Topic: Partner Programs - Page 75

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.

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.