SPRING 2026 AI & AUTOMATION 8 Trust issues 8 Anthropic’s channel 10 Telco’s AI usage 12 AI Outpacing Defenses By Martin Vilaboy 14 Balancing Back AI workload repatriation gains steam By Garald Baldino 18 ChatGPT: Friend or Foe for Technology Advisors? A question of advisor value By Chris Torbit CYBER PATROL 22 Data Breaches Drop as Infostealer Infections Surge By Martin Vilaboy 24 CISO’s in the Room As cybersecurity gains importance, so does CISO influence in the buying circle By Martin Vilaboy 30 Q&A with New SilverSky CEO Gary Conrad CORE COMMUNICATIONS 34 Sandler Email Lookup 35 Call center seats cut 36 The 7-Year Refresh Infrastructure growth in a sweat-the-assets era By Todd Hemenway 38 Building Resiliency Complex environments push demand for disaster recovery among U.S. manufacturers By Martin Vilaboy 40 Curbing Complexity TitanNGN streamlines enterprise communications with a single platform for UC, CX and connectivity By Gerald Baldino 42 Kings III Revolutionizes Emergency Communications By Gerald Baldino CHANNEL MANAGEMENT 44 YCL Opens Doors for the Next Generation of Innovators 46 The Channel’s Next Test Winning outcomes, not just solutions By Glen Nelson 48 What to Expect from Granite Channels in 2026 By Charlie Pagliazzo 50 A Blueprint for Growth C3’s partnership model helps MSPs enhance offerings, drive recurring revenue By Gerald Baldino EDGE TO CLOUD 52 State of the VMware Migration By Martin Vilaboy 54 A New Chapter for Adaptiv Networks Scale Computing’s acquisition strengthens edge networking portfolio By Gerald Baldino 56 Demystifying Colocation Colocation America helps customers navigate complexity By Gerald Baldino MOBILE & WIRELESS 58 Full Speed Ahead ConectUS Wireless and The NASCAR Experience go to Channel Partners Expo By Rick James Stapp 6 Editor’s Letter 60 ICYMI 62 Ad index CONTENTS Volume 25 – Issue 2 4 CHANNELVISION | SPRING 2026
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