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Cloud Platforms

• April 04, 2023 04 Apr'23

  Westcon-Comstor launches PartnerCentral marketplace

  After a couple of years of development, the channel player introduces a platform based on partner feedback

• March 27, 2023 27 Mar'23

  CloudCoCo aiming for £100m revenues

  The managed service player has ambitions for dynamic growth over the next few years

• March 23, 2023 23 Mar'23

  Microsoft responds to feedback with partner programme enhancements

  It’s been six months since its cloud partner programme launched, and in that time the channel has shared its views with the vendor

• March 22, 2023 22 Mar'23

  Distributor marketplaces key in supporting channel subscriptions

  Research from Westcon-Comstor has revealed the pivotal role that disties play in enabling more interaction with marketplaces

• March 20, 2023 20 Mar'23

  VMware enhances partner programme

  Vendor looks to encourage its channel to cover the entire customer lifecycle, with more rewards and certifications

• March 15, 2023 15 Mar'23

  Lenovo and Vast Data credit channel for growth

  Lenovo and Vast Data improve market position and revenues as a result of efforts from their respective channel bases

• March 09, 2023 09 Mar'23

  Reality of ‘more with less’ is hurting digitisation efforts, says research

  SoftwareOne highlights the strain facing customers that are having to do ‘more with less’

• February 16, 2023 16 Feb'23

  ALSO launches in the UK

  Sizeable distributor opens an office and looks to make an impact with its cloud marketplace offering

• February 13, 2023 13 Feb'23

  VeUP launches to add value to AWS channel

  Consultancy operation with offices on both sides of the Atlantic has spotted a gap in the market

• February 07, 2023 07 Feb'23

  IBM channel boss relishes opportunity to grow ecosystem

  IBM’s UK and Ireland channel lead is excited by the prospect of making a difference in the role and helping the vendor increase its partner business

• January 13, 2023 13 Jan'23

  Thirdera and Aptum use acquisition to bolster reach and skills

  Firms go into M&A market to support ambitions, with both deals having implications for the UK channel

• January 06, 2023 06 Jan'23

  ‘More with less’ the mantra for the year ahead

  The channel is expecting customers to lean on them to deliver more IT with less impact on the budget in the face of economic headwinds

• January 05, 2023 05 Jan'23

  AWS channel boss views partners as critical to strategy

  Public cloud giant recently wrapped up its annual Re:Invent event with the spotlight shining brightly on its channel activities

• December 13, 2022 13 Dec'22

  Nutanix refreshes referral programme to cover all aspects of buying cycle

  Vendor is keen to make sure no one misses out with latest changes to its partner reward programme

• December 07, 2022 07 Dec'22

  HPE adds private cloud to GreenLake

  Vendor continues to add functionality and compatibility to its as-a-service portfolio at a time when customers are looking for help managing their data

• December 06, 2022 06 Dec'22

  MSPs report user cloud shift is rising

  Research from Kaseya quizzing managed service providers has shone a light on the accelerated movement of workloads to the cloud

• November 15, 2022 15 Nov'22

  Dynatrace tips application monitoring as a channel opportunity

  Even with competition in the cloud space, the need for the channel to play a role there has continued to rise

• November 11, 2022 11 Nov'22

  Automation and improved service the focus for ConnectWise

  Firm uses its Nation Connect event to underline is vision of the challenges being faced across the IT service provider sphere

• November 10, 2022 10 Nov'22

  SoftwareONE marks a year since HeleCloud move

  Firm wanted the deal to boost its position in the AWS market and that ambition is well on the way to being achieved

• September 23, 2022 23 Sep'22

  Change at the top at Content+Cloud

  Fresh CEO comes in as former incumbent heads to a role at parent company with brief to look for further growth across Europe

• September 23, 2022 23 Sep'22

  Alibaba Cloud outlines $1bn investment in partner ecosystem

  Cloud player will spend the money over the next three years to enhance and grow its partner base

• September 06, 2022 06 Sep'22

  Westcon-Comstor cuts ribbon on Cloud & Collaboration business division

  Distributor reacts to market needs with a dedicated focus in areas where channel partners should be able to reap the rewards

• August 23, 2022 23 Aug'22

  Juniper Networks hands channel NaaS option

  Vendor launches network as a service, which will give MSPs something to talk to customers about

• August 19, 2022 19 Aug'22

  Ingram Micro Cloud rolls out Ultra offering

  Subscription offering for channel partners is designed to support those looking for business growth

• August 08, 2022 08 Aug'22

  Celigo in channel-building mode

  Integration-platform-as-a-service specialist is looking to significantly grow its partner base to ensure it can service increasing demand

• August 02, 2022 02 Aug'22

  Exclusive Networks delivers strong Q2

  Distributor buoyed by security and cloud growth as it reports second-quarter numbers

• July 14, 2022 14 Jul'22

  Westcon-Comstor boss increases support for partners and staff

  Distributor’s chief executive plans to ramp up partner support this year and is taking steps to protect staff from the cost-of-living crisis

• July 07, 2022 07 Jul'22

  Distribution has a role to play in a hyperscaler world

  Support, application aggregation and skills are just a few of the benefits that disties can bring to bear for hyperscalers looking to work with the channel

• July 06, 2022 06 Jul'22

  Node4 adds more Microsoft Azure skills with risual

  Consolidation across the managed servicer provider community has continued, with two MSPs coming together

• July 01, 2022 01 Jul'22

  Channel key for Google Cloud

  Approach taken by public cloud player shows partners are critical to its growth ambitions

• June 30, 2022 30 Jun'22

  Microsoft shows flexibility on block to legacy CSP auto-renewals

  Microsoft reacts to efforts made by the channel to move to alternatives in the face of the previously proposed deadline to support next month

• June 07, 2022 07 Jun'22

  Redcentric Solutions snaps up remaining Sungard Availability Services assets

  Firm signs up AWS Consulting business and has a few weeks to complete deal for remaining datacentres

• June 06, 2022 06 Jun'22

  Ultima beefs up security with The AntiSocial Engineer buy

  The Ultima and AntiSocial Engineer deal provides access to expertise around vulnerability exposure and remediation through education and understanding human nature

• May 27, 2022 27 May'22

  Broadcom senior management make positive channel noises

  Partners wondering about the attitude of the prospective new owner of VMware to the indirect model will have been reassured by views shared with analysts

• May 24, 2022 24 May'22

  Bytes delivers solid FY22

  Channel player continues to provide investors with cheer as it shares record numbers for its latest fiscal year

• May 19, 2022 19 May'22

  FluidOne makes investment in Marathon

  The move to get involved with the Microsoft gold partner will add more cloud services depth

• May 16, 2022 16 May'22

  TD Synnex adds Google Cloud to its portfolio

  Distributor will partner public cloud giant in key markets as it looks to provide resellers with more choices

• May 10, 2022 10 May'22

  Security and cloud drive Exclusive Networks’ Q1

  Distributor shares first-quarter numbers with eyes on building on it to deliver a strong fiscal year

• May 03, 2022 03 May'22

  Dell adds cyber cloud protection to Apex

  Vendor continues to build out capabilities of its as-a-service portfolio with more support for those worried about data in multi-cloud environments

• April 27, 2022 27 Apr'22

  AWS marks a decade of partner network

  Cloud giant looks for closer relationships with ISVs and consulting partners as it seeks to expand the range of services it can offer to customers

• April 14, 2022 14 Apr'22

  GTDC: Pandemic has accelerated distribution’s digital drive

  Newly launched podcast from the industry organisation summarises the position of distributors two years on from the arrival of Covid-19

• March 31, 2022 31 Mar'22

  Ultima launches cloud analysis tool

  Channel player confident it can save SMEs money with free assessment that will identify savings and areas for security improvement

• March 18, 2022 18 Mar'22

  Cloud, Windows and Teams should spur Microsoft channel growth

  Microsoft puts its forthcoming shift in context as it outlines major changes to its partner programme

• March 17, 2022 17 Mar'22

  Lemongrass widens hyperscaler line-up by adding Azure

  SAP cloud specialist explains the process it went through in settling on a multicloud strategy

• March 17, 2022 17 Mar'22

  Microsoft makes major changes to partner programme

  For the first time in a decade and a half, Microsoft is renaming and reconstituting its partner programme, with an emphasis on meeting customer needs

• March 16, 2022 16 Mar'22

  Bytes trading update signals strong FY numbers coming

  Channel player Bytes updates markets ahead of more details of its fiscal year performance coming later this spring

• March 03, 2022 03 Mar'22

  MSPs getting stuck in ‘digital impasse’

  Ingram Micro Cloud shines light on a market that has experienced high growth and the challenges for MSPs in keeping up with the pace of change

• February 15, 2022 15 Feb'22

  Crayon and RM share solid numbers

  Managed services provider and educational player release updates around the progress made in the last fiscal year

• February 04, 2022 04 Feb'22

  Canalys: Global Q4 cloud services spend tops $50bn

  Fourth quarter of 2021 saw records broken as customers continued to shift more of their operations to the cloud

• January 28, 2022 28 Jan'22

  Kaseya boss looking for strong 2022

  After a difficult 2021, the boss of IT software provider Kaseya is looking to make this a year that will be remembered for the right reasons