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Cloud

New Sage study examines role of channel partners in evolving SMB market in Canada and U.S.

July 2, 2024 Mark Cox Comments Off on New Sage study examines role of channel partners in evolving SMB market in Canada and U.S.
Partners are engaging in significant changes to their business models to improve their capability to deliver new digitally-focused services that partners today are increasingly demanding.

Artificial Intelligence

Major new HPE NVIDIA partnerships highlight HPE Discover

June 24, 2024 Mark Cox Comments Off on Major new HPE NVIDIA partnerships highlight HPE Discover
NVIDIA makes scores of partnerships with other vendors, but the ones that were just announced at the HPE Discover event were of supreme importance for both companies heading forward.

Channel Programs

Riverbed trims channel, simplifies channel program, to meet new demands

June 18, 2024 Mark Cox Comments Off on Riverbed trims channel, simplifies channel program, to meet new demands
Riverbed has intensified its focus on AI while simultaneously simplifying its partner program, and reducing its partner program members by over 90 percent.

Artificial Intelligence

Snowflake reworks channel sales strategy, organization to boost growth opportunities.

June 10, 2024 Mark Cox Comments Off on Snowflake reworks channel sales strategy, organization to boost growth opportunities.
At their Data Cloud Summit, with a freshly rebuilt channel leadership team, Snowflake elaborated on key elements of their new strategy and the steps they will encourage the channel to take to get there.

Artificial Intelligence

New Snowflake CEO Ramaswamy lays out vision for company’s future

June 6, 2024 Mark Cox Comments Off on New Snowflake CEO Ramaswamy lays out vision for company’s future
Snowflake CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy, in his first Snowflake Data Cloud Summit as CEO, introduced himself to the large audience in his opening keynote, and discussed where he sees the company moving as it goes forward.

Backup

Asigra announces general availability of SaaSAssure to address broad SaaS application market

June 3, 2024 Mark Cox Comments Off on Asigra announces general availability of SaaSAssure to address broad SaaS application market
Asigra has been a backup provider for decades, and is now expanding their portfolio with SaaSAssure, which provides comprehensive recovery for SaaS applications, with ten apps available at launch today, and 14 more set to become available in the near future.

Cloud

Riverbed unveils advanced new AI-powered observability platform

May 7, 2024 Mark Cox Comments Off on Riverbed unveils advanced new AI-powered observability platform
Designed to overcome visibility blind spots around public cloud, remote work environments, and Zero Trust and SD-WAN architectures, the new platform, the first major initiative from new CEO Dave Donatelli, also adds modules like NPM+ and the Aternity Mobile monitoring solution.

Artificial Intelligence

Conga CEO Goggin outlines strategy for reshaping company

April 30, 2024 Mark Cox Comments Off on Conga CEO Goggin outlines strategy for reshaping company
Conga has made a series of major strategic initiatives since their merger with Apptus, with the idea of making the two companies work better together, improving the culture and increasing customer revenue opportunities.

Artificial Intelligence

More mature Conga channel strategy having success

April 24, 2024 Mark Cox Comments Off on More mature Conga channel strategy having success
Conga discussed the evolution of their channel strategy with ChannelBuzz, while some channel partners indicated what they were looking to see around the Conga event.

Artificial Intelligence

Prophix unveils their financial performance management platform, Prophix One

April 3, 2024 Mark Cox Comments Off on Prophix unveils their financial performance management platform, Prophix One
Prophix One is the company’s next generation financial platform, which makes it much easier for CFOs to execute business plans and handle large data sets and complex planning with even more speed thanks to more Generative AI and Machine Learning.