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Strategy & Best Practices

Thrive 2026 Ecosystem Blueprint: How to Scale Growth Through Marketplaces and Ecosystems That Matter

If AI is making software creation faster and cheaper, distribution becomes the differentiator. This post previews four Thrive 2026 breakouts for ISVs and ecosystem leaders to unify partner channels, prove ecosystem ROI, and scale indirect revenue through marketplaces and ecosystems.

By Denise Sarazin / AppDirect / September 4, 2026

Strategy & Best Practices

Thrive 2026 Lifecycle Roadmap: Expand Customer Value Through One Platform

If your customers are drowning in vendors, invoices, tickets, and spreadsheets, lifecycle management is the fastest path from operational chaos to measurable control. This post previews four Thrive 2026 breakouts to reduce manual work, close visibility gaps, and eliminate operational debt across network, mobility, expense management, and hardware lifecycle.

By Denise Sarazin / AppDirect / September 2, 2026

Strategy & Best Practices

Thrive 2026 Advisor Growth Plays: How to Win New Business and Deliver More Value After the Sale

If your growth plan depends on sharper prospecting, stronger customer conversations, and more differentiated offers, this post previews six Thrive 2026 advisor-focused breakouts. Get takeaways on AI-led cloud selling, modern sales strategy, energy, 5G business continuity, and healthcare modernization.

By Denise Sarazin / AppDirect / August 31, 2026

Strategy & Best Practices

Thrive 2026 AI Playbook: Build Confidence With AI—From Basics to Hands-on Workshops

AI conversations have moved past "which tool should we try?" to bigger questions: how do we control it, build with it, and prove it's worth the investment? These eight Thrive 2026 AI breakout sessions tackle all three—including hands-on workshops where attendees build real apps and agents.

By Denise Sarazin / AppDirect / August 28, 2026

Strategy & Best Practices

More Microsoft CSP Revenue, Less Operational Overhead: Get the Guide

There's more Microsoft opportunity than ever for CSP partners. But this isn't just about catching new SKUs and compliance rules. It's a chance to ask whether your Microsoft practice can scale on its own, or whether it's still held up by manual work and a few people who know the rules. The good news: that's a fixable problem.

By Denise Sarazin / AppDirect / August 27, 2026

News & Updates

The Three Reasons Enterprise AI Stalls, and How Devs.ai Clears All of Them

Your teams have been waiting for this. Devs.ai by AppDirect just expanded into a full enterprise AI platform, and what's now possible has genuinely shifted. Any team can build production-ready AI apps on their own data in days. A governed private AI store gives every employee something better than any public tool they were using before. And soon, Devs.AI will connect natively to the 2,000+ services your business already runs on. This is what enterprise AI looks like when it's built right.

By Denise Sarazin / AppDirect / June 1, 2026