Business Intelligence

The partner panel of Sam Barhoumeh (left), Craig Slack (middle), and Herb Hogue (right)
Cloud

IaaS still an untapped channel opportunity, but momentum growing

May 4, 2018 Robert Dutt Comments Off on IaaS still an untapped channel opportunity, but momentum growing
An Ingram Micro Cloud exec calls IaaS the biggest untapped opportunity for partners for the second year running, while partners dish on routes to success.

Data Centre

Pivot3 expands Zerto, VMware partnerships around increased enterprise use cases

February 21, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pivot3 expands Zerto, VMware partnerships around increased enterprise use cases
The introduction of their Acuity platform last year has deepened Pivot3 presence in the enterprise, which has in turn led them to strengthen their technology partnerships which address this space.

Big Data

Accelerite broadens Big Data analytics platform beyond developers with ShareInsights 2.0

December 12, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Accelerite broadens Big Data analytics platform beyond developers with ShareInsights 2.0
The Accelerite BI analytics program has undergone a major revamp since its original version to make it easier to use, which in turn will broaden its usage and make it easier to collaborate.

Cloud

Improving Time to Insight for Midsize Firms

December 8, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Improving Time to Insight for Midsize Firms
Kevin Nicholas, VP of Enterprise Product Management and Marketing at Sage and Bill Tennant, VP of Sales at ZAP report on their work together to improve business insight for midsize enterprises by helping them manage their data

Software

Exact Macola to place new emphasis on select verticals in 2017 go-to-market strategy

April 20, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Exact Macola to place new emphasis on select verticals in 2017 go-to-market strategy
Managing Director Alison Forsythe sees 2017 as offering massive opportunities for manufacturing, which should mean massive opportunities for Macola and its partners.

Managed Services

LiveDash launches at Tigerpaw event with real-time Power BI dashboards

October 28, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on LiveDash launches at Tigerpaw event with real-time Power BI dashboards
LiveDash is looking to build a channel of MSPs to take their tool for making dense and interactive dashboards to market. They are starting with Tigerpaw, as they are a Tigerpaw user, but plan to broaden this out in time.

Big Data

Looker unveils new data platform, channel program

October 18, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Looker unveils new data platform, channel program
Business intelligence vendor Looker is looking to build out a channel to help take its data platform to market, and has launched a formal channel program to this end.

Partnerships

Scale Computing adds BI capability for SMBs with Information Builders partnership

September 20, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Scale Computing adds BI capability for SMBs with Information Builders partnership
The Information Builders partnership is the first in a strategy designed to provide Scale partners with additional software services, turning their hardware platform into an App Store of sorts.

Big Data

RMM/PSA provider Atera offers business intelligence capability to all MSPs

May 16, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on RMM/PSA provider Atera offers business intelligence capability to all MSPs
Atera’s technology, which facilitates jointly developed RMM and PSA solutions, is designed for the Internet of Things environment, and collects massive amount of sensor data, which it is using in a free BI offering, not just for its own MSP partners, but anyone who wants to use it.

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.