AI-generated summary Commvault introduced Recovery Studio at the Commvault Shift conference to bring full-stack recovery orchestration to organizations. Commvault also expanded Commvault AgentRecover to include support for Microsoft Foundry and Amazon Bedrock.
AI-generated summary Crn.com reports on 14 artificial intelligence technology startups founded in 2020 or later that provide tools and platforms for solution providers and managed service providers. The startups featured in the 2026 list include Bud Ecosystem, Bumblebee, DataBahn, DevRev, Hatz AI, HelpGhost, HitWit, and Lemhi.
AI-generated summary Confluent revealed new capabilities for its Streamhouse data architecture at the Current 2026 event to keep business context current for AI agents. Confluent also announced general availability for Lightning Tables on Amazon Web Services during the event.
AI-generated summary OpenAI has hired five prominent executives from AWS and Google Cloud to expand its channel ecosystem and partner go-to-market strategy. The new hires include leaders taking charge of the OpenAI Partner Network, cloud partnerships, and regional partner development in EMEA.
AI-generated summary Microsoft is extending undisclosed usage caps to additional Copilot Chat features for enterprise users who already pay for Microsoft 365 subscriptions without separate Microsoft 365 Copilot licenses. The rollout started November 2 for enterprises with 2,000 or fewer Microsoft 365 seats and is scheduled to begin November 9 for organizations with more than 2,000 Microsoft 365 seats.
AI-generated summary Modal Labs secured $750 million in Series D funding at a $15.75 billion post-money valuation to develop its machine learning and artificial intelligence compute cloud. Upwind announced a $400 million Series C funding round that brought its valuation to $3.8 billion while backing its runtime cloud security platform.
AI-generated summary Cloud AI-focused company Caylent has made available 1,400 Anthropic certifications as an official Anthropic Preferred Services Partner. Caylent CEO Valerie Henderson says providers that can turn cloud into a platform for governing AI agents will lead the market over the next decade.
AI-generated summary Microsoft announces that it has delayed the effective date of its plan to turn on usage-based billing by default for new Microsoft 365 Copilot Business subscriptions. Microsoft says the policy is now expected to take effect between January and March 2027 in order to give partners extra time to prepare.
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