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Independent Software Vendor (ISV) community

• March 20, 2025 20 Mar'25

  SonicWall and Azul note channel momentum

  Vendors share details of how the channel drove sales in 2024

• January 30, 2025 30 Jan'25

  QBS Software picks up Prianto

  Expansive distributor seeks to strengthen its EMEA position with a move for fellow channel player with wide geographical reach

• January 27, 2025 27 Jan'25

  Red Hat adds more distributor and ISV support

  Red Hat’s partner programme enhancements look to add to improvements and modular structure that was introduced in 2024

• October 16, 2024 16 Oct'24

  Bechtle extends UK coverage with DriveWorks buy

  Firm makes second deal on this side of the Channel in two weeks as it brings design and automation specialist into the fold

• April 24, 2024 24 Apr'24

  TD Synnex launches group to focus on AI

  Distributor forms group to bring together businesses and individuals with different skills and resources to maximise benefits of artificial intelligence

• April 04, 2024 04 Apr'24

  Umbraco provides update on sustainability progress

  CMS player issues annual Impact Report to cover progress made on carbon emissions, diversity and efforts to work with partners to save planet

• March 14, 2024 14 Mar'24

  RM outlines strategic growth plan

  Education player puts tough 2023 into history books as it looks to improve business fortunes

• March 12, 2024 12 Mar'24

  Swiss player Avallain gains UK foothold with TeacherMatic buy

  Avallain responds to growing impact of artificial intelligence in education with acquisition of specialist firm in UK

• February 05, 2024 05 Feb'24

  RM looking to deliver trusted education relationship

  RM keen to add more value to help improve the experiences for children in the classroom and those who are teaching them

• December 12, 2023 12 Dec'23

  Lenovo channel exec tips artificial intelligence, edge and multicloud as areas for growth

  With 2024 just a matter of weeks away, partners are already being alerted to areas where decent revenues should be available

• August 17, 2023 17 Aug'23

  Insight picks up Amdaris

  Acquisition will add more depth to the channel player’s ability to support customers looking for digital transformation support

• August 15, 2023 15 Aug'23

  Umbraco involves channel in sustainability efforts

  Content management system specialist Umbraco recognises the need to create a community effort to tackle the reduction of carbon emissions

• July 19, 2023 19 Jul'23

  ISVs, AI and multicloud on Oracle channel chief’s to-do list

  The vendor is looking to make sure its partners deliver high levels of customer experience and can take advantage of emerging opportunities

• March 07, 2023 07 Mar'23

  Epicor swoops for ISV partner

  Financial planning player Epicor adds more depth to portfolio with the addition of established developer DSPanel

• 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

• 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

• July 20, 2022 20 Jul'22

  ISV support is the focus at Microsoft Inspire

  Vendor’s partner event has included programme updates and enhancements to its commercial marketplace

• April 20, 2021 20 Apr'21

  Unit4 cheers channel momentum

  Figures for the first quarter reveal that the ERP player has seen triple-digit growth in the value of contracts coming from partners

• April 07, 2021 07 Apr'21

  Unit4 reaches out to developers to support ERPx

  Firm cuts the ribbon on its next-generation enterprise resource planning offering with a programme specifically designed to increase developer activity

• February 11, 2021 11 Feb'21

  Microsoft encourages more co-sell in programme updates

  Vendor is keen to unify its programmes and put more partners in front of each other and customers

• January 08, 2021 08 Jan'21

  Intel unifies partner programmes

  Vendor hoping simplicity and increased support in a fresh partner programme will benefit its channel

• December 08, 2020 08 Dec'20

  AWS channel chief: Partners key to growing the business

  Public cloud giant Amazon Web Services’ channel chief speaks of the importance of partners and the acceleration of cloud adoption during the coronavirus pandemic

• December 04, 2020 04 Dec'20

  AWS rolls out fresh programmes and competencies

  Cloud giant uses partner slot at Re:Invent to share its ambition to support ISVs and give partners the chance to gain more competencies

• September 04, 2020 04 Sep'20

  Mendix increases channel investment

  Low-code player sets out plans to expand its marketplace in the new year to offer partners more apps and ISVs a chance to get more involved

• August 28, 2020 28 Aug'20

  Tricentis expands channel horizons with SAP relationship

  Software testing player has been added to the products that vendor allows partners to take to market

• July 23, 2020 23 Jul'20

  Business Cloud growth drives Sage recurring revenues

  Software player Sage is on a mission to become a SaaS player, and its third quarter update has indicated the progress made so far

• June 16, 2020 16 Jun'20

  Ingram Micro opens its cloud marketplace up to more ISVs

  Distributor will give local ISVs and channel partners the opportunity to have their own services listed on its cloud platform

• June 12, 2020 12 Jun'20

  RM hopes trading will be boosted by schools reopening

  Education specialist shares a first-half trading update that shows the impact of the coronavirus

• May 27, 2020 27 May'20

  BSA shares its vision for a remote working future

  Software industry group has shared its expectations from governments to support workers both now and in the future

• May 20, 2020 20 May'20

  Coronavirus: Fujitsu adds to list of vendors increasing support for partners

  Fujitsu has indicated it is taking steps to support its Select partners, and Adobe has come up with a solution to keep partners and ISVs busy during Covid-19

• May 05, 2020 05 May'20

  IBM reaches out to MSPs and ISVs

  Big Blue makes major enhancements to its partner programme with the aim of attracting and rewarding those that specialise in developing their own IP and providing services

• March 20, 2020 20 Mar'20

  Cherwell extends platform depth with developer support

  IT services management specialist Cherwell has launched its Marketplace as it looks to extend the options in its CORE platform

• February 24, 2020 24 Feb'20

  McAfee stresses benefits of open approach to partners

  Security vendor widens its ecosystem by adding more alliance partners and developers

• February 17, 2020 17 Feb'20

  Ultima Labs launches to increase automation support

  Ultima has set up an ISV operation to make life easier for those customers looking to embrace the fruits of greater automation

• October 17, 2019 17 Oct'19

  Claris boss looking to add thousands of developers

  The CEO of the workplace technology specialist has an ambition to significantly extend its developer community

• August 01, 2019 01 Aug'19

  Ingram Micro extends AWS relationship to cover UK&I

  Distributor builds on existing US relationship to add AWS to its UK and Ireland portfolio

• July 23, 2019 23 Jul'19

  Microsoft's OpenAI investment a positive for developers

  The $1bn multi-year investment should put Microsoft developers at the forefront of coming up with artificial intelligence tools for the Azure Cloud

• June 11, 2019 11 Jun'19

  Cisco bringing networking pros and software developers together

  Vendor wants to increase levels of network automation and is rolling out certifications and training to unify the channel's networking and software expertise

• June 03, 2019 03 Jun'19

  GCI beefs up Microsoft skills with Modality buy

  The firm has made its first acquisition since it gained access to a sizable M&A war chest last May

• May 24, 2019 24 May'19

  Salesforce reaches out to ISV community

  The firm has made changes to its app platform to arm ISVs with more information about how their software performs

• February 26, 2019 26 Feb'19

  Cohesity reaches out to ISVs

  The storage player has launched an app market place and increased the support it can offer developers

• February 18, 2019 18 Feb'19

  Advanced brings more mainframe options to UK with GT Software

  GT Software gets a chance to get into the UK market via an exclusive partnership with Advanced

• January 23, 2019 23 Jan'19

  Rubrik formalises programme for ISVs

  Cloud data management player Rubrik is looking to build a stronger ecosystem with its latest technology partner programme

• October 05, 2018 05 Oct'18

  Application development market braced for Brexit impact

  Warnings have been sounded over the likely prospects for the application development, testing and maintenance market as a result of Brexit

• September 25, 2018 25 Sep'18

  Community Brands strengthens education pitch with Groupcall buy

  US firm snaps up UK education specialist to react to changes in the schools market

• September 10, 2018 10 Sep'18

  Clear Licensing Campaign turns the focus on maintenance contracts

  Customers are often paying maintenance without giving it much thought and as a result could be spending too much

• July 23, 2018 23 Jul'18

  Software and services suppliers face portfolio challenge

  Making sure that everyone understands the full range of technology and services that are on offer is a challenge for vendors as well as for their channel partners states TechMarketView

• June 08, 2018 08 Jun'18

  Channel part of Microsoft plans for GitHub

  The software vendor is aware that if it wants to attract enterprise level developers it will have to work with partners

• June 05, 2018 05 Jun'18

  Software industry making a dent on piracy problem

  The latest global figures around software piracy levels have indicated the the downward trend in the UK has continued

• May 29, 2018 29 May'18

  RedstoneConnect sells managed services and SI units

  The managed workplace specialist will concentrate on developing its software business after cutting down the extent of its operations