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Epicor promises both commitment and caution in move to the cloud

April 22, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Epicor promises both commitment and caution in move to the cloud
At its customer event, ERP vendor Epicor laid out its plans to become a cloud-first company, to which it asserted a strong commitment – even though the transition is greatly complicated by multiple factors.

Cloud

ERP vendor Epicor looks to channel for aggressive growth in Canada

April 20, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on ERP vendor Epicor looks to channel for aggressive growth in Canada
Epicor has doubled the size of its Canadian business over the last couple years, and while most of its business in the U.S. is direct, the growing Canadian business is going entirely through channel partners.

Cloud

Epicor CEO pledges major company changes to serve customers

April 18, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Epicor CEO pledges major company changes to serve customers
Joe Cowan told Epicor’s Customer Conference in Las Vegas that the company is committed to major changes to its systems and products, to take customers into the cloud and become easier to do business with.

Luc Villeneuve, country manager, Red Hat Canada
Channel Programs

Red Hat Canada reports strong channel growth

April 12, 2016 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Red Hat Canada reports strong channel growth
Over the last two years, Red Hat Canada has transformed from a primarily-direct organization to one where the channel increasingly leads the way.

Cloud

DH2i sees first Containers-as-a-Service solution for SQL Server as massively disruptive

April 11, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on DH2i sees first Containers-as-a-Service solution for SQL Server as massively disruptive
DH2i partners with Rackspace to make its container management software available as a cloud offering for SQL. They see potential to expand with other cloud provider partners, and with other Microsoft software, and see it as a valuable managed service for their own partners.

Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst
Channel Programs

Red Hat boss sets sights on $5B

April 6, 2016 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Red Hat boss sets sights on $5B
Red Hat wants to grow its business dramatically over next five years, including tripling revenues through channel partners.

Data Centre

Stratoscale announces Ingram Micro deal in U.S. and imminent signing of deal for Canada

April 6, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Stratoscale announces Ingram Micro deal in U.S. and imminent signing of deal for Canada
Stratoscale, which emphasizes its ability to deliver cloud economics to the data centre – rather than the hyperconverged nature of its technology – also made the formal announcement of its PartnerFirst Program for its channel, which is its sole route to market.

Cloud

Accellion sees massive upside in decision to dance with Microsoft

March 31, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Accellion sees massive upside in decision to dance with Microsoft
Accellion joins the Microsoft Cloud Storage Partner Program, allowing its kiteworks platform to allow users to create or access Office 365 files from any device without having to save or upload the file back to the original content source.

Channel Programs

Microsoft launches first part of five part eBook for partners on winning with cloud

March 16, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Microsoft launches first part of five part eBook for partners on winning with cloud
The series, done in collaboration with IDC and available as free downloads, will continue with a new chapter every month until the final one rolls out at WPC in July.

Channel Programs

LANDESK CEO Steve Daly discusses what AppSense deal means to companies, partners

March 15, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on LANDESK CEO Steve Daly discusses what AppSense deal means to companies, partners
Daly talks about how the deal will change offerings and markets available to both LANDESK and AppSense partners, and how the integration of the two channels is likely to roll out.