ScanSource is expanding its presence in higher-margin IT services after agreeing to acquire technology solutions integrator and managed services provider MicroAge for $220.5 million in cash. The deal is designed to strengthen ScanSource’s capabilities across cloud, cybersecurity, data centers and artificial intelligence. A Shift Toward Services The acquisition marks another step in ScanSource’s strategy to move beyond traditional technology distribution and increase its expos

Enterprise cloud software provider Nutanix has released an open-source Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for the Nutanix Cloud Platform (NCP), enabling AI agents and developer environments to execute infrastructure management tasks using plain-language instructions. Editorial credit: Claudio Borquez Arias / Shutterstock The release bridges large language models (LLMs) and coding environments, including Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, and VS Code, directly with Nutanix’

During the Black Hat 2026 conference, MSP platform giant ConnectWise and cybersecurity leader SentinelOne announced a unified long-term strategy designed to advance managed cybersecurity capabilities for MSPs. The alliance deepens the companies' existing collaboration around ConnectWise Managed EDR, creating a joint operational framework that connects SentinelOne’s AI-powered Singularity Platform with ConnectWise’s managed security services and agentic workflows Governed Auto

Cybersecurity automation company Torq has launched The SOC Brain, a new AI-powered platform designed to help security operations centers (SOCs) learn from every investigation and continuously improve how they detect and respond to cyber threats. Unlike traditional security tools that rely on static playbooks or retrieval-based AI systems, Torq says The SOC Brain is built to reason, adapt, and retain operational knowledge over time. The company describes the platform as an AI

Artificial intelligence adoption has become nearly universal across the IT services industry, but a lack of governance is preventing many organizations from realizing its full business potential, according to new research from the Global Technology Industry Association (GTIA). The report concludes that while AI deployment has accelerated rapidly, governance frameworks, formal policies, and commercialization strategies have failed to keep pace. This gap presents both a signifi