Cloud
Ingram ramping up Canadian cloud team
Ahead of its annual Cloud Summit next month, Ingram Micro is building out the Canadian team for cloud services and looking add new leadership.
Darren Bibby
Distribution
Ingram Micro sold to Chinese company for $6 billion: should partners be concerned?
It’s a great deal for Ingram’s stockholders — which include many of their channel partners. But for their businesses, will it be business as usual.
Cloud
Becoming a partner of the future
The head of IDC’s channels and alliances research team told Veeam’s channel partners what changes are already underway as the industry shifts from server-client to cloud platforms, and what they need to do to keep up and prosper.
Software
Whither SharePoint? Microsoft says no
Microsoft fires back at rivals who say its eye is off its enterprise content platform as it turns it eyes to full engaging Office 365 customers.
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Channel Programs
SAP Targets Developers With PartnerEdge Enhancements
SAP is looking to make it easier for partners to create, market and sell apps built on its platforms with a new AppDev component to its PartnerEdge program.
Channel Programs
Microsoft to let partners bill for Office 365
Move will allow MSPs to add cloud service to their lineup, but what does it mean for third-party hosts?
Channel Programs
A more profitable cloud? IDC thinks so
Analyst firm predicts programs will shift to make the cloud more lucrative to partners
Channel Programs
Avaya to transition partner program from volume to value
Customer satisfaction to take center stage in partner program starting next year, channel chief says.