Hybrid IT stories

DE-CIX deepens New York footprint with QTD1 deal at 60 Hudson Street, becoming first neutral provider to serve four operators in the building.

Redgate survey finds 43% of firms view hybrid cloud as permanent, with security worries and stalled database moves making migration harder than planned.

Peer Software deepens channel push with enhanced Partner Programme, adding incentives, training and a file analysis tool for hybrid environments.

Fortinet wins Google Cloud 2026 Partner award for workload security as FortiCNAPP strengthens its cloud workload protection pitch.

Commvault broadens Flex support with Hitachi Vantara and NetApp as enterprises seek scalable cyber recovery for AI-heavy storage demands.

IBM rolls out assessment and multi-agent security services to help large organisations spot AI-driven weaknesses and speed up remediation across complex systems.

N-able widens Cove Data Protection with cloud-hosted Disaster Recovery as a Service for MSPs and IT teams facing cyberattacks and outages.

SolarWinds research finds AI is pushing IT staff into more strategic oversight, as governance and trust become key to using new tools effectively.

Gigamon unveils AI traffic tools as IDC says network observability market will reach USD $4.39 billion by 2029.

Celonis broadens Oracle cloud partnership to let enterprises run its process intelligence on OCI, linking AI tools with business workflows and modernisation.

Hitachi Vantara wins GigaOm Leader and Fast Mover status for VSP One Object as AI-driven demand reshapes enterprise storage priorities.

Catalogic updates DPX 4.15 with browser-based NDMP management, vCentre tag-driven VMware backups and stronger encryption controls.

Nutanix teams up with MongoDB and NetApp in moves aimed at simplifying database operations and storage for hybrid cloud customers.

Executives now see managed services as a critical route to scaling agentic AI, with most prioritising AI know-how and security over cost savings.

Celerity adds IBM automation specialist Ranger4 as BGF-backed group deepens AI and cost-efficiency offer across hybrid IT.

Freshworks adds live asset discovery to Freshservice, aiming to give IT teams clearer hybrid estate visibility and faster incident response.

CloudCasa adds backup, recovery and migration tools to Nutanix Kubernetes Platform Partner Catalog for hybrid and distributed workloads.

Eventus Security's AI-led platform earns four Global InfoSec honours at RSAC as the firm's managed detection and response offering gains fresh momentum.

Boomi gains Leader status in IDC MarketScape's API management assessment as enterprises seek tighter governance for AI-driven and hybrid systems.

SAP will fold Reltio's master data management tools into Business Data Cloud, strengthening its bid to unify enterprise records for AI across mixed systems.