Ingram Micro did not make any new announcements at their ONE show this week. They did, however, give a sneak peek at some things partners can expect to see in 2017.
Cloud, Distribution
Ingram Micro execs look at what’s ahead
by Mark Cox •
Unified Communications
Improved ease of deployment highlights Avaya IP Office Contact Center 10
by Mark Cox •
The changes will save partners hours in deployment time, and by reducing time to value, should also please customers.
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Distribution
Ingram Micro CEO Alain Monié addresses topic of evolving distribution
by Mark Cox •
The Ingram Micro boss outlined what he believes the distributor needs to do to address today’s challenges, and how their partners can realize new benefits from the process.
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Cloud
Intermedia extends Office 365 integration to the Web
by Mark Cox •
Intermedia enhances its SecuriSync collaboration and file backup solution with a direct integration between their solution and Microsoft’s Office Online.
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Cloud, Distribution, Solution Provider News
AMA excited about first Canadian deployment of Ingram Micro Cloud Store
by Mark Cox •
The Cloud Store deployment, which is now available to all Ingram partners, allows smaller customers to provision themselves, integrating them directly into the Ingram Micro Marketplace.
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Cloud, Distribution
Bill Brandel pledges 2017 will be aggressive one for Ingram Micro in Canada
by Mark Cox •
More aggressive moves in SMB, and cloud – including a better French-speaking cloud presence – are among the highlights of the Ingram Micro Canada roadmap strategy.
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Distribution
Ingram Americas leader Paul Bay pledges next-gen distribution
by Mark Cox •
Paul Bay kicked off the Ingram Micro One event not by unveiling any new programs or initiatives, but by emphasizing the distributor’s commitment to be on the vanguard of change in a rapidly transforming IT world.
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Channel Programs, Unified Communications
ShoreTel enables partner cloud installs with new PartnerStart Program
by Mark Cox •
ShoreTel has done all the cloud installs itself since it acquired its cloud business in 2012, but now their Enabled partners who get certified through the new program will be able to do so.
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Virtualization
Thin client vendor IGEL announces third generation of Universal Desktop Converter
by Mark Cox •
IGEL is also changing the way the system is licensed, moving to recurring revenue model with a choice of one or three year maintenance plans which include the upgrade to the new version.
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Storage
Cohesity unveils new product for hyper-converged backup to AWS and Azure
by Mark Cox •
Cohesity, which aims to consolidate all forms of secondary storage on a single platform, builds on cloud archiving and tiering in their spring release with a platform with full cloud capability.
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Managed Services
Kaseya making multiple enhancements to solution set for MSPs
by Mark Cox •
In addition to new versions of AuthAnvil and Traverse, Kaseya will soon be rolling out the second generation of its PSA product – and a brand new migration solution to encourage MSPs to move to it.
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Computers, Mobility
Zebra upgrades its mid-range mobile computers
by Mark Cox •
These machines, targeted mainly at standard retail outlets, have met with a strong initial response, selling more units before launch than other Zebra phones typically sell in 3-5 months.
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Managed Services, Security
Avast names new SVP & GM of SMB
by Mark Cox •
Long-time Symantec exec Kevin Chapman moves into the SMB chair at Avast, freeing up interim SMB leader Glenn Taylor to return to his strategy role.
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Managed Services, Storage
Druva deepens channel, business development investments with new hires
by Mark Cox •
Druva also announced a new partnership with ConnectWise, part of their increased emphasis on building up their platform business.
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Software
Yappn rolls out global strategy for real-time language translation solutions
by Mark Cox •
While Yappn has a hybrid go-to market strategy, they are looking to the channel to lead the way, and are particularly interested in attracting top eCommerce-focused partners.
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Storage
New Tegile T4000 series significantly upgrades old T3000 line
by Mark Cox •
The company says that performance, density and memory upgrades will make things like facial recognition of individual customers in retail stores a reality.
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Software
Sage partners with Beanworks to add AP automation capability to SMB offerings
by Mark Cox •
Vancouver-based Beanworks becomes the AP automation provider of choice for Sage accounting and business management solution, with the integrations being rolled out over the next year.
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Channel Programs, Servers, Storage
Partner tiering, accreditation changes on horizon for Lenovo
by Mark Cox •
Lenovo’s increased emphasis over the last year on elements in the server space that go well beyond 1P and 2P servers is leading to some significant programmatic changes coming in 2017.
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Storage
HDS adds Content Intelligence platform to Hitachi Content Portfolio for object storage
by Mark Cox •
The new content intelligence solution joins the Hitachi Content Platform, an integrated cloud-file gateway and an enterprise file sync and sharing platform as core elements of a broad object storage portfolio.
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Managed Services, Servers, Storage
Tripling supported number of Easy Connect users highlights HPE SMB portfolio enhancements
by Mark Cox •
HPE has also enhanced its SMB focused StoreEasy NAS family, and its HPE Flex Solutions for SQL Server.
