Topic: Partner Programs - Page 45

The vendor also announced that Sophos Server Protection now supports Microsoft Azure server instances, and can coordinate defensive measures with Sophos XG Firewall on Azure.

First launched last year, the vendor’s my.CloudJumper offering will now unify tools for orchestration, provisioning, migration, and other functions, plus a newly introduced customer management module, within one interface.

Called HP University, the new training service is designed to help partners master the skills needed to prosper in an industry evolving from one-time product transactions to solution selling and recurring revenue models.

The new offerings combine formerly discrete equivalents from Avast itself and AVG, the security and managed services vendor it purchased last year.

New CryptoSafeGuard feature in the company’s flagship Windows Server BDR solution protects backups from being encrypted.

The new mobility offering enables resellers to get mobility management practices off the ground quickly. The new training program teaches technicians the skills they need to deploy and support Cisco data center and wireless solutions.

The new enhancements aim to simplify the selling and management of VIPRE solutions for channel partners.

In an announcement timed to coincide with Microsoft’s partner conference this week, the distributor introduced new services aimed at helping resellers design, build, and manage Azure-based infrastructure solutions.

Called One Commercial Partner, it brings all of Microsoft’s partner resources together in one place and is backed by $250 million in new investments and a new set of embeddable cloud-based services for Azure software developers.

The new options are designed to make selling the vendor’s virtual machine backup solution easier for MSPs.