Topic: Partner Programs - Page 73

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.

Designed by channel chief Jon Whitlock (pictured), the all-new offering brings separate channels associated with multiple product lines together in one consolidated program designed for maximum simplicity, profitability, and flexibility.

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.

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.

The new offering allows third-party software makers like early adopters Datto and Dropbox to publish automated “runbooks” that help MSPs quickly adopt standard, proven operating procedures for their products.

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.