Software

IAM vendor SailPoint looking to scale up channel enablement

September 28, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off

Harry Gould, SailPoint’s new worldwide channel chief, is looking to expand the channel business for what he said is a distinct set of offerings which is popular among partners.

HEAT sees major tech, business benefits in acquiring Absolute Manage, Service businesses

September 22, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off

The strategic acquisition of assets Absolute wanted to divest to focus on its core business continues HEAT’s transition from FrontRange’s old SMB business to an integrated endpoint management platform that increasingly appeals to enterprises

SAP looks to redefine CRM with three new hybris offerings

September 15, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off

SAP pledges a rethinking of customer engagement with new three SAP hybris offerings, but at this point they are still a futures offering, being announced later this year and early next.

New analytics, productivity app integrations to highlight Microsoft Dynamics release

September 14, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off

While the new Dynamics CRM 2016 isn’t scheduled for release until Q4, there are some major changes here which will interest partners, some of which should lead to new opportunities.

Daniel Ciechanower, vice president of global partner operations for the partner experience group at SAP

SAP simplifies, expands PartnerEdge

September 9, 2015 Robert Dutt Comments Off

SAP announces a “major revamp” of its partner efforts, simplifying its partner programs down to one common umbrella, and introducing new opportunities for smaller partners.

Canadian small businesses getting more mobile, spending more on software

August 25, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off

Intuit’s 2015 Small Business App Study also finds Canadians are spending more on software to run their businesses than Americans, and plan to boost this in the future.

Predixion partners with Wind River on IoT analytics

August 19, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off

Predixion’s technology is well suited to the IoT because its small footprint can push predictive analytics out to the edge, to sensors and machines with limited connectivity.

Dell adds Scality to partners in software-defined storage portfolio

August 18, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off

The addition of Scality to Dell’s software-defined roster is likely to extend its market reach considerably, and partners Dell up with a leading object storage vendor.

New Akumina Chief Revenue Officer Maffei looks to strengthen channel

August 12, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off

Akumina’s six-month old InterChange is designed to make SharePoint a pleasant experience for the business user, and newly-appointed David Maffei wants to make partnering with Akumina a pleasant experience for the channel.