Sage sees the tighter integration with Microsoft platform as good news for Sage partners, and for Microsoft partners looking to benefit from Sage Live’s innovation.
While the new Dynamics CRM 2016 isn’t scheduled for release until Q4, there are some major changes here which will interest partners, some of which should lead to new opportunities.
Akumina’s six-month old InterChange is designed to make SharePoint a pleasant experience for the business user, and newly-appointed David Maffei wants to make partnering with Akumina a pleasant experience for the channel.
The distributor’s major announcement at CompTIA is not, however, available in Canada yet.
White-labelled StreamOne is piloting now and still on target for Q4. Because Tech Data owns the IP for it, this could result in other applications, like hardware as a service, at some point.
Datto also reported a significant increase in support from key Canadian partners, part of the ramifications from their recent increased investment in the Canadian market.
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.
With more products, more partners, and more distribution, Microsoft is making its popular CSP program the main way partners sell its cloud services.
Intel Security’s new phishing quiz tool looks to give partners a way to start a conversation with customers about the need for education on e-mail-based risks.
Asigra has a different set of marketing concerns than a decade ago, when customers didn’t know their name at all, but they are continuing to ramp up their efforts.
Cisco adds new technology to Intercloud Fabric, and introduces new offerings from partners including Calgary’s Long View Systems.
These include a ‘born in the cloud’ router, a sync and share partnership with ownCloud, a new Backupify for Office 365 solution, a new Linux agent and an enhanced partner portal.
How hyper-competitive NetSuite found an ally in a longtime rival as Microsoft transitions into a cloud-first, mobile-first company.
Because BitTitan does not have a professional services arm, it has opted to provide high level professional services help to its partners on complex installs by certifying the BitTitan Cloud Rangers, Microsoft MVPs who are also fully certified on BitTitan products.
Services relationship will help more resellers meet Microsoft’s support requirements to offer Office 365 via its Cloud Solution Provider program.
Ingram Micro announces Office 365 as part of its Cloud Marketplace, introduces automated bundles for solution providers.
The long-time cloud backup solution’s new features include Disaster Recovery-as-a-Service enablement, open infrastructure support for FreeBSD on ZFS and CentOS, and integration with Linear Tape File System for archiving.
Quartet Services is looking to advance its own growing Office 365 practice by purchasing fellow Toronto-based MSP and O365 specialist En Vogue Computers.
Microsoft’s channel chief noted that Signature Cloud Support, an exclusive partner technical benefit that is part of its new cloud competencies, has been well received by partners who have taken advantage of it.
BitTitan sees their tool to migrate DropBox accounts to Microsoft One Drive for Business or Google Drive as particularly appealing to customers looking to consolidate all their data.
