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  Qlik Open Lakehouse includes Amazon Athena support and multi-engine access, plus deployment in the customer’s virtual private cloud (VPC) with automatic Iceberg optimization and built-in data quality and lineage Qlik®, a global leader in data integration, data quality, analytics, and artificial intelligence (AI), today announced the general availability of Qlik Open Lakehouse, a fully managed Apache Iceberg service in …

The technology channel is in the midst of a transformation. By 2026, the role of partners has moved far beyond pushing vendor products into the market. CIOs, analysts, and channel leaders all point to the same trend: partners are becoming co-creators, delivering customer-defined outcomes instead of vendor-dictated sales. For enterprise technology leaders, the expectation is clear—partners must help solve business …

Redington selects CrowdStrike to meet growing demand in India for stopping breaches and consolidating cybersecurity with the Falcon platform Redington Limited, a leading Indian integrated technology solutions provider and Fortune India 500 company, today announced a strategic distribution agreement with CrowdStrike, to bring the AI-native CrowdStrike Falcon® platform to Redington’s customers and partners across India. This partnership strengthens Redington’s channel …

SmartSoC Solutions Private Limited, an Indian semiconductor design and product engineering company, today announced a strategic partnership with Cortus S.A.S., a French semiconductor company renowned for its cutting-edge Intellectual Property (IP) solutions in secure identification technologies. This partnership aims to drive innovation and accelerate the development and manufacturing of SIM cards, Smart cards, banking cards, and e-passport chip solutions in India, establishing a robust …

Splunk Enterprise Security Premier Edition and Essentials Edition advance unified threat detection and response Cisco today introduced Splunk Enterprise Security Essentials Edition and Splunk Enterprise Security Premier Edition, providing customers two agentic AI-powered SecOps options that unify security workflows across threat detection, investigation, and response (TDIR). Delivered within Splunk Enterprise Security 8.2 – a market-leading SIEM solution – these advancements …

RAH Infotech, India’s leading value-added technology distributor, proudly announces a strategic collaboration with Aryaka, the pioneer in delivering Unified SASE as a Service, a fully converged networking and security solution. This alliance combines RAH Infotech’s expansive channel network and deep expertise in digital infrastructure with Aryaka’s award-winning Unified SASE solution to advance enterprise connectivity and cyber resilience across India. Aryaka, Unified SASE …

Freshworks’ announcement that its founder and Executive Chairman, Girish Mathrubootham, will step down after a 15-year journey has sent ripples across the channel community. For over a decade and a half, Girish has been the face of the company’s partner-first ethos, building a foundation of trust that has powered Freshworks’ rise from a Chennai-based startup to a global SaaS leader. …

Artificial intelligence has ignited a new hardware renaissance, pulling servers, chips, memory, and end-user devices back to center stage after years where cloud and software dominated digital transformation. What was once dismissed as back-office “plumbing” has become the strategic core of enterprise innovation. Channel partners—system integrators, managed service providers, VARs, and VADs—are now in the sweet spot, helping OEMs deliver …

E2E bagged a ₹177-crore order from the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) under the IndiaAI Mission to deliver advanced GPU infrastructure, including H100 and H200 SXM units with InfiniBand fabric. The project, designed to provide nearly 130 million GPU hours, positions India on the global stage for AI compute and foundational model development. For the channel ecosystem, however, …

Acquisition to strengthen Vertiv’s comprehensive portfolio of digital infrastructure solutions with AI-based infrastructure monitoring, predictive services, and performance optimization   India, Mumbai, September 01, 2025 – Vertiv Holdings Co (NYSE: VRT), a global leader in critical digital infrastructure, announced it has acquired Waylay NV, a Belgium-based leader in hyperautomation and generative AI software platforms, as part of its continued investment …