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Called Project APEX and introduced at this week’s Dell Technologies World conference, the long-term initiative debuted alongside new storage-as-a-service solutions and pre-configured purchasing and Flex On Demand financing options.

During a virtual partner conference today, Eric Thompson (pictured) and others offered details on the new Intel Partner Alliance and extolled the advantages it will offer over previously separate programs for solution providers, OEMs, and ISVs, among others.

The vendor’s new SkyKick Cloud Manager product is designed to provide a comprehensive platform for automating administrative tasks that would otherwise require dozens of clicks or deep scripting skills to execute.

When Rich gets his hands on an interesting story, he’s like a man possessed. No, really, you’ll see what we mean a little ways into this week’s episode, which features a guest hosting appearance by Josh Weiss, president and virtual CIO of L.A. Creative Technologies, plus an interview with the consistently fascinating David Friend, president and CEO of cloud storage innovator Wasabi Technologies.

The X1 Fold (pictured) and X1 Nano debuted alongside a new subscription-priced remote monitoring and predictive analytics service.

Announced at the vendor’s online GlueX conference, the enhancements include PSA and RMM integrations that signal longer-term ambitions to turn IT Glue’s documentation system into a centralized console for most of a technician’s day-to-day work.

What do Back to the Future and the Star Wars saga have in common? The answer is in this week’s show title. As for the show itself, it features Matt, Rich, and guest host Eric Long, of cloud solution provider TeraCloud, discussing a new co-managed IT offering from Beachhead Solutions, ConnectWise’s new bug bounty program, and the secrets to success in work-from-home security.†

Partners now receive third-party printer monitoring, free access to a premium app catalog, and the ability to equip businesses concerned about COVID-19 risks with touchless print capabilities.

The tech giant’s sales climbed at the start of its current fiscal year and dipped more recently, resulting in essentially unchanged results for the last six months. Vertical industry solutions and work-from-home upgrades are among bright spots for what’s next.

Erick and Rich ponder the implications of HP’s new subscription hardware and software service for SMBs, why cloud solutions require a different approach to sales and marketing, and the perhaps coronavirus-related rise of the “technosexual.”