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Citrix channel chief on why Workspace update is “the most exciting thing I’ve seen come out of this company”

September 24, 2019 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Citrix channel chief on why Workspace update is “the most exciting thing I’ve seen come out of this company”
Citrix global channel chief Craig Stillwell tells us everything partners need to know about its upcoming Workspace release in this edition of the podcast.

Cloud

Zoho One adds new apps for telephony, identity and provisioning through marketplace

September 12, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Zoho One adds new apps for telephony, identity and provisioning through marketplace
The business process automation app Orchestly, which was announced at the Zoholics event in April, is also now live in Zoho One, part of several new enhancements focused mainly on Zoho’s growing enterprise business.

Data Centre

Puppet extends automation of vulnerability management with new Remediate solution

August 21, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Puppet extends automation of vulnerability management with new Remediate solution
Puppet Remediate uses data from vendor partners Qualys, Tenable and Rapid7 to extend and complement the automation that these vulnerability management solutions provide.

Managed Services

Resolve Systems sees powerful synergies in acquisition of AIOps vendor FixStream

August 20, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Resolve Systems sees powerful synergies in acquisition of AIOps vendor FixStream
Automation platform provider Resolve, which has become a more energetic player in the market following their 2017 acquisition by a venture capital firm, sees major benefits from the deal for their channel, especially MSPs.

Channel Programs

Rancher Labs creates Platinum Partner tier in response to growth of Kubernetes

August 20, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Rancher Labs creates Platinum Partner tier in response to growth of Kubernetes
Four initial partners were invited to the program, and were required to take additional certifications and commit to co-hosting free Kubernetes training classes. In return, they will engage in joint sales and marketing opportunities with Rancher.

Software

Orchestrating the orchestrators the key to digital transformation: ServiceNow

August 9, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Orchestrating the orchestrators the key to digital transformation: ServiceNow
Chris Pope, Vice President, Innovation at ServiceNow, talks with ChannelBuzz about the fundamental transformations of the digital economy, and how they can best be managed to maximize business value.

Artificial Intelligence

UiPath sees major validation for RPA position in new Deloitte alliance

August 2, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on UiPath sees major validation for RPA position in new Deloitte alliance
UiPath has strong relationships with most of the global system integrators, and will be announcing more extensions of these partnerships going forward, but the Deloitte one involves so many joint customers that it is being announced now.

Artificial Intelligence

Intel sees expanded partnership with SAP having revolutionary impact in Golden Age of Data

July 19, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Intel sees expanded partnership with SAP having revolutionary impact in Golden Age of Data
The companies will establish a Centre of Excellence for customers by the third quarter, and plan to have new solutions out in 2020.

Artificial Intelligence

RPA vendor Blue Prism unveils Azure free trial and plans for more Azure integrations

July 17, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on RPA vendor Blue Prism unveils Azure free trial and plans for more Azure integrations
The free trial lasts three weeks, and is designed both to expose Blue Prism to Azure customers and to raise awareness of an Azure deployment among Blue Prism’s on-prem customer base.

Cloud

OpenText highlights new OT2 services within Information Advantage strategy

July 15, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on OpenText highlights new OT2 services within Information Advantage strategy
While a year ago at Enterprise World, OpenText announced the OT2 cloud’s availability, this year they emphasized the mission-critical services they have begun to bring to market.