Topic: Industry Events - Page 35

Speaking this morning at Microsoft’s annual partner conference, channel program leader Gavriella Schuster (pictured) offered further details on the dramatic steps Microsoft is taking to become an easier company to build, market, and sell solutions with.

The new deployment option targets SaaS resellers who want to use ConnectWise’s cloud management system but not the rest of its managed services software suite. New billing and single sign-on capabilities for CloudConsole debuted today as well.

At its annual North American partner event this morning, the BDR vendor unveiled an all-new cloud backup platform, multiple additions to its all-flash SIRIS 3 X appliance family, and a new release of its ALTO small business backup device.

Other enhancements to the hardware maker’s Partner Ready program announced today include new marketing resources.

Announced on opening day of the distributor’s 8th annual Cloud Summit event, the new benefits make increasing the size of cloud deals and monetizing internally developed cloud products easier for its partners.†

Newly added features, which include analytics and orchestration functionality and an enhanced user interface, position the distributor to turn Odin into a comprehensive platform for provisioning, orchestrating, and managing†cloud-based software and infrastructure.

MSPs can now offload their NOC requirements to a third-party facility running ConnectWise software at rates the managed services software maker claims are 20 percent lower than comparable offerings.

Announced at the company’s annual IT Nation event in Orlando, the changes are the latest step towards merging once separate managed services applications into an integrated suite.

Top company executives including Peter Larocque, pictured, kicked off the fall 2016 meeting of the distributor’s Varnex partner community with evidence of strong sales momentum.

Announced at the BDR vendor’s DattoCon EMEA event today, they include the addition of ransomware detection capabilities to the SIRIS 3 product line, enhancements to the Datto NAS 3 device, and upgrades to the Datto management interface.