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Content at the distributor’s cloud computing partner conference, which begins April 30th, will seek to guide attendees down a “path to profitability” from software as a service to new opportunities in infrastructure as a service, security, and the Internet of Things.

First announced last month, the new QuoteWerks Web lets users access data previously available only in the product’s desktop edition through their web browser as well.

The acquisition, which buttresses AppRiver’s presence in the Canadian market and adds new capabilities to its anti-spam offerings, is the first step in a larger effort to become a global player in cloud-based software and services.

Continuing its 2018 tour, ASCII Group hosted IT solution providers and vendors for two days of networking, education, and training in Fort Lauderdale.

The Google Cloud Platform joins Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Acronis’s own cloud as supported repositories for protected data. Acronis plans to let users employ Google infrastructure as a recovery environment for virtual machines as well.

The agreement is designed to designed to help the cloud software maker fuel adoption of its comprehensive IT-as-a-Service solution outside the U.S.

The deal brings together two workspace-as-a-service vendors with complementary business models and a long history of collaboration.

CEO John Lewe (pictured) also tells ChannelPro that he’s accepted an invitation from ConnectWise to attend this year’s IT Nation event and has no plans to participate in the vendor consolidation wave currently sweeping the industry.

Called Unite and targeted at businesses with up to 100 users, the system includes tightly integrated voice, cloud PBX, collaboration, file storage, and backup features, as well as all-new mobile and desktop apps and an enhanced web portal.

Designed to help businesses embrace cloud computing without exposing themselves to threats on-premises security solutions can miss, the system is the latest addition to Pax8’s portfolio of Symantec offerings.