Topic: Partner Programs - Page 93

The two-day educational and networking event touched on hot topics like the Internet of Things and and included business continuity lessons learned from Hurricane Harvey.

Designed to accommodate an expanding product lineup, the three-tiered program offers quarterly rebates, market development funds, dedicated technical support, and other new benefits, according to Senior Director of Channel Jeannine Edwards (pictured).

Lenovo Chairman and CEO Yuanqing Yang (pictured) recapped the year of accomplishments since the last Transform, which he said has made the company the leader in “intelligent transformation.”

Due late in October, the new offering will enable any registered member of Buffalo’s partner program to recover data from hard drives impacted by straightforward logical failures at no charge, according to recently appointed CEO Daisuke Maki (pictured).

A series of moves set to go into effect in November will reward members of HPE’s Partner Ready program for deals involving the SimpliVity, Nimble Storage, and GreenLake consumption-based IT product lines, among others.

The two-day educational and networking event featured an agenda geared to help MSPs grow their businesses.

The biggest change most channel pros will experience following AlienVault’s acquisition by AT&T is access to more training, marketing, and sales resources, according to CEO Barmak Meftah (pictured), who now also heads AT&T’s new cybersecurity solutions group.

Called Arcserve Accelerate, it’s designed to re-ignite interest in the data protection and availability vendor, which has been led by a revamped leadership team since late last year, according to Vice President of Worldwide Sales Adam Olson (pictured).

Part of the distributor’s Solutions & Services program, the new sales push is designed to help channel pros capitalize on rising demand among SMBs for a new generation of simpler, more affordable signage and collaboration offerings.

Going forward, all of the vendor’s events, user groups, and peer groups will employ variations of the IT Nation brand and reside within a single, consolidated organization led by Pete Sorensen (pictured).