Called Project APEX and introduced at this week’s Dell Technologies World conference, the long-term initiative debuted alongside new storage-as-a-service solutions and pre-configured purchasing and Flex On Demand financing options.

During a virtual partner conference today, Eric Thompson (pictured) and others offered details on the new Intel Partner Alliance and extolled the advantages it will offer over previously separate programs for solution providers, OEMs, and ISVs, among others.

At its Intel Partner Connect event today and in conversations with ChannelPro, company executives discussed the ups and downs of an unpredictable year, the easing of supply chain problems, and more.

That product and Veeam’s plans for recently acquired container backup specialist Kasten figure prominently in the agenda for the data protection vendor’s Veeam Live conference today.

The vendor’s new SkyKick Cloud Manager product is designed to provide a comprehensive platform for automating administrative tasks that would otherwise require dozens of clicks or deep scripting skills to execute.

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Shiny new phones from Apple, shiny new security tech from Untangle, McAfee, and Palo Alto, and a shiny new baby boy who delivered himself without medical assistance are among the stories we’re belatedly sneaking in before the weekend.

Looking for the SaaS app no business can resist? Matt, Rich, and guest host Sitima Fowler, of MSP Iconic IT, have it for you.

Now known as ScalePad, the company has turned a management solution for PCs, servers, and network gear into a comprehensive lifecycle management system for both hardware and the software running on it, according to CEO Dan Wensley (pictured).

At its CloudBlue Innovators Forum event this week, Nimesh Dave (pictured) and other speakers urged channel pros to get in on a digital economy growing even faster this year not so much despite the global coronavirus pandemic as because of it.