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In a series of new investments, the distributor is adding latest-generation products from Lexmark and other manufacturers to its catalog, hiring additional sales specialists to promote those systems, and introducing new financing options for purchasing them.

The cloud-based offerings feature private label and co-branded reseller models that according to Intermedia enable channel pros to collect at least five times more revenue than they can through traditional commission-based agent schemes.

Open now, the new Intel Partner University is an early step on the road toward next year’s debut of the Intel Partner Alliance, which will replace the Intel Technology Provider, IoT Solutions Alliance, and Cloud Insider programs.

The new system combines third-party hardware with a neural network to identify trespassing drones automatically and prevent them from communicating with their controller.

Qualified partners of the two companies can get up 50 seats of BitTitan’s MigrationWiz cloud migration product via three licenses of the multi-workload User Migration Bundle at no cost.

Available at no extra cost, the new technology can spot hidden threats embedded in logos, QR codes, and text-based images even when they’ve been subtly altered to evade detection by signature-based vision engines.

According to CEO Serguei Beloussov (pictured), protecting edge and endpoint workloads requires safety, accessibility, privacy, authenticity, and security functionality that’s easy to consume, cost-effective, and dependable.

The sprawling new product family includes a multi-layered edge and endpoint security solution, a purpose-built data protection infrastructure system, and a set of APIs and developer tools for connecting third-party solutions and services to those systems.

New resources now available to the hardware maker’s reseller, system builder, and integrator channel include augmented training and co-marketing opportunities plus defined rules for tapping into early access programs and testing facilities.

The deal, which is Akamai’s first with a distributor, is the latest step in a larger effort by Tech Data to give partners broader access to cloud-native security solutions.