Topic: Partner Programs - Page 31

The vendor recruited over 2,700 partners in 14 months by offering high-speed cloud storage at everyday low prices.

The two-day online business-building ‘MSP Connect Live’ events feature educational sessions, an expo hall, networking opportunities, expert speakers, and more.

Bleach! It keeps both your socks and your SOCs clean, if Matt and Rich are to be believed. And that’s just one of the hot topics they discuss this week with guest host and channel pro Michael Cocanower, of itSynergy. There’s also SonicWall’s latest security research, Bitdefender’s new managed detection and response service, Tech Data’s new Americas president, and Windows 10’s fifth birthday.†

Together with a free cloud-to-cloud migration program, the company says, the new interfaces remove a significant impediment to transferring data from Amazon Web Services to Backblaze’s comparatively economical platform.

Nothing ill-gotten here, folks. Just interesting talk by Matt, Rich, and guest host Erick Simpson about Microsoft’s Inspire partner conference, Lenovo’s Microsoft 365 managed services, BitTitan’s “IT toolbox” solution for technicians, and SolarWinds MSP’s RMM integration with Microsoft Intune.

Called the Lenovo Partner Hub, the new site gives both client device resellers and data center partners unified access to comprehensive sales, marketing, training, and support resources for the first time.

Set to go into effect next month, the change is part of a larger transition by NetApp towards a new identity as a maker of both on-premises storage hardware and cloud-based storage and productivity services.

The business availability vendor’s new partner program is designed to bring clarity to once loosely defined requirements and benefits.

To avoid imposing further disruption on partners already impacted by the coronavirus, the industry giant is announcing few significant changes to the Microsoft Partner Network at this year’s all-virtual partner conference.

Called Stay Connected, the free resource distributes advice on tackling immediate issues created by spiking adoption of remote work policies, as well as guidance on longer-term, post-pandemic needs and opportunities.