Tag Archive for SharePoint

Quest sees strong channel role in new Quest on Demand Migration module

Quest on Demand Migration has been sold since the end of March, but is being officially announced at Microsoft Inspire. All of the deals which have closed in the quarter plus since it has been available have gone through partners.

Archive360 enhances SharePoint Online, announces support for new Microsoft services

Archive360 supports Azure Archival, the Azure alternative to AWS Glacier, as well as Microsoft Azure Cognitive & Media Services, which allows accurate transcription of audio and video files in real time.

Veeam announcements around Microsoft Azure highlight Cloud Day at VeeamON

The final day of VeeamON saw Veeam announce a new DR tool for Azure, management pack enhancements for better visibility, and improvements to Backup for Office 365.

Kitchener-based Intranet provider Igloo looking to build out channel in North America

Igloo, which makes a cloud-based SaaS solution that includes Intranets within a broad array of collaboration and other business apps, presently has no partners in North America. Now, however, having piloted a partner program in other geos last year, they are looking to change that.

Momentum, opportunity highlight Microsoft Office 365 messaging at WPC

Office 365 business continues to show impressive growth, although Microsoft is impressing upon partners that the real money here doesn’t come from selling subscriptions, but in integrating it into other solutions and building their own custom offerings on top.

Migration vendor Metalogix looks to enhance channel appeal with formalized partner program

Metalogix built up a strong business on a model where the channel business was limited and basically transactional. The company has now implemented a more complex go-to-market model in which an expanded channel with practices around migration is a key part.

DH2i sees first Containers-as-a-Service solution for SQL Server as massively disruptive

DH2i partners with Rackspace to make its container management software available as a cloud offering for SQL. They see potential to expand with other cloud provider partners, and with other Microsoft software, and see it as a valuable managed service for their own partners.

Toronto solution provider TechBlocks chosen for Microsoft IoT Red Carpet program

TechBlocks’ experience with the Azure platform and their having established a presence in IoT solutions leads Microsoft to pick them as a go-to IoT partner in Canada.

New analytics, productivity app integrations to highlight Microsoft Dynamics release

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.