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Red Hat Summit also has significant messaging for partners

May 30, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on Red Hat Summit also has significant messaging for partners
Red Hat Summit typically consists of many deeply technical announcements, and the company did not disappoint in that respect, but they also made several important channel announcements and dropped a couple big hints about what is coming for partners next.

As-a-Service

Morpheus Data excited by collaborative potential in Dell Technologies hybrid cloud announcements

May 26, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on Morpheus Data excited by collaborative potential in Dell Technologies hybrid cloud announcements
Morpheus makes a hybrid cloud management automation engine, and the development of infrastructure as-a-service offerings has led to them doing more business in the last six months than in the previous six years.

Artificial Intelligence

Dell looks to expand partner services with Project Harmony

May 24, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell looks to expand partner services with Project Harmony
Project Harmony was the one new initiative specifically for partners announced at this year’s Dell Technologies World, within the context of a news-rich event which will create many other partner opportunities.

Artificial Intelligence

Alteryx announces new Generative AI capabilities in core products which are shipping now

May 24, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on Alteryx announces new Generative AI capabilities in core products which are shipping now
The new AI features are aimed at non-technical business users as well as technical ones, expanding the democratization of analytics to cover many more users.

As-a-Service

Dell expands APEX portfolio with major new offerings and partnerships

May 22, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell expands APEX portfolio with major new offerings and partnerships
Dell makes some major announcements around their as-a-service portfolio, including bringing their Project Alpine previews from last year out as projects, in what they are saying brings the whole APEX strategy to fruition.

Cloud

HP Anyware adds enhanced multi-use collaboration, federated authentication, with 23.04 release

May 19, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on HP Anyware adds enhanced multi-use collaboration, federated authentication, with 23.04 release
HP Anyware’s remote connectivity software, which combines HP’s old ZCentral Remote Boost Software with Teradici CAS and its PCoIP technology HP acquired two and a half years ago, gets upgrades which address some key pain points.

Cloud

ManageEngine President lays out vision for future work at Toronto user conference

May 18, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on ManageEngine President lays out vision for future work at Toronto user conference
Rajesh Ganesan, ManageEngine’s President, placed the company’s own substantial evolution within the evolution of the IT business as a whole, summing up how they got to where they are, and indicating where they are going.

Channel Programs

Informatica opens new ISV partner program to early access

May 9, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on Informatica opens new ISV partner program to early access
The new ISV partner program differs from its predecessor in that it is consumption aligned, and also minimizes barriers to entry.

Cloud

Ingram Micro expands Xvantage to vendor community

May 8, 2023 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Ingram Micro expands Xvantage to vendor community
Ingram Micro’s digital platform gets its third pillar as the distributor invites its first vendors into Xvantage, promising greater business insights and a streamlined way of onboarding new offerings.

Channel Programs

Riverbed unveils new ACE program for MSPs selling Alluvio product family

May 8, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on Riverbed unveils new ACE program for MSPs selling Alluvio product family
The new MSP program, the first shoe to drop in what will be a complete restructuring of Riverbed’s partner program by the end of this year, is focused on broadening Riverbed’s presence downmarket from their traditional enterprise base for their Alluvio Unified Observability Solutions.