Year: 2017

Cloud

WaaS platform provider CloudJumper makes first acquisition, an IT services business unit

January 31, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on WaaS platform provider CloudJumper makes first acquisition, an IT services business unit
CloudJumper, which was IndependenceIT’s largest white label partner, acquires approximately 60 partners in an IndependenceIT focused business unit, most of whom they expect will move to the CloudJumper platform.

Distribution

IoT connectivity vendor Ingenu partners with Arrow Electronics on global deal

January 30, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on IoT connectivity vendor Ingenu partners with Arrow Electronics on global deal
Ingenu delivers wireless M2M connectivity using their RPMA technology, and is looking to Arrow to bundle their connectivity with Arrow’s own services offerings.

Channel Programs

Kitchener-based Intranet provider Igloo looking to build out channel in North America

January 27, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Kitchener-based Intranet provider Igloo looking to build out channel in North America
Igloo, which makes a cloud-based SaaS solution that includes Intranets within a broad array of collaboration and other business apps, presently has no partners in North America. Now, however, having piloted a partner program in other geos last year, they are looking to change that.

Big Data

Building new offerings to adapt to changing customer needs

January 27, 2017 Guest Poster Comments Off on Building new offerings to adapt to changing customer needs
In this sponsored video from Avnet Technology Solutions, SIS discuss how working with the distributor is helping them evolve towards managed services.

Cloud

Sage People Human Capital Management solution launches in Canada

January 27, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Sage People Human Capital Management solution launches in Canada
Sage sees the new offering, which is likely to be sold primarily, though not exclusively for the X3 platform, as a strong opportunity for channel partners.

Storage

Pure Storage announces GA for FlashBlade unstructured workload solution

January 26, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pure Storage announces GA for FlashBlade unstructured workload solution
FlashBlade has been in Directed Availability since last July, but it is now broadly available to all customers through the Pure Storage partner channel.

Cloud

Big changes in data centre technology to help channel in 2017: Dell EMC

January 26, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Big changes in data centre technology to help channel in 2017: Dell EMC
The CTO of the Dell EMC Converged Platforms & Solutions Division also stressed the continuing importance of their Nutanix partnership, emphasizing its centrality to Dell EMC’s growing relationship with Microsoft.

Channel Programs

New Year’s Podcast Series: Deanna Thomson of Dell EMC Canada

January 25, 2017 Robert Dutt Comments Off on New Year’s Podcast Series: Deanna Thomson of Dell EMC Canada
New Dell EMC Canada channel chief Deanna Thomson offers her review of 2016, and her thoughts on what’s to come in 2017.

Cloud

New partner program among channel roadmap plans for Dell Boomi

January 25, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on New partner program among channel roadmap plans for Dell Boomi
Dell Boomi recently appointed David Tavolaro as their channel chief, and he discusses his strategy to expand the amount of business the iPaaS vendor does through partners.

Software

Plantronics upgrades analytics in Plantronics Manager Pro 3.9 monitoring service

January 25, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Plantronics upgrades analytics in Plantronics Manager Pro 3.9 monitoring service
While Plantronics Manager Pro originally had only an Asset Analysis analytics capability, the new version adds Usage Analysis, Conversation Analysis and Acoustic Analysis.