Topic: Industry Events - Page 33

With its multi-year transition from distributor to solutions aggregator now complete, the company is ready to focus on execution, according to North American sales leader Marty Bauerlein (pictured) and others at this week’s Tech Data Partner Summit.

The two-day event offered sessions on growing an MSP business, transitioning to managed security services, and increasing monthly recurring revenue opportunities.

The quote-to-cash platform, which is designed to give smaller resellers access to self-serve tools normally available only to larger Cisco resellers, now includes support for subscription-priced products, new install base management functionality, and more.

Recently rebranded MSP360 and SKOUT CYBERSECURITY, respectively, both vendors are in the early stages of major campaigns to attract MSP partners.

Technologies still emerging today will be mainstream elements of the IT landscape before you know it, warned CompTIA exec Todd Thibodeaux (pictured) and others at the industry association’s 2019 ChannelCon event this week.

New search functionality, new reporting capabilities, and new integration with PSA software from SynchroMSP are part of a larger emphasis by the cloud distributor on continual enhancements to customer experience.

Moderated by veteran channel pro MJ Shoer, the new ASCII Insider service is designed to offer ASCII Group members a private, non-competitive, and affordable venue for exchanging advice and best practices.

The free solution provides end-to-end support for automated demand generation campaigns, MDF activities, and more. It will also play a contributing role in forthcoming plans to funnel leads generated by Axcient itself to the vendor’s most engaged partners.

Recognized at the industry association’s 2019 ChannelCon show, the four honorees include this year’s recipient of a scholarship named after former ChannelPro Executive Editor Cecilia Galvin, who died two years ago.

The two-day event offered sessions on growing an MSP business, transitioning to managed security services, and increasing monthly recurring revenue opportunities.