Partnerships

Artificial Intelligence

Dell Technologies, NVIDIA partner on Generative AI through Project Helix

May 23, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell Technologies, NVIDIA partner on Generative AI through Project Helix
Michael Dell thinks the commercial potential of Generative AI is greater than PCs and smartphones, although what the market seems to want from it, and what influencers think the market wants, are not the same thing.

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.

Artificial Intelligence

ServiceNow, NVIDIA announce major partnership around generative AI

May 18, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on ServiceNow, NVIDIA announce major partnership around generative AI
ServiceNow will use NVIDIA AI Foundations cloud services and the NVIDIA AI Enterprise software platform to develop new workflows using custom large language models, which use a customer’s own data, and which is much more accurate than gleaning it from the public domain.

Partnerships

ControlUp  brings Microsoft  support up to Citrix and VMware level with 162 new metrics for Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop

April 10, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on ControlUp  brings Microsoft  support up to Citrix and VMware level with 162 new metrics for Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop
The advanced support for Azure Virtual Desktop is part of ControlUp’s deepening of its relationship with Microsoft, which has engineering, sales and marketing components.

Computers

Dell becomes CrowdStrike’s only PC OEM with new partnership agreement

March 9, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell becomes CrowdStrike’s only PC OEM with new partnership agreement
Dell’s exclusive deal will see it make CrowdStrike’s Falcon platform available to customers though multiple routes to market, and has led CrowdStrike to conclude that even a well-established company like themselves has much to gain from the partnership.

Artificial Intelligence

Lenovo and WEKA announce new global deal around AI, ML and HPC workloads

February 21, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on Lenovo and WEKA announce new global deal around AI, ML and HPC workloads
The new integration of Lenovo ThinkSystem Ready Nodes in ThinkSystem Servers with WEKA Data Platform software provides a broad horizontal play.

Artificial Intelligence

AWS teams up with MLSE for SportsX innovation program, building on augmented reality pilots

January 27, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on AWS teams up with MLSE for SportsX innovation program, building on augmented reality pilots
MLSE and AWS demonstrated the further extension of a partnership they announced last year, to provide new types of mixed and augmented reality capabilities around basketball and hockey, with further capabilities for these as well as the other sports that make up the MLSE empire on the way.

Cloud

Palo Alto Networks extends Google partnership and strengthens Xpanse at Ignite event

December 19, 2022 Mark Cox Comments Off on Palo Alto Networks extends Google partnership and strengthens Xpanse at Ignite event
The integration of PAN’s Prisma Access with GCP’s BeyondCorp Enterprise lets Prisma users secure their devices through an unmanaged browser, while the Cortex platform has been strengthened by adding new proactive capabilities to Xpanse Active Attack Surface Management.

Artificial Intelligence

ThoughtSpot expands market reach with AWS Marketplace listing for Team and Pro Editions

December 14, 2022 Mark Cox Comments Off on ThoughtSpot expands market reach with AWS Marketplace listing for Team and Pro Editions
ThoughtSpot also made a deeper commitment to the AWS platform with the hiring of Britny Holloway as Director of AWS Global Alliances, while Rajesh Dhiman is now Senior Director, Global Systems Integrators.

Channel Programs

Code42 integrates channel, technology and integrator programs in joint Go-to-Market strategy

December 12, 2022 Mark Cox Comments Off on Code42 integrates channel, technology and integrator programs in joint Go-to-Market strategy
Ananth Appathurai, who previously ran the company’s technology partner program, now has responsibility for the channel and advisor partner programs as well to drive forward an integrated Go-to-Market strategy.