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Cloud

ConnectWise expands Microsoft relationship with Azure support in Cloud Management Tool

July 13, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on ConnectWise expands Microsoft relationship with Azure support in Cloud Management Tool
ConnectWise has built its Microsoft practice up massively in a very short time, and the full support for Azure should continue that trend.

Managed Services

BitTitan, Dropbox see enormous opportunities in new go-to-market alliance

July 13, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on BitTitan, Dropbox see enormous opportunities in new go-to-market alliance
BitTitan and DropBox will collaborate on an integrated go-to-market strategy where the services of each will be bundled together and available to both channels.

Scott Guthrie, corporate vice president for cloud and enterprise at Microsoft
Cloud

Microsoft launches AppSource business cloud apps marketplace

July 12, 2016 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Microsoft launches AppSource business cloud apps marketplace
Microsoft’s AppSource marketplace offers users a way to quickly discover and trial business-specific cloud apps, and hands the leads over to partners.

Victor Paradell, vice president of IoT Solutions for Europe at Tech Data, and leader for Smart IoT Solutions by Tech Data
Distribution

Tech Data launches global IoT practice

July 12, 2016 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Tech Data launches global IoT practice
Smart IoT Solutions by Tech Data positions the distributor as an aggregator of Internet of Things solutions as it aims to “make IoT simple” for partners.

Cloud

SkyKick touts unique value proposition to WPC partners

July 12, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on SkyKick touts unique value proposition to WPC partners
SkyKick offers a three-pronged cloud management solution which facilitates migration, backup and management, using a 100 per cent channel model. They recently extended the platform by adding the capacity for partners to offer a white-labelled syndicated version from their own websites.

Channel Programs

Enabling partner-built solar systems big priority for Microsoft channel chief

July 12, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Enabling partner-built solar systems big priority for Microsoft channel chief
With the Interim now removed from her job title, Gavriella Schuster talked with ChannelBuzz about her priorities going forward, including both things partners can expect to be announced at WPC, and her priorities beyond that.

Unified Communications

Microsoft relationship now key for independent Polycom

July 12, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Microsoft relationship now key for independent Polycom
With the Mitel deal now off, Polycom needs to build its own bridge into a cloud future. Nick Tidd, who runs their Global Partner Organization, outlines the company’s plans to do just that, with one key objective being to get their own channel to sell Polycom and Microsoft together.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella at WPC 2016.
Channel Programs

Digital transformation focus creates larger opportunity: Nadella

July 11, 2016 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Digital transformation focus creates larger opportunity: Nadella
Kicking off the company’s 2016 Worldwide Partner Conference in Toronto, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella outlines what a focus on the digital transformation of business will mean to both Microsoft and its partners.

Cloud

Datadog responds to Azure momentum with new support for Azure Resource Manager

July 11, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Datadog responds to Azure momentum with new support for Azure Resource Manager
Enterprise-focused cloud monitoring service Datadog also supports the rest of the Microsoft stack, and assisted by select channel partners, aspires to be a one-stop shop to monitor the Microsoft ecosystem.

Cloud

Microsoft exhorts Canadian partners to double down on innovation at WPC

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Microsoft’s announcement of its Canadian IMPACT award winners was a key part of the innovation theme at the regional Canadian keynote on the first day of the 2016 Worldwide Partner Conference in Toronto.