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November 19th, 2020 | Rich Freeman
The hardware maker is signing partners and gaining share even as SMB market conditions remain sluggish, according to Steve Biondi, North American channel chief for Lenovo’s Data Center Group.
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News
November 16th, 2020 | Rich Freeman
Though adoption of cloud solutions has skyrocketed this year due to the coronavirus, channel chief Gavriella Schuster (pictured) encourages partners to pursue additional opportunities in managed services, office reopening solutions, and virtual desktops too.
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News
November 10th, 2020 | Rich Freeman
Many of the updates are designed to help the company grab a greater share of the SMB market and accelerate sales of as-a-service solutions like HPE GreenLake.
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November 4th, 2020 | Rich Freeman
Tyler Coughlan (pictured) is now responsible for ensuring every interaction resellers and vendors have with Ingram enhances their satisfaction. The new Emerging Business Group, meanwhile, will help up-and-coming vendors accelerate channel sales growth.
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Press Release
October 28th, 2020 | ChannelPro
Cisco announced biggest partner program changes in over a decade to simplify and enhance the overall partner experience.
The “New Cisco Partner Program” reflects and rewards the variety of crucial roles partners play with customers.
Cisco also introduced new and simple Partner Experience Platform (PXP), a single gateway for partner tools and resources, making it easier to work with Cisco than ever before
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October 23rd, 2020 | Rich Freeman
The company will phase out work on Acronis Cyber Backup and train all of its development efforts on Acronis Cyber Protect, its combination security and BDR solution, according to CEO Serguei Beloussov (pictured).
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Slide Gallery
Eaton Says Returning Growth, New Partner Benefits, and More Lithium-Ion UPS Hardware Are Coming Soon
October 23rd, 2020 | Rich Freeman
During its virtual Partner Summit event for 2020 this week, senior exec Herve Tardy (pictured) discussed the power quality vendor’s plans for a continued rebound from the market-slowing effects of COVID-19.
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October 23rd, 2020 | ChannelPro Weekly
Sure, you haven’t been swarmed by hordes of rabid raccoons yet, people, but give it time. 2020 isn’t over yet. While you wait, listen in as Matt, Rich, and guest host Lawrence Cruciana, of Corporate Information Technologies, discuss Intel’s new partner program, SkyKick’s new cloud management solution, Datto’s new IPO, and SolarWinds MSP’s likely forthcoming IPO.
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October 21st, 2020 | Rich Freeman
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.
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October 20th, 2020 | Rich Freeman
Strong demand for managed security help from businesses with work-from-home employees has MSPs reporting growth, according to Sophos, which has seen membership in its MSP partner program grow 30% since April and MSP billings rise 56%.
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