Channel Brief: Airtable Launches Enterprise AI Capabilities, AuditBoard Enhances GRC

Employee retention is often a measure of engagement and can unofficially signal what it’s like to work at an organization. High churn and constant turnover might mean an organization isn’t set up for advancement, or doesn’t pay well, or any number of reasons.

So, it’s interesting that the Bureau of Labor Statistics this week noted that the median number of years that wage and salary workers had been with their current employer was 3.9 years in January 2024, down from 4.1 years in January 2022 and the lowest since January 2002.

The report found that, “in January 2024, median employee tenure (the point at which half of all workers had more tenure and half had less tenure) for men was 4.2 years, a decrease from 4.3 years in January 2022. For women, median tenure was 3.6 years in January 2024, down from the median of 3.8 years in January 2022. Among men, 28% of wage and salary workers had 10 years or more of tenure with their current employer in January 2024, higher than the figure for women (24%).”

Median employee tenure also was generally higher among older workers than younger ones, according to BLS data. “For example, the median tenure of workers ages 55 to 64 (9.6 years) was more than three times that of workers ages 25 to 34 (2.7 years). Also, a larger proportion of older workers than younger workers had 10 years or more of tenure. For example, among workers ages 60 to 64, 52% had been employed for at least 10 years with their current employer in January 2024, compared with 21% of those ages 35 to 39.”

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Today’s Tech, Channel and MSP News

1. Jamf hires new CISO, VP of channel and alliances: Jamf announced the hiring of two new leaders, Andrew Smeaton as chief information security officer and Marc Botham as global vice president of channel and alliances. With over 25 years of experience in the global information security industry, most recently as the global CISO of Afiniti, Andrew Smeaton plans to focus on Jamf’s vision, execution, and reporting initiatives. Previously the head of the EMEA channel with Docusign, Marc Botham has had over 25 years of experience in the channel. In his new role, Botham will be responsible for developing and executing partner strategies globally and designing channel programs, allowing Jamf to elevate the standard of securing Apple products in a workplace setting. Congratulations!

2. Anomali appoints Prasad to regional channel director for APJ: AI-Powered security and IT operations platform Anomali appointed Antony Prasad as Regional Channel Director for Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ). With more than 24 years of experience in the technology sector, Prasad will spearhead Anomali’s channel go-to-market strategy and sales initiatives across the region. Throughout his career, Antony has demonstrated expertise in developing and executing market strategies, establishing new partnerships and alliances, and driving sales growth across the ASEAN and APJ regions. In his new role, Prasad will focus on further enhancing Anomali’s’s channel go-to-market sales and strategy. Congratulations!

3. Airtable launches enterprise AI capabilities: Airtable this week announced a new focus on AI-powered digital operations for large enterprises to better compete with Microsoft and ServiceNow, the company said. Two new enterprise products — HyperDB, which allows users to build apps based on 100M+ governed data sets via Snowflake, Databricks and Salesforce, and App Library, which allows organizations to build, scale and adapt custom apps across teams while preserving core business requirements — allow complex, massive organizations to adopt and scale their AI use with strict safety, privacy and governance in place.

4. AuditBoard extends risk platform to enhance GRC: AuditBoard this week announced extensions to its risk platform to help teams improve efficiency, foster collaboration and increase the rigor and intentionality of their GRC management programs, the company said in a statement. These functionalities include AuditBoard Analytics Enhancements to automate testing and analysis, Risk Appetite, which provides risk management teams with precise analysis against set thresholds to inform day-to-day decision-making and help organizations use risk-taking as a strategic advantage, Organizational Hierarchy to centralize and roll up risk information by company structure and Aggregate Scoring to automatically calculate residual risk (or other aggregate score) across multiple risk domains.

5. Atera opens NYC office: IT management platform company Atera is opening an office in New York City. The company, serving IT departments and MSPs, has had quite a year, launching its Copilot and Action AI solution, hosting its annual Ateraverse conference, forging strategic partnerships with Figure8, Hermitage Solutions, IG Technologies, and Bezeq International, the company said. The flagship office is in Penn Plaza and formalizes the company’s U.S. presence since 2022.