Under Increasing Fire as Attackers Target Operational Technology
Industrial organizations faced a surge in ransomware, with 2,073 attacks representing 30% of all incidents in the year to March 2026. Capital‑goods manufacturers were hardest hit, recording 1,192 attacks, and the machinery sub‑sector alone suffered 442 incidents. Regulators in the...
What Is the Solid Project and What Could It Mean for Businesses?
The Solid Project, championed by Tim Berners‑Lee, proposes personal data pods that let individuals own and control their digital information. If widely adopted, businesses will need to shift from hoarding data to accessing it via secure APIs and zero‑trust architectures....
How EDF Is Making the Most of Its Data with Snowflake
EDF UK has made Snowflake AI Data Cloud the backbone of its data strategy, unifying hundreds of data sources for over 1,000 internal users. The utility’s federated hub‑and‑spoke model lets central data services handle tooling and architecture while business units build...
How Direct-to-Chip Cooling Is Helping MSPs Meet AI Demand
Managed Service Providers are confronting a surge in AI-driven workloads that outpace the capacity of traditional air‑cooled data centers. The heat density of modern GPUs demands cooling solutions that can handle 60‑120 kW per rack, prompting a shift toward direct‑to‑chip liquid...
‘This Closes a Gap that Has Caused Real Uncertainty in the Market’: Changes to EU AI Act Implementation Deadlines Welcomed...
Last week the European Parliament and Council reached a provisional agreement that revises the EU AI Act’s implementation schedule. The compliance deadline for stand‑alone high‑risk AI systems moves to 2 December 2027, while high‑risk AI embedded in products must comply by 2 August 2028,...
Managing Tech Costs in a Volatile Market
Enterprises face mounting technology spend as cloud AI pricing, licensing and volatile energy costs surge. Companies that rely on public clouds see budgets blown out in months, while on‑premise AI workloads are hit by soaring oil‑driven electricity rates. Greg Holmes...
Argyll and SambaNova Team up to Launch Sovereign AI Cloud for UK Customers
Argyll Data Development and AI‑hardware specialist SambaNova have unveiled a sovereign AI inference cloud hosted in Scotland. The platform runs on SambaNova’s Reconfigurable Data Unit (RDU) architecture, delivering up to 400 tokens per second while consuming roughly 10 kW per rack...
Medion Signium 27 S1 All-in-One PC Review: A Smart, Cheap, Upgradable AIO PC
Medion’s Signium 27 S1 all‑in‑one PC retails for about $960, undercutting rivals such as MSI’s Pro AP242P and Lenovo’s ThinkCentre M90a. It combines a sleek matte‑silver design with a 27‑inch 1080p IPS display that covers 126% sRGB and 90% DCI‑P3. Powered by a 10‑core Intel Core 7 240H,...
Cuts Are Coming: Is Now the Time to Upskill?
Tech firms report persistent skills gaps even as hiring slows, especially for early‑career talent. Global corporate training spend is projected to reach $440 billion in 2026, while UK employers cut training budgets to roughly half the level of their EU counterparts....
Microsoft Joins Competitors in Handing over AI Models for Advanced Testing
Microsoft, Google and xAI have agreed to submit their most advanced AI models to the U.S. Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI) and the UK’s AI Security Institute (AISI) for pre‑deployment testing. The partnership will evaluate frontier models for...
Panasonic Toughbook Marks 30th Year with New European Partner Program
Panasonic Toughbook has launched Elevate, a new European partner program aimed at deepening its channel‑first approach. The initiative introduces a tiered reseller structure—Authorized, Expert, Elite—along with a deal registration system that offers premium discounts and pricing predictability. It also rolls...
The Sovereignty Gap: Why MSPs Must Rethink Recovery in the SaaS Era
European regulations such as DORA and NIS2 are turning data sovereignty from a legal concept into an operational duty for Managed Service Providers. MSPs now act as custodians of SaaS data, responsible for proving rapid, independent recovery rather than merely...
C-Suites Want Concrete Quantum Use-Cases, Not Hype
Research from QuEra Computing shows a clear pivot in enterprise quantum spending: executives now demand concrete proof of value before committing capital. While 44% of firms plan to increase quantum budgets, a larger 46% expect flat spending, and 10% anticipate...
The ReMarkable Paper Pure Is a More Affordable Version of ReMarkable's E-Ink Range, but the Upgrade It Will Bring to...
ReMarkable introduced the Paper Pure, a $460 e‑ink tablet that trims premium features to deliver a lower‑cost digital notebook. It sports a 10.3‑inch Canvas display, a 1.7 GHz dual‑core ARM Cortex‑A55 processor, 2 GB RAM and a 3,820 mAh battery lasting days on a...
NetApp Names New CTO to Lead EMEA, LATAM Technical Strategy
NetApp has named Jurgen Hofkens, former AWS AI infrastructure leader, as chief technology officer and vice president of sales engineering for its EMEA and LATAM markets. Hofkens will steer technical strategy, customer engagement, and AI‑driven data solutions across on‑premises, edge,...
‘Panthalassa Has Opened the Ocean Frontier’: Thiel-Backed Startup Secures $140 Million to Deploy Floating AI Data Centers
Peter Thiel led a $140 million Series B round for Oregon‑based Panthalassa, a startup developing autonomous wave‑powered floating data centers for AI inference. The funding will finish a pilot manufacturing plant near Portland and accelerate deployment of the Ocean‑3 node series in...
‘The Inbox Is No Longer the only Frontline’: Phishing Attacks Are Evolving as Cyber Criminals Ramp up ‘Multi-Channel’ Campaigns over...
Security researchers warn that phishing is shifting from email‑only to multi‑channel campaigns that combine email, calendar invites, and Microsoft Teams. KnowBe4’s Phishing Threat Trends Report recorded a 49% rise in calendar‑invite phishing and a 41% increase in Teams‑based attacks between...
The Great Vendor Purge Is Squeezing the Channel
Enterprises now juggle an average of 660 SaaS applications, with more than half of the licences idle, driving annual spend of roughly $284 million per company. Buyers are shifting procurement to hyperscaler marketplaces, where spend is expected to climb from $45.5 billion...
Satya Nadella Woos Windows Users with OS Improvement Pledges: 'We Are Focused on Fundamentals, Prioritizing Quality, and Serving Our Core...
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella used the latest earnings call to reassure Windows users that the company is refocusing on core performance and reliability. He highlighted a streamlined Windows Update process, better support for low‑memory devices, and a more measured rollout of...
Enterprises Are Adopting Agents Faster than They Can Secure and Govern Them – Experts Warn It’s a Disaster Waiting to...
Enterprises are deploying autonomous AI agents faster than their identity and access management (IAM) systems can govern them, according to Ping Identity research. Existing IAM models, built for human users, are being stretched to continuous operation, creating gaps in visibility,...
Version 1 to Expand AI Services with CreateFuture Acquisition
Version 1 announced a deal to acquire AI‑native technology services firm CreateFuture, aiming to broaden its AI‑first capabilities and market reach. The combined organization will employ roughly 4,250 people and target annual revenues above €500 million (approximately $545 million). CreateFuture’s expertise spans regulated...
UK Firms Left in the Dark over What Workers Are Sharing with AI
A SailPoint survey finds 67% of UK enterprises cannot track what employees share with AI, and 35% rely on external tools, creating shadow‑AI risks. Gartner predicts 40% of firms will suffer a breach from shadow AI by 2030. Despite heavy...
Inforcer Launches New Copilot Manager to Help MSPs Scale AI Services
Inforcer has introduced Copilot Manager, a new feature designed to help managed service providers (MSPs) monitor Microsoft Copilot usage and detect unauthorized “shadow AI” tools across customer environments. The solution provides tenant‑level visibility, adoption analytics, and risk assessments, enabling MSPs...
North Korean Hackers Are Duping Freelance Developers with Fake Interviews to Steal Cryptocurrency and Deliver Malware — Sophos Warns the...
North Korean state‑backed group Nickel Alley is luring freelance developers through fake job interviews on platforms like Upwork, Fiverr and LinkedIn. The scheme convinces victims to download malicious npm packages or clone compromised GitHub repositories, installing the PyLangGhost RAT that...
‘As a Software Developer, You Naturally Need to Have a Willingness to Learn’: Amazon CTO Werner Vogels on the Evolution...
Amazon CTO Werner Vogels warned that software development is entering a new era he calls the "Renaissance Developer," driven by AI‑powered tools. He highlighted that 85% of developers now use AI daily and that up to 80% will need to...
AI Is Coming to Ubuntu: Canonical Exec Teases Future AI Features and Agentic Workflow Capabilities for Version 26.10 — but...
Canonical’s VP of engineering Jon Seager outlined Ubuntu’s AI roadmap, targeting the upcoming 26.10 release with a preview of both implicit and explicit AI capabilities. Implicit features will bring speech‑to‑text and text‑to‑speech using locally run open‑weight models delivered via inference...
Hardware Volatility Continues to Squeeze Channel Margins
Channel partners are confronting unprecedented hardware price volatility as AI‑driven memory shortages and dynamic pricing models upend traditional quoting practices. Vendors such as Cisco and HPE now reserve the right to reprice orders up to the day of shipment, forcing...
Kaseya Shifts From AI ‘Insights’ to Autonomous Action with New Agentic Platform
Kaseya unveiled an "agentic" IT management platform powered by its proprietary Kaseya Intelligence engine, moving beyond advisory AI to autonomous execution across IT operations, security, and backup. The platform integrates three new products—Agentic Digital Specialists for ticket triage, Unified Cyber...
Compromised Open Source Package Pushed Malicious Elementary CLI Release to Developers
The open‑source Elementary Python CLI was compromised when attackers exploited a script‑injection flaw in its GitHub Actions workflow, pushing a malicious 0.23.3 release to PyPI and Docker. The tainted version embedded a .pth payload that harvested SSH keys, cloud credentials,...
Bell Labs’ Michael Eggleston on Nokia’s Research Into Topological Quantum Computing
Bell Labs, now Nokia’s research arm, is pursuing topological quantum computing using anyons to create ultra‑stable qubits. Lead researcher Michael Eggleston explains the prototype stores a single qubit whose quantum state can remain locked for weeks, a stark improvement over...
Google Cloud Is More Confident than Ever in Its AI Strength, From Hardware to Software
At Google Cloud Next 2026 the hyperscaler unveiled its eighth‑generation TPUs, 8t and 8i, co‑designed with DeepMind to power the Gemini model family and deliver a generational leap in AI compute and latency. The event also introduced Knowledge Catalog, an auto‑tagging...
Node4 Names New CEO and Chair in Double Leadership Swoop
Node4 announced a dual leadership overhaul, naming Neil Muller as chief executive officer and Patrick De Smedt as non‑executive chair. Muller will steer the company’s AI‑driven managed‑services platform and broaden its ERP, CRM, and data‑analytics portfolio. De Smedt will provide strategic oversight as the...
Google Once Again Ramps up Funding for Anthropic
Google announced a new investment of up to $40 billion in Anthropic, delivering $10 billion in cash immediately and pledging an additional $30 billion tied to performance milestones. The deal builds on prior commitments of $2 billion in 2023 and $1 billion in 2025, plus...
Threat Actors Ditch ‘Spray and Pray’ Attacks in Shift to Targeted Exploitation
Cyber criminals are abandoning high‑volume "spray and pray" campaigns in favor of precision attacks, according to SonicWall research. While overall ransomware volumes fell 87% last year, the number of compromised organizations in the UK rose 20%, with small‑businesses hit hardest....
Why Supply Chain Resilience Is Under the Spotlight
Supply‑chain security has become a top priority as third‑party breaches surged, with Verizon reporting 30% of incidents linked to vendors—double the previous year—and SecurityScorecard finding over 70% of firms faced a material supplier breach. High‑profile attacks on NHS supplier DXS...
Acemagic Kron Mini K1 Review: Sharp Looks, Little Substance, and Oddly Overpriced
Acemagic’s Kron Mini K1 is a compact mini PC that ships with a 12‑core Intel Core i5‑12600H, 16 GB DDR4 RAM and a 512 GB SSD, retailing at $559 (discounted to $359). Its sleek silver chassis mirrors the higher‑end Matrix Mini M1...
Google Cloud Next 2026: Scaling AI Agents
Google Cloud Next 2026 showcased a full‑stack AI push, highlighted by the eighth‑generation 8t TPU pods that can deliver 121 exaflops of FP4 compute across 9,600 chips. The event emphasized Google’s multi‑cloud stance, promising seamless integration for customers who refuse vendor...
The First Hurdle Is the Hardest in Generative AI Adoption – and Businesses Keep Falling
AWS’s UK‑focused study shows enterprises are adopting generative AI faster than their European peers, yet only 24% have reached an advanced AI stage in 2026 – a modest 1‑point rise from the previous year. While 68% of employees report productivity...
New Framework Allows EU Firms to Check if 'Sovereign' Cloud Services Are Truly Sovereign
The Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers in Europe (CISPE) has unveiled a Sovereign and Resilient Cloud Services Framework that issues certification badges to verify a provider’s data‑control claims. The scheme distinguishes "sovereign" services, which are owned and operated entirely within the...
Market Volatility Is Exposing Weak Partnerships Across the Channel
Recent IDC and Sage research shows that while many channel partners still post double‑digit growth, market volatility is separating resilient alliances from those that falter. The article argues that partnership strength hinges on shared value narratives, integrated communications, and robust...
"While the Engineers Slept, the Agents Kept Building": AWS UK Chief Touts Big Gains with AI-Powered Coding
At the AWS Summit London, VP Alison Kay highlighted that AWS developers used the company’s Kiro AI coding agent to rebuild the Bedrock inference engine in just 76 days, a task previously estimated to need 40 engineers for a year....
Google Cloud Announces Eighth-Generation TPUs, Boasting AI Training and Inference Leaps
Google Cloud unveiled its eighth‑generation tensor processing units, the TPU 8t for training and TPU 8i for inference. The 8t chip is 2.8× faster than the prior Ironwood generation, delivering 121 FP4 exaflops and supporting pods of up to 9,600 chips. The 8i...
The Framework Laptop 13 Pro Is the Ultra-Repairable Laptop that Lets You Ditch Windows – and Copilot
Framework unveiled its Laptop 13 Pro at the NextGen event, offering a modular, ultra‑repairable notebook that can ship with no OS, Windows 11, or Ubuntu pre‑installed. The device features an Intel Core Ultra 3 CPU, a 74 Wh battery, and optional AMD Ryzen AI 300 Series processors. Pricing...
Enterprises Are Ramping up Preparations for a Post-Quantum World – Experts Worry It Could Be Too Late for Many
Post‑quantum computing adoption is accelerating, with Juniper Research projecting users to rise from 35,000 this year to over 100 million by 2035, yet only 27% of firms plan to implement quantum‑secure safeguards in time. Google now predicts quantum computers capable of...
Why Your Best Engineers Are Doing the Wrong Work
Managed Service Providers (MSPs) are trapped in a cycle of manual provisioning, patching, and firefighting, leaving their top engineers underutilized. The surge in multi‑cloud deployments has amplified operational complexity, prompting a shift toward platform engineering and internal developer platforms (IDPs)...