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In this edition, we take a look at why Google Cloud's new channel chief, David Smith — a former Microsoft executive — says partners are choosing Google instead of Microsoft. Plus: - How Google's Wiz acquisition and other cybersecurity and AI investments are paying off - How CISOs need to prepare for the Claude Mythos era of cyberattacks, according to cybersecurity experts from CrowdStrike, Zscaler, Presidio and Insight, and more Google Cloud Partners

Amazon Web Services (AWS) CEO Matt Garman is adamant that AI is not taking away jobs. In fact, Amazon is currently hiring 11,000 new software engineering interns and early-career employees, he says.

Anthropic announced that it’s moving Claude Security, formerly known as Claude Code Security, into public beta to enable rapid AI-powered vulnerability discovery and remediation. The launch follows the widely discussed disclosure about Anthropic’s Claude Mythos Preview earlier in April, though the Claude Security offering does not leverage Mythos. Kyle Alspach has the details on five key things to know about Anthropic’s launch of Claude Security:

CRN Senior Associate Editor Wade Tyler Millward spoke with Nicole Dezen, Microsoft’s chief partner officer and corporate vice president of global channel partner sales, ahead of Microsoft’s new E7 license plan becoming generally available today. Wade talks with CRN Associate Managing Editor Gina Narcisi about the new enterprise license and the opportunities it creates for solution providers in the AI and agent era in the latest episode of CRN In Depth. You can watch the full episode here: https://okt.to/WmAzvi. Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program

We take a look at how Amazon Web Services (AWS)’, Google Cloud’s and Microsoft’s Q1 2026 cloud earnings compare, including total revenue, sales growth, operating income and global market share:

Palo Alto Networks announced today that it has reached a deal to acquire Portkey, a startup offering an “AI gateway” for management and protection of autonomous agents. The cybersecurity giant said it plans to utilize Portkey’s capabilities to enable advancements with its AI security platform, Prisma AIRS. NextWave Channel Partners

Commvault, a top provider of data protection and management technology across on-premises, cloud and hybrid environments, has reported full fiscal 2026 revenue of $1.18 billion, up 19 percent over last year, with annual recurring revenue of $1.12 billion, up 21 percent. In an exclusive interview with CRN Senior Editor Joseph Kovar, Commvault CEO Sanjay Mirchandani attributed the 30-year-old company’s growth to a steadfast focus on data resiliency and on its proactive embrace of AI for customers and internal operations. Read the interview to learn more, including how Mirchandani addressed rumors about a possible sale of the company: Commvault Partner Advantage

7AI is aiming to build on the massive momentum with partners and customers for its AI-powered security investigations to offer a complete agentic AI platform for the Security Operations Center (SOC), according to 7AI co-founder and CEO Lior Div. In an interview with CRN cybersecurity reporter and Senior Editor Kyle Alspach, Div said that the two-year-old startup is rapidly expanding its agentic product offerings into a platform providing a “full operating system” for the modern SOC. The ultimate goal is to reimagine how SOC teams work to take full advantage of agentic capabilities and move faster, he said, at a time when this is increasingly necessary as AI also accelerates the speed and scale of cyberattacks. Read Kyle’s interview with Div to learn more. Plus: Perspective from Michael Baker, CISO at technology services provider DXC Technology, which partnered with 7AI last year, combining DXC’s security operations capabilities with autonomous AI agents from 7AI:

Google Cloud reported a record-breaking $20 billion in total sales during the first quarter of 2026, alongside 40 percent growth in paid Gemini Enterprise customers and 800 percent revenue growth in overall enterprise AI solutions. “Google Cloud is differentiated because we are the only provider to offer first-party solutions across the entire enterprise. Our growth in revenue, operating margin and backlog highlights this differentiation,” Google CEO Sundar Pichai said during the cloud giant’s latest quarterly earnings report on Wednesday. Here’s what you need to know about the biggest Google Cloud growth numbers from Google’s Q1 earnings results: Google Cloud Partners

Google Cloud’s massive investments in AI and cybersecurity—including through the company-record $32 billion acquisition of Wiz—are driving major revenue momentum, Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai said on Wednesday. Google Cloud revenue for the first quarter of 2026 jumped to $20.02 billion, up 63 percent year-over-year, with demand climbing for core Google Cloud Platform (GCP) offerings as well as for enterprise AI services and infrastructure, the company said. Kyle Alspach has the details: Google Cloud Partners