Microsoft’s push to put enterprise-grade security and AI into the hands of small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) has a new partner: the managed service provider (MSP). In the past six months Microsoft and the wider channel have moved from “Copilot for enterprises” messaging toward tangible...
AvePoint’s push to deepen Azure data protection inside its AvePoint Elements MSP platform is a clear signal that the company intends to make managed Azure protection a channel-first capability, adding misconfiguration detection, Azure environment monitoring, and enhanced anomaly detection to its...
Former Parallo engineers Shaun Webber, Symon Thurlow and Jay Strydom have quietly reassembled to launch Spotto.ai, an AI-native Azure cloud optimisation platform aimed squarely at MSPs and SaaS teams wrestling with runaway cloud bills and fragmented operations. (reseller.co.nz, spotto.app)...
LightBeam’s Summer 2025 release brings targeted AI security and governance controls specifically for Microsoft Copilot, promising real-time protection against AI-driven data exposure, insider threats, and mass-encryption ransomware events — a response to rapid Copilot adoption and the emergence...
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Most Australian small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are already using generative AI tools — but more often than not they’re doing so without a coherent plan, leaving businesses exposed to security, cost, and strategic risks while missing opportunities to drive growth and competitive advantage...
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