Making the top edition of Windows 10 available for $7 per user per month opens the doors to small businesses and the channels with which they work.
Software
Microsoft makes Windows 10 Enterprise available as a service
by Robert Dutt •
Software
Channel Programs, Cloud, Software
Migration vendor Metalogix looks to enhance channel appeal with formalized partner program
by Mark Cox •
Metalogix built up a strong business on a model where the channel business was limited and basically transactional. The company has now implemented a more complex go-to-market model in which an expanded channel with practices around migration is a key part.
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Cloud, Small Business, Software
SAP Business One 9.2 enhances analytics, adds project management capabilities
by Mark Cox •
SAP’s channel-focused product for the lower part of the SMB market brings in new functionality from the HANA platform to add the ability to forecast product demand.
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Security, Software
Seclore adds new security features to digital rights management solution
by Mark Cox •
Seclore indicated that it is also seeing significant momentum from its recent OEM deal with Citrix, by which it provides the Information Rights Management technology for the Citrix ShareFile sync and share system.
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Cloud, Software
Archive360 moves beyond mailboxes with Azure archive solution to migrate gray data
by Mark Cox •
Archive2Azure leverages technology from the company’s flagship solution to migrate Office 365 mailbox archives, but is a fundamentally different type of solution, designed for the rest of the data beyond the mailboxes, so companies can get rid of their legacy on-prem storage completely.
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Cloud, Software
Sureline Systems looks to Nutanix partnership for growth
by Mark Cox •
The cloud migration and DR vendor is leveraging its partnership with Nutanix and support for Nutanix’s AHV supervisor to add new customers, including ones in Canada.
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Channel Programs, Cloud, Software
Oracle urges partners to climb into cloud at Oracle PartnerNetwork kickoff event
by Mark Cox •
While much of the event was based on emphasizing Oracle’s commitment to the cloud, they did announce a new program to help ISVs into the cloud.
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Cirrus Data Solutions completes non-disruptive migration capability with DMS 4.0 release
by Mark Cox •
CDS previously addressed downtime in installation and migration, but the new version of its migration server offering addresses the final downtime stage during the final cut-over, with what it calls its “pMotion” technology, which lets both the data and the cutover workload be migrated to new storage with no outage.
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Data Centre, Servers, Software
HPE, Docker look to future with major strategic alliance
by Mark Cox •
The two companies announced a broad range of Docker ready HP servers, which will be available in Q4, and a broad range of Docker integrations and other solutions for HPE, which are available now.
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Archive360 targets Microsoft VARs seeking compliant archive migration with channel program
by Mark Cox •
Archive360 says many migrations avoid email archives, and leave much services revenue on the table. Their solution is easy to use, and fully compliant with legal and regulatory requirements.
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Security, Software, Virtualization
AppSense unites privilege control, discovery solutions in a single suite
by Mark Cox •
AppSense had this single SKU on the roadmap before their acquisition by LANdesk, but further integration is coming, including bringing LANdesk’s patch management offerings in for an even fuller security solution
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Cloud, Partnerships, Software
API platform vendor Apigee seeing strong results from SAP partnership
by Mark Cox •
SAP and Apigee are both seeing good synergies from their approximately two year-old partnership, the type of ISV alliance strongly being broadly pursued by both companies.
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Hardware, Internet of Things, Partnerships, Software
Lenovo announces new SAP partnerships, offerings at SAPPHIRE NOW
by Mark Cox •
The Lenovo announcements included three joint offerings with integrators around SAP HANA, SAP-related data warehousing and memory announcements, and a hyper-converged sofolution r SAP Business suite applications stemming from their partnership with Nutanix.
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Software, Solution Provider News
Ontario Chicken Farmers pluck SAP to resolve growing complexity of their market needs
by Mark Cox •
The OCF found that in addition to resolving massively increased complexity in market allocation issues stemming from the growing segmentation of the market, implementing the SAP solution gave them the benefits of CRM for the first time, and enabled them to realize major benefits from going digital.
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Channel Programs, Cloud, Software
SAP Canada contemplates major drop to Large Enterprise line to provide more partner support
by Mark Cox •
SAP Canada is thinking about dropping its one billion dollar threshold defining the direct space to the 500-600 million range, but is emphasizing that the idea wouldn’t be to take more business direct, but to make SAP direct resources available to assist partners in the upper half of the SME space.
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Major restructuring of SAP SME applications business designed to unlock growth
by Mark Cox •
SAP Business One is fourth in its category with 1.8 per cent market share globally, but its general manager, Luis Murguia, believes a major organizational change which was quietly implemented in April can help to deliver significant growth.
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Partner Awards, Partnerships, Software
SAP Application Innovation award winner OpenText sees SAP as hub of new partner push
by Mark Cox •
OpenText has historically been mainly a direct player, but is looking to leverage its strong partnership and personal relationships with SAP, and its relationship with SAP partner Accenture to build up its channel business in Canada.
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Cloud, Software
SAP promises new emphasis on understanding customer problems
by Mark Cox •
CEO Bill McDermott didn’t exactly promise a kinder, gentler SAP, but he did pledge a company that will be more empathetic to customers, have a more complete vision, and be more focused on simplicity. He also offered a forecast of some trends he thinks SAP will be well positioned to leverage.
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Cloud, Software
SAP, Microsoft expand partnership through deepened cloud integrations and support
by Mark Cox •
None of the announcements, which included joint validation for SAP HANA on the Azure platform, were earth-shattering, but they do speak to the significance of the relationship between the two long-time allies and how they see the market moving.
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Channel Programs, Cloud, Software
SAP unveils new North American channel boss to partners
by Mark Cox •
Long-time SAPer Scott Jones returns from a short sojourn at another company to take on the job of running SAP’s North American partner network.
