Products aplenty from CES, new leaders for Ivanti and WatchGuard, and the dangers of dissing that bottle of BBQ sauce your boss gave you for Christmas are among the stories we’re bringing your way just in time for the weekend.

According to global partner marketing exec Cheryl Cook (pictured), the consolidated sales organization, standardized incentive programs, and streamlined quoting tools all on the way this year will make working with Dell easier for its channel.

If you were to assault Mick Dundee on the streets of New York with your typical gaming monitor, he’d simply laugh and say, “That’s not a gaming monitor … now that’s a gaming monitor!” while pulling out Acer’s massive new 55-inch OLED 4K gaming screen.

The new and revised devices span Acer’s portfolio aimed at mobile professionals.

The new offering is designed to make using Avnet’s IoTConnect platform to create IoT products easier for integrators and OEMs.

Both enhancements, which are part of the 2.0 release of BVoIP’s Barricade offering, arrive weeks after the addition of new mobile app and emergency message features to the unified communications vendor’s core PBX and integration platforms.

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Integrated solution combines BlackBerry Cylance artificial intelligence and BlackBerry QNX technologies

According to North American channel chief Rob Cato (pictured), partners will ultimately get quotes on pending deals in hours and potentially minutes. The company has a gamification-based training app and other new enablement resources on the way as well.

The new ThinkBook Plus (pictured) features an e-ink display on the cover that lets meeting attendees capture diagrams and notes without opening the lid. The new consumer devices include Lenovo’s first 5G laptop.