MailProtector has seen a recent spurt of growth following a doubling down on its commitment to the channel, which has led to securing capital to enhance sales, marketing and R&D capabilities.
The new program, Cloud Start Initiative, adds a new tier for partners just moving into the cloud, and takes advantage of new capabilities in the IndependenceIT software to facilitate administrative self-deployment, as well as enhancements related to the Microsoft CSP program.
Boomi says that adding ManyWho’s technology to the platform will be a game changer for Boomi partners engaged in providing digital transformation to customers.
Fred Studer joins FinancialForce, which has close ties with Salesforce, but is a separate company. Studer thinks the company is now poised for its explosive growth stage.
Lenovo’s DX8200D turnkey appliance is Lenovo’s first collaboration with Datacore, and combines its x3650 M5 servers with DataCore software in a very channel-friendly offering.
Unitrends sees both the new anti-ransomware capability, and two enhancements which make Unitrends more attractive to enterprises, as important differentiators for partners.
Pulseway, which offers cloud-based RMM services with a focus on the needs of mobile users, has been intensifying its MSP business over the last year, and adds to that with new NOC services for that market.
Microsoft Teams is significant for the channel because it deepens Office 365’s functionality further, and gives partners another arrow in their quiver to pitch this already hot product.
Greg Ambulos, who runs North America’s channel business for Dell EMC, was in Toronto today, and provided an update on the new channel program’s progress. He also detailed changes to the overall sales structure designed to deal with long-standing complaints of legacy Dell partners.
While IT vendor alliance programs typically emphasize API sharing, Zerto’s program involves much more including active building of joint solutions and joint investments in field marketing.
Cloud ERP vendor Intacct’s Xtreme Business Building Conference this week had a record number of partners, as the company continues to expand its channel business.
Highlights of the new Datto program include a new tier for the top two per cent of partners, as well as new marketing and benchmark analysis initiatives.
Commvault sees the new converged collaboration between themselves, Cisco and Pure Storage as offering an excellent opportunity for joint channel partners of all three vendors.
The enhanced integration introduces self healing tickets, and also makes Storage Guardian the first ConnectWise ecosystem partner that can be accessed directly from ConnectWise software, which in turn makes things easier for MSPs.