Topic: Partner Programs - Page 72

At Empower MSP Orlando, a two-day user conference, company executives detailed a product direction that includes a unified platform and a shift from device-centric to user-centric monitoring and management of cloud services.

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.

The announcement of the DXL/pxGrid innovation comes on the heels of Cisco’s inclusion in McAfee’s expanding Security Innovation Alliance partner program.

DFLabs is looking to build a select channel of resellers, MSSPs, and distributors, and is offering margins more common in traditional sales than for a subscription-based offering.

Part of an update to the cloud vendor’s appMailer email marketing system that also includes enhanced social media and security functionality, the new feature lets channel partners collect contact details from sales prospects in exchange for a free white paper.

Channel program delivers benefits and opportunities for increased profitability across specialized categories.

Continuing its 2017 tour, ASCII Group hosted IT solution providers and vendors in Miami for two days of networking, education, and training.

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.