Spark

Cloud

Attunity unveils new solutions to automate the data pipeline to Azure

February 14, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Attunity unveils new solutions to automate the data pipeline to Azure
For channel partners, Attunity’s new level of automation of the data pipeline to the Azure cloud frees them from migration processes that took months, and lets them provide more strategic services to customers.

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Mobility

Blackberry deepens dive into IoT with $1.4 billion Cylance acquisition

November 16, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Blackberry deepens dive into IoT with $1.4 billion Cylance acquisition
BlackBerry and Cylance also said that they expect synergies to their channel business on both sides, as well as to the business overall.

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Channel Programs

BlackBerry delivers strong messaging around vision and roadmap to channel partners

October 31, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on BlackBerry delivers strong messaging around vision and roadmap to channel partners
BlackBerry’s recent Partner Summit had clear objectives of articulating the company’s vision around their new Spark platform to partners, together with both the technology roadmap and the sales strategy around it. They also wanted to introduce the new sales leadership in Canada to partners.

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Mobility

BlackBerry fleshes out Spark strategy with new partnerships and projects

October 4, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on BlackBerry fleshes out Spark strategy with new partnerships and projects
Following BlackBerry’s announcement of its Spark platform for what they call the Enterprise of Things in September, they used their October event in New York City to highlight new strategic relationships and applications that have already developed from Spark.

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Rowan Trollope, senior vice president and general manager for applications at Cisco
Communications

Five things partners should know about Cisco’s WebEx transition

April 23, 2018 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Five things partners should know about Cisco’s WebEx transition
Some things for partners to think about in their collaboration business, as Cisco aligns its lineup under the WebEx brand.

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Nirav Sheth, vice president of global sales in Cisco’s Global Partner Organization
Communications

Cisco unifies collaboration line under WebEx brand

April 18, 2018 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Cisco unifies collaboration line under WebEx brand
Cisco will bring its collaboration lineup into one package, with a common backend and under the WebEx brand.

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Cloud

DataStax makes major enhancements to Apache Cassandra with DataStax Enterprise 6

April 17, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on DataStax makes major enhancements to Apache Cassandra with DataStax Enterprise 6
DataStax, which was the driver in building Apache Cassandra, makes major changes to the platform for the first time in their commercial product, to make it more enterprise-friendly by dramatically upgrading performance and removing manual work.

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Big Data

Accelerite broadens Big Data analytics platform beyond developers with ShareInsights 2.0

December 12, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Accelerite broadens Big Data analytics platform beyond developers with ShareInsights 2.0
The Accelerite BI analytics program has undergone a major revamp since its original version to make it easier to use, which in turn will broaden its usage and make it easier to collaborate.

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Cisco's Rowan Trollope demonstrates Spark Assistant at Partner Summit
Unified Communications

Cisco adding AI assistant to Spark collaboration tools

November 3, 2017 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Cisco adding AI assistant to Spark collaboration tools
Cisco previews Spark Assistant, which aims to bring voice control to its collaboration tools, and ultimately create a AI-based meeting moderator.

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Cloud

Ingram Micro unveils new Cloud Intelligence Program to help partners increase cloud business

August 2, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Ingram Micro unveils new Cloud Intelligence Program to help partners increase cloud business
The program’s main element is an online tool that lets partners benchmark their cloud readiness against their peers and provides insights on increasing their cloud business.

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