The content team at the MSP Summit site tracks stories of interest to the managed services provider community. Anyone selling managed services or partnering with MSPs will want to know about these developing stories or catch up on stories they have missed. All links are current as of March 16.
Things To Know About Insight’s New CEO Jack Azagury
Insight named former Accenture executive Jack Azagury as its CEO following an extensive search to replace Joyce Mullen. Who is Jack Azagury, and what does his appointment mean for Insight? IT Channel has the story.
Nvidia GTC 2026 Includes LPU Debut, ‘Platform’ Vision
Agentic AI, with 45 mentions in the Nvidia GTC 2026 keynote alone, emerged as the true flagship vision for securing the company's future. The four-day conference marked a victory lap for the company with the world’s largest market cap, with talk of partners and cost savings largely outweighing the tech at times. The host company did provide a first look at the Nvidia Groq 3 language processing unit (LPU), marking the first joint offering since Nvidia’s licensing deal with Groq set last December. Read the SDxCentral story.
MSPs AI Choice: Build, Buy or Wait for PSAs to Catch Up
To make AI work for their businesses, MSPs are grappling with a dizzying array of AI tools and software vendors. They can try consumer-style tools such as the open-source platform OpenClaw to spin up AI agents in-house. They can test small, venture-backed SaaS startups pitching free trials and discounted products. Or they can lean on professional automation platforms that they’ve used for years. See the Channel Dive story.
Thrive Expands Managed AI Services Managed AI Workspace
Six months after launching a suite of managed AI services for enterprises, global services vendor Thrive is now adding a new "Managed AI Workspace" that gives enterprises access to 58 large language models (LLMs) in one destination. The newly added services aim to give companies broad flexibility as they use LLMs in their work. Read the ChannelE2E story.
Hybrid IT Sparks MSP Opportunities
Hybrid cloud is becoming the popular choice of users and generating opportunities for the MSP community, according to Westcon-Comstor. The distributor, which regularly shares research with partners to identify areas where additional investments and revenues should and could be generated, has found that there is growth in selling cloud, security and data to support hybrid IT. Read the Microcsope story.
Channel Changes: People Moves and Shakeups March 16 – March 20
ChannelE2E tracks people moving around the channel. Companies making moves last week included Arctic Wolf, Kai and SOCRadar. Read about these and other changes on ChannelE2E.
Enterprises Lean on MSPs to Reduce Cloud Spend as AI Usage Climbs
Nearly half of managed service providers are expanding their practices as organizations grapple with IT costs, governance and complexity, according to Flexera’s 15th annual State of the Cloud report. The IT asset management and FinOps company surveyed more than 750 technical professionals and executives late last year. Read the Channel Dive story.
Channel Displays Resilience in Face of Challenges
The channel is wrestling with component shortages, inflation, ripples from war in the Middle East and ongoing conflict in Europe, but optimism remains. Omdia research found that almost 60% of global channel partners expect the economic conditions to impact profitability, with more than half expecting double-digit declines in the first three months of the year. However, come channel companies report encouraging results from the last few months. Read the Microscope story.