Ingram Micro did not make any new announcements at their ONE show this week. They did, however, give a sneak peek at some things partners can expect to see in 2017.
Cloud, Distribution
Ingram Micro execs look at what’s ahead
by Mark Cox •
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Cloud, Distribution, Solution Provider News
AMA excited about first Canadian deployment of Ingram Micro Cloud Store
by Mark Cox •
The Cloud Store deployment, which is now available to all Ingram partners, allows smaller customers to provision themselves, integrating them directly into the Ingram Micro Marketplace.
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Channel Communities, Managed Services
Kaseya announces Automation Exchange community market
by Mark Cox •
Kaseya formally announces its new exchange for the sharing of scripts and other automation tools. Up since the end of June, the exchange has over 700 content items so far, with most of them being free to download.
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Cloud, Distribution, Mobility, Security
Pax8 lays out strategy going forward
by Mark Cox •
The born-in-the-cloud distributor’s new intiatives include a new endpoint solution with Symantec, as that vendor enhances its cloud portfolio. The company also has a unique dual platform strategy to help redefine cloud distribution.
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Cloud
Microsoft launches AppSource business cloud apps marketplace
by Robert Dutt •
Microsoft’s AppSource marketplace offers users a way to quickly discover and trial business-specific cloud apps, and hands the leads over to partners.
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Cloud, Distribution
Enhanced Odin platform highlights Ingram Micro WPC cloud messaging to Microsoft partners
by Mark Cox •
In addition to the Odin enhancements, Ingram Micro is emphasizing the relevance of their new referral program for Advisors, in the wake of Microsoft’s announcement that the program is being sunsetted.
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Cloud, Software
EMC LEAP looks to revolutionize ECM, take Documentum downmarket
by Mark Cox •
Project Horizon officially comes to market as EMC LEAP, next-gen cloud-native content apps sold on a SaaS model. While available free through a Loyalty Program to existing Documentum customers, the intent here is to greatly expand the customer base downmarket, with the aid of an expanded channel.
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Cloud, Mobility
BES12 EMM platform first BlackBerry solution certified on Azure, more to follow
by Mark Cox •
The companies anticipate that the BlackBerry BES12 enterprise mobility management platform being tested and certified for Azure and available in Azure Marketplace will significantly increase its exposure and sales.
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Ingram Micro acquisition of Odin cloud platform to bring more functionality for partners
by Mark Cox •
Ingram buys the software it had been licensing since 2013, and in addition gets around 500 skilled Odin employees and greater exposure to telco and carrier channels.
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Channel Communities, Financing, Servers
Hewlett Packard Enterprise stresses SMB, channel commitment with new releases
by Mark Cox •
For partners, the most interesting thing here may be the Small Business Marketplace e-commerce platform, an explicitly channel-focused online site, rather than a direct-to-customer site that competes with partners. It’s in pilot now in the U.S., but when it will be in Canada is not yet clear.
