Topic: Cloud - Page 58

Part of a dramatic overhaul of the giant vendor’s channel ecosystem, the new initiative gives partners primary sales ownership of some 170,000 mostly small and midsize companies worldwide.

The latest in a succession of high-profile eFolder hires, Bystrak (pictured) will now be responsible for developing strategic alliances and driving increased adoption of eFolder solutions in the channel.

The distributor has introduced new functionality for ordering and managing Aerohive Wireless-as-a-Service and Symantec Endpoint Protection Cloud deployments through its online marketplace, and added products from F5 Networks to its line card.

According to U.S. finance chief Anthony Mackle (pictured), the distributor has doled out $1.4 billion in new credit to its partners over the last 18 months to help them fund the transition from product reseller to cloud and professional service provider.

The new offering is the first to combine Microsoft’s productivity and collaboration suite with SkyKick’s data migration and backup products in a single, subscription-priced SKU.

The distributor’s new “Training-Development-as-a-Service” program allows vendors to deliver e-learning, e-training, and partner enablement resources to their channel partners more easily.

Resellers who engage with the distributor via the Microsoft Cloud Solution Provider program will be able to find channel pros with complementary skills on Dynasource’s partner-to-partner talent-sharing marketplace.

The ITaaS solution provider says the tool will help MSPs estimate the cost of running IT in Azure.

Called Mail Assure and announced during pre-day activities at the vendor’s Empower MSP conference in Orlando, the system acts as a protective layer for incoming and outgoing email.

MSPs who use itopia’s Google-based platform to host Windows workspaces can now import client and user data from ConnectWise Manage and export ticket and billing information back in return.