Topic: Partner Programs - Page 46

Businesses are looking for solutions that will address challenges in managing and securing hybrid cloud environments.

Two by two, folks, two by two. It’s the best way to survive both a world-destroying flood and an RMM outage, for reasons that will become clear as Matt, Rich, and guest host Antwine Jackson, of Enitech Solutions, discuss Microsoft’s new Windows 365 product, the latest developments from NinjaRMM, and (especially) the Kaseya VSA breach.

Coming off a record quarter, the company expects the transition from remote work to hybrid home/office work, along with accelerating digital transformation investments, to drive continued sales growth for itself and its partners.

As the country starts to open up, the multivendor effort has plans to continue through the year with a shift toward education.

Rolled out in March alongside higher deal registration discounts, the changes are designed to minimize the cost of switching from perpetual licensing to “everything as a service”, according to North American Channel Chief Kevin Rooney (pictured).

The former broadline distributor is collecting partners and building platforms in conjunction with an all-in bet on a high-growth market.

The changes to specializations, incentives, and rewards are interim steps on the road to more sweeping revisions that will take effect a year from now, and reflect NetApp’s ongoing reinvention of itself as a maker of cloud and container storage solutions.

Rex Frank (pictured), founder and CEO of the managed services consultancy, will become head of Pax8’s partner education unit, which will add one-to-one coaching services to its current lineup of one-to-many training classes.

Both offerings reward users of the company’s Microsoft Azure and Windows Virtual Desktop tools for acquiring new customers, while arming them to land and support additional ones.

Growing even faster during the pandemic than before it, the cloud business apps leader desperately needs to attract more members to its partner program and more trained professionals to its partners, according to channel chief Tyler Prince (pictured).