Topic: Partner Programs - Page 42

Those of you resisting the switch from a hardware-focused managed services model to the cloud-first model of the future, at least, are the biggest threat to the vendor’s continued growth, according to execs like Joseph Landes (pictured).

Updates introduced last week are designed to make transitioning to NCE “somewhat seamless” to resellers by incorporating new terms and conditions behind the scenes, according to Ingram Micro Cloud exec Victor Baez (pictured).

The nine-city MSP Success Summit kicked off in Houston, with a 2022 agenda designed to improve MSPs’ security posture, as well as their general sales and marketing strategies.

NCE shakes up Microsoft’s legacy Cloud Solution Provider program, and includes numerous pricing and billing changes that channel pros need to know.

Other changes to the Dell Technologies Partner Program unveiled today by Global Channel Chief Rola Dagher (pictured) include extra incentives for sales of midrange storage gear, servers, monitors, and client peripherals.

Now named GoTo, the company has ambitious plans to market a simplified portfolio of integrated remote management and unified communications solutions through a dramatically expanded set of partners, including MSPs.

Introduced alongside a new cybersecurity education partner program, the new ION and ION+ appliance families are designed to pack the same features found in Recovery Series and Recovery Series MAX products into quieter, more compact form factors.

In a Q&A during yesterday’s SMB TechFest event, Rodney Clark (pictured), acknowledged that Microsoft’s New Commerce Experience is forcing CSP program members through a lot of change quickly, and said “a little bit more help” is coming.

The forecast for this episode? Continuing business-building insights and information with pockets of fun. That’s courtesy of Matt, Rich, and returning guest host Dave Seibert, of channel pro IT Innovators and the SMB TechFest event series.

Back after a holiday break, Erick and Rich sift through Microsoft’s New Commerce Experience, urge you to get cyberinsurance for anyone (including you) who doesn’t have it, and scratch their heads at scientists who taught goldfish to drive.