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Barracuda’s NextGen Firewall F-Series version 7.0 offers customers a cost-effective solution to implement and operate secure, distributed, cloud-based network environments.

Announced on day two of Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference, along with a host of additional product news, the new offerings will enable resellers to sell both Windows 10 Enterprise E3 and Surface hardware on an as-a-service basis for the first time.

In conjunction with the release of the next-generation software platform, the company announces new enhancements to its partner program to support channel adoption and delivery.

The partnership aims to provide a seamless migration experience for customers looking to move their IT infrastructure to Hostway’s Azure Cloud Services.

The offering represents the latest step in a new effort by the BDR vendor to position its product portfolio as a unified, end-to-end solution rather than a collection of piece parts.

The distributor has added a revamped control panel, among other features, to its cloud e-commerce platform and made Acronis’s new Office 365 email backup solution available on its cloud marketplace.

Tasked with helping channel pros profit from near-term IoT opportunities, the new group will offer both validated solution reference architectures and an array of partner enablement offerings.

Timed to coincide with the 2016 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference, the dual product launches enable channel pros to backup SMB data both from and to the Microsoft cloud.

In an opening day keynote presentation, Microsoft’s CEO highlighted snap-together business applications, artificial intelligence, and “mixed reality” solutions as core elements of Microsoft’s long-term strategy.

The enhanced MAPP offering features a “Business-in-a-Box” toolkit to help partners establish and maintain a repeatable data migration practice.