Cisco’s new partner program to focus on differentiation, not ‘catch-all’ Gold designation

Cisco Systems’ recently simplified partner program will now recognise and reward the four different roles that partners want to play with customers, according to the…

Poly’s Nick Tidd describes ‘tremendous upgrade opportunity’ for partners

Videoconferencing giant Poly, formerly Polycom and Plantronics, has long been a mainstay in the collaboration arena. Plantronics celebrated its 60th anniversary in May and while…

Dell’s Rola Dagher talks Apex and partners ‘kicking butt’

Dell Technologies global channel chief Rola Dagher is looking to elevate partner sales to the next level this year even as channel order revenues jumped…

No changes’ to Dell-VMware partner synergies

With Dell Technologies’ spin-off of its 81 percent majority stake in VMware slated for later this year, many channel partners are wondering if the two companies’ tight channel synergies,…

Dicker Data, Kaspersky team up to raise funds for food rescue charity OzHarvest

Dicker Data and security software vendor Kaspersky has teamed up to raise funds for Australian food rescue charity OzHarvest. The companies will run an incentive…

Wickr Acquisition Positions AWS Vs. Microsoft Teams, Slack, Zoom: Partners

Amazon Web Services partners say AWS’ move to acquire Wickr and its encrypted communications and collaboration platform is a shot at winning over customers not…

Snowflake Expands Partner Program To Include SaaS Developers, Data Providers

One year after launching its Snowflake Partner Network channel program, fast-growing data cloud company Snowflake is expanding the scope of its channel efforts to recruit…

Tableau Completes Two-Year Partner Program Overhaul

Business analytics and data visualization software company Tableau has completed a major revamp of its partner program that the company said provides partners with more…

Microsoft Now Says Windows 11 TPM Requirement Is For Version 2.0

Microsoft has updated its documentation around the minimum Trusted Platform Module (TPM) security requirements for installing Windows 11, saying now that PCs will be required…

Confluent’s IPO: The Details You Need To Know

 Imminent Confluent, one of the most successful big data startups in recent Silicon Valley history, is set to go public with some reports saying the…