Artificial Intelligence
Adobe enhances its Sensei AI with new services
Smart Layouts, which was shown at Summit last year as a Summit Sneak, was also announced to be in General Availabiilty.
Cloud
Cloud
Pickit image service moves into channel with Ingram Micro bundle around Office 365 sales
Office 365 itself is a notoriously low margin offering, and adding Pickit to it, in what should be a low-touch transaction, can double those margins.
Backup
Datrium shifts licensing default to software model with Datrium Forward
Datrium moves from their original licensing model to a new framework designed to provide customers with maximum portability and flexibility.
Backup
Druva targets VMware customers moving to AWS cloud with DRaaS update
Enhancements include new failback recovery capabilities, and recovery for cloud workloads with cross-region/account support.
Cloud
SAP Chief Partner Officer Fahrbach says his new role reflects partner focus away from selling and towards delivering customer satisfaction
Fahrbach also said that in comparison with the sales position held by his predecessor, Rodolpho Cardenuto, as SAP’s top channel official, he represents the entire global partner organization, and brings it to a higher level of importance within the company.
Printing and Imaging
Konica Minolta reboots Workplace Hub as workplace of future focus, with new dealer resources
Konica Minolta’s Workplace Hub has been on the market for over a year, but the company thinks that what it sees as a ‘next-gen’ product is now ready for prime time with their dealer channel, and so they featured it heavily at their Dealer Conference.
Cloud
SAP names Karl Fahrbach first chief partner officer in reworking of channel chief role
Fahrbach’s new position is a hybrid of the work he had already been doing and the large scope of the role formerly filled by Rodolpho Cardenuto, who recently left SAP.
Cloud
Intermedia adds free Envision analytics for partners to Unite platform
Envision provides a Partner Dashboard showing all customers, and a QoS Dashboard that drills down into a single customer, with more analytics dashboards on the roadmap.
Distribution
Tech Data launches Cloud Solutions Factory [Podcast]
Tech Data’s Sergio Farache discusses the distributor’s new framework for offering integrated cloud solutions to common business issues in this edition of the Podcast.
Mobility
Pulse Secure extends Zero Trust capabilities adding SDP integration to VPN
Pulse Secure believes that the less familiar Software Defined Perimeter architecture market has reached a critical point in market acceptance.