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Software Applications and Services

• April 03, 2020 03 Apr'20

  Home working product demand increasing strain on channel stocks

  The rush of customers to equip staff for a world of home working has led to huge spikes in demand of certain products over the past few weeks

• 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

• March 16, 2020 16 Mar'20

  Sabio hits the acquisition trail again with DVELP buy

  Customer experience specialist Sabio makes its eighth deal in the space of three years

• March 05, 2020 05 Mar'20

  Software focus spurs channel growth at IGEL

  Endpoint OS specialist has seen its decision to split the hardware and software offerings deliver results, which could lead to a widening of its channel base

• 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

• February 07, 2020 07 Feb'20

  Avaya steers channel towards cloud and SaaS

  Partner programme tweaked to encourage more subscription, SaaS and cloud sales alongside new launches

• January 30, 2020 30 Jan'20

  Partners driving growth at Microsoft, SnapLogic and Scale Computing

  A trio of vendors have shared their latest quarterly results with the channel getting a mention

• January 30, 2020 30 Jan'20

  Channel could benefit from SME Brexit bounce

  With the UK just hours away from officially leaving the EU it looks like many SMEs are gearing up to start spending on tech

• January 27, 2020 27 Jan'20

  ERP specialist Symatrix steps up investment in managed services

  Manchester-based business is looking to build on its existing managed services offering adding more staff to support its ambitions

• January 14, 2020 14 Jan'20

  Windows 7 turn off sparks security pitches

  The end of support has finally arrived and the spectre of rising security risks is likely to be a boon for the channel

• January 13, 2020 13 Jan'20

  Sabio continues down acquisition path with Team vision buy

  Customer experience player looks to Spain for its latest acquisition opting to snap up fellow CX specialist Team vision

• January 08, 2020 08 Jan'20

  CES sets an agenda around AI and 5G

  The organisers of the first major show of the year have predicted some of the technologies that will dominate the decade

• January 06, 2020 06 Jan'20

  LogicMonitor planning to invest in partners

  It's been almost a full twelve months since the AIOps player launched its channel programme and it is looking to build on that over the course of 2020

• November 13, 2019 13 Nov'19

  Microsoft channel needs to be talking about Business Voice

  A perfect storm of market conditions are making it the right time for partners to approach customers about their unified comms and collaboration plans

• November 06, 2019 06 Nov'19

  VMware nudging partners towards SaaS model

  Software and services is the way that the vendor is expecting more of its partners to go

• October 29, 2019 29 Oct'19

  NetSuite makes “largest ever” investment in channel

  ERP software vendor outlines new partner programme

• 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

• September 19, 2019 19 Sep'19

  Quest and SecureAuth look for growth through the channel

  If you have ambitious targets to meet then there is no better way of cranking up the sales activity than deepening relationships with the channel

• August 29, 2019 29 Aug'19

  Tech Data CEO points to Q2 results as validation of strategy

  Rich Hume is keen to move the firm to higher value solutions and viewed the second quarter results as a sign that the strategy is delivering

• August 23, 2019 23 Aug'19

  Channel advice: How to spend the holiday weeks

  Staff might be coming and going topping up their tans but there is still plenty that the channel can do both internally and crucially externally with customers

• August 19, 2019 19 Aug'19

  IT Lab acquires Mirus IT

  Managed services player with a focus on Microsoft takes revenues past the £75m mark with a move to pick up Mirus

• August 02, 2019 02 Aug'19

  Ultima talks of growth prospects after landing PE investment

  The intelligent automation specialist has gained a significant investment from a private equity backer that will give it the chance to dedicate funds to both its product strategy and M&A activity

• 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

• July 19, 2019 19 Jul'19

  Partners help Microsoft deliver solid fourth quarter

  Vendor's CFO highlights the role that partners have played in the vendor's crucial fourth quarter

• July 18, 2019 18 Jul'19

  Nadella: Trust has to be earned every day

  Microsoft CEO uses Inspire keynote to cover the importance of building trusted relationships

• July 17, 2019 17 Jul'19

  Customers don't fear AI but need plenty of education around it

  A couple of pieces of research into the reaction of UK businesses to artificial intelligence has indicated there is an educational role for the channel to play if the technology is to become more widely adopted

• July 12, 2019 12 Jul'19

  Microsoft climbs down over IUR changes

  Vendor performs a U-turn in the face of mounting partner opposition over plans to cut back software licenses for internal use

• July 12, 2019 12 Jul'19

  IUR row overshadowing Microsoft Inspire

  Vendor's honesty about the costs of providing partners with licenses dominating the Inspire build-up

• July 11, 2019 11 Jul'19

  OpenText: Partners in “incredible position” in post-ERP world

  Channel partners should guide customers in their transition to next generation information management

• July 09, 2019 09 Jul'19

  K3 boss upbeat on business transformation progress

  The ERP specialist has indicated it continues to improve its fortunes, despite issuing some challenging H1 numbers

• June 24, 2019 24 Jun'19

  IoT seen as key revenue and fresh business generator

  CompTIA has turned to its emerging technology community to ask what technologies are going to drive opportunities and for the second year IoT has topped the list

• June 19, 2019 19 Jun'19

  Blue Prism snaps up Thoughtonomy

  Channel building intelligent automated specialist the target of an acquisition which leads to joint commitment to continue building the partner network

• June 19, 2019 19 Jun'19

  HPE to go fully as a Service

  The firm has set 2022 as the deadline all of its portfolio will be available on an as a Service basis with the channel playing a key role delivering it

• June 17, 2019 17 Jun'19

  CRM sellers advised to push cloud offerings

  With three quarters of CRM sales heading into the cloud those looking to make revenues in the market need to have a strong SaaS offering

• June 14, 2019 14 Jun'19

  Advanced thanks channel for delivering growth

  Changing market conditions have played into the hands of software player Advanced and its partners

• June 13, 2019 13 Jun'19

  Splunk encouraging partners to look beyond security

  The vendor's recently appointed EMEA channel boss is keen to get partners selling its technology to more than just security customers

• 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 30, 2019 30 May'19

  More AI education needed

  CompTIA finds that many firms are in the dark over the technology and would benefit from some guidance over its advantages

• 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

• May 16, 2019 16 May'19

  Firm grip on technical asset management eluding most customers

  Real time insights into the technology estate is a wish for the majority of customers but at the moment just remaining a dream which is opening up an opportunity for the channel

• May 15, 2019 15 May'19

  Oncore IT and Node4 hit the acquisition trail

  Both firms bolster their activities through purchases that will deliver unified comms for Oncore IT and SaaS skills for Node4

• May 01, 2019 01 May'19

  Channel hitting the SME market for Dropbox

  Partners delivered growth for the content and collaboration specialist last year and the foundations are building built to support future efforts

• April 25, 2019 25 Apr'19

  Microsoft signals CPU shortages are easing

  Firm's CFO indicates the worst is over as it updates the markets on its fiscal third quarter performance

• April 23, 2019 23 Apr'19

  SAP users get the chance to rate and compare resellers

  A TripAdvisor type system means that customers will be able to click through resellers looking for those with the best skills and ratings

• March 19, 2019 19 Mar'19

  K3 restructuring helps firm move back into the black

  ERP specialist has turned around losses as the consequences of a two-year operational review start to bear fruit

• March 06, 2019 06 Mar'19

  Partner numbers and investment up at Salesforce

  The CRM firm has revealed that it has grown its partner base and seen an increasing number go through certifications

• March 05, 2019 05 Mar'19

  Civica picks up SaaS player TranSend

  The acquisition will add delivery management tools to the Civica portfolio and give it more options to pitch around those looking for help with transport and logistics