Daniel Todd
Dan is a freelance writer and regular contributor to ChannelPro, covering the latest news stories across the IT, technology, and channel landscapes. Topics regularly cover cloud technologies, cyber security, software and operating system guides, and the latest mergers and acquisitions.
A journalism graduate from Leeds Beckett University, he combines a passion for the written word with a keen interest in the latest technology and its influence in an increasingly connected world.
He started writing for ChannelPro back in 2016, focusing on a mixture of news and technology guides, before becoming a regular contributor to ITPro. Elsewhere, he has previously written news and features across a range of other topics, including sport, music, and general news.
Latest articles by Daniel Todd

Darktrace partners with HackerOne to bring AI to attack resistance
By Daniel Todd published
News New collaboration combines Darktrace’s attack surface management technology with HackerOne’s continuous security assessment capabilities

Waterstones suffers stock nightmare after botched IT upgrade
By Daniel Todd published
News High street retailer recently upgraded its stock distribution management system to Blue Yonder

Barclays strikes deal with Microsoft to migrate staff to Teams
By Daniel Todd published
News Popular collaboration platform will be used by the bank’s 120k staff and service partners around the world

Logicalis snaps up UK-based IT consultancy Q Associates
By Daniel Todd published
News MSP extends specialist Microsoft and data-centric IT services capabilities across the UK and Ireland

Nvidia revenue falls short of expectations in Q2
By Daniel Todd published
News Decline in channel partner sales fuels company’s quarterly revenue shortfall

Intel edges closer to $5 billion chip factory deal with Italy
By Daniel Todd published
News Italy and Intel eyeing Piedmont or Veneto regions as potential locations for the new assembly plant

Fastly appoints Cisco's Todd Nightingale as new CEO
By Daniel Todd published
News The former Cisco networking boss will lead Fastly's business strategy and development for its networking portfolio

Cohesity appoints former VMware COO as CEO and President
By Daniel Todd published
News Veteran replaces former CEO Mohit Aron who moves to the role of founder and chief technology and product officer

Thoma Bravo adds Ping Identity to growing cyber security portfolio in $2.8 billion acquisition
By Daniel Todd published
News The intelligent identity company joins Proofpoint and Sophos, among others, as it looks to accelerate its cloud transformation

Microsoft unveils new threat intelligence and surface management solutions
By Daniel Todd published
News New Microsoft Defender offerings aim to offer deeper insights into threat actors and their behaviours

Extreme Networks bolsters partner offering with new benefits
By Daniel Todd published
News Channel revamp also sees three product leaders promoted to new executive positions

Google Cloud edged out cloud rivals to see largest growth in Q2 - Canalys
By Daniel Todd published
News Google’s cloud offering saw annual growth of 45% as global cloud services spend hit $62.3 billion

Accenture expands Cloud First capabilities with Tenbu acquisition
By Daniel Todd published
News Sao Paulo firm specialises in helping clients make smart decisions through analytics, big data, and machine learning

Microsoft announces Teams chat integration for Dynamics 365
By Daniel Todd published
News The integration offers features to streamline collaboration between teams while aiming to enable the faster closing of sales

TD SYNNEX unveils new Independent Software Vendor experience
By Daniel Todd published
News New framework aims to provide ISVs with enablement at every stage of the ISV lifecycle, distributor says

ZoomInfo hires new First Chief Security Officer
By Daniel Todd published
News Cybersecurity expert Tomer Gershoni will oversee the software firm’s physical, digital security and privacy efforts

Wrike adds new Custom Item Types to its work management platform
By Daniel Todd published
News New core capability allows users to create their own work item types tailored to their team’s needs

Ransomware now strikes one in 40 organisations per week, Check Point finds
By Daniel Todd published
News VARs, systems integrators, and distributors saw a 143% year-on-year increase in attacks during Q2

Price hike for consumers as data breach costs rocket to all-time high
By Daniel Todd published
News Report from IBM Security finds that 60% of organizations have raised product or service prices post-breach

Cambridge crowned UK’s most AI-ready city
By Daniel Todd published
News The famous university city was found to have the highest number of AI-related jobs within a five mile radius

Report estimates £84 billion mid-market opportunity for European IT service providers
By Daniel Todd published
News Mid-market company spending to increase by 52% by 2026, global management consultancy Oliver Wyman says

Freshworks expands unified customer record architecture with Freshchat
By Daniel Todd published
News AI-driven chat bot provides complete customer context across support, sales, and marketing teams

Oracle and Microsoft announce Oracle Database Service for Azure
By Daniel Todd published
News Azure users can now easily provision, access, and monitor enterprise-grade Oracle Database services in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
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