Walk into any business today and you’ll find Microsoft 365 quietly running everything that matters. It’s the unseen infrastructure behind emails, meetings, documents, and decisions. From a five-person consultancy to...

Security incidents and service disruptions are never simple. They are rarely the result of a single mistake, and they don’t only happen to organizations that “did something wrong.” In reality, many of the most capable, well-resourced companies experience them precisely because they operate at scale, under constant pressure, and within complex, interconnected environments.

GARDEN CITY, NY, USA – Opti9 today announced it has been selected as North America’s Managed Service Provider of the Year in the 2025 Wasabi Partner Network Awards. These awards recognize Wasabi partners that are dedicated to providing cutting edge cloud technology services to their end users.

Regulators view operational resilience as a top priority. This is not surprising as according to Sophos, in 2024 nearly two-thirds of energy, oil, gas, and utilities organisations reported ransomware attacks, with average recovery costs rising to around $3 million. This is a clear reminder that real-world disruptions are already affecting the sector.

Guest post by WatchGuard Tech All-Star, Michael Carter II At a glance: The trend is hard to ignore: most attackers do not “break in” anymore; they sign in using stolen or abused identities, not by bypassing a next-gen firewall, your EDR, or those fancy email and collaboration tool defenses. If an unauthorized identity can export it, you have not protected it, no matter how many controls you have in place.

Broadcom’s VMware acquisition brought massive pricing changes that caught most IT departments off guard. The company eliminated perpetual licenses, forcing everyone into subscription models while implementing steep VMware license cost increases and new minimum core requirements. These aren’t minor adjustments: Broadcom restructured the entire VMware license pricing model.

You’re excited to install the latest update for your favourite app. You hit download, the installation runs smoothly, and everything looks fine until you realise the update wasn’t from the developer at all. It was tampered with. Your system is now quietly leaking data to an attacker.

Security teams today aren't struggling with a lack of data, they're struggling with a lack of clarity. Sensitive data now lives and moves across endpoints, SaaS applications, cloud infrastructure, and AI systems. Understanding where that data is, how it's used, and when it becomes risky has never been more important — or more difficult.