Aryaka Taps Lumen Vet for Channel Chief Role; Olen Scott Starts New Venture
Scott started a chief revenue officer job at a channel-centric company.
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Huge Channel M&A: Avaya, Cisco, Check Point, Comcast, Lumen, Microsoft
Vendors and partners both made acquisitions last month.
American Tower Courts Agents, VARs to Sell Edge Data Center Colocation
“[Partners] have struggled to find reputable data center space for their clients,” American Tower’s director of business development said.
Broadvoice, RingCentral Clean Up at Sandler Partners Awards
And an executive at a big carrier took home top channel chief honors.
New Palo Alto SASE Solution Adds 5G-Friendly SD-WAN
Palo Alto bought bought CloudGenix and its SD-WAN offering last year.
PlanetOne Sentient Platform Creates ‘Completely New’ Partner Engagement Model
PlanetOne wrapped a beta trial and has made the new business intelligence platform widely available to its agents.
SD-WAN Leaderboard: Cisco Leads, Fortinet Jumps VMware
SD-WAN is moving from hardware-based to software-based.
COVID-19 Update: Intelisys, TBI Postpone Events as Sandler, Avant Stay the Course
Some companies, like Datto, have chosen to go virtual with their conferences.
New Products, Services: Axcient, IBM, Kaseya, Lumen, Synnex, Verizon, Windstream
UCaaS, disaster recovery, edge computing, fiber, data operations and augmented reality. It’s all here
Channel Program Changes: AWS, CoreDial, Intelisys, Lumen, Spectrum
Whether your business runs on resale margins, commissions or services, this list’s for you.
Cohen Joins Intermedia After Six-Year TBI Stint
Cohen holds the honor of first woman to join TBI’s executive team.
Xposure to Channel: Replace ‘Master Agents’ with Tech Services Distributors
“Who’s going to understand [master agent] as soon as you come out of this little ecosystem?” Dany Bouchedid asked.
$75 Million Corelight Funding Round Includes CrowdStrike Investment
CrowdStrike is one of Corelight’s technology partners.
Lumen Tops AT&T, Spectrum Again in Carrier Ethernet Leaderboard
T-Mobile dropped out of the challenger tier.
CallTower Teams with Cisco WebEx for Calling, UCM Solution
CallTower’s integrations Microsoft Teams and Cisco have performed well with customers.
LogPoint Buying SecBI to ‘Take Automation to the Next Level’
SecBI improves LogPoint’s XDR and SOAR posture.
Latest Threat Report: Crypto Miners Targeting Linux Environments
Coinmining accounted for more cases of malware than any other family.
Verizon, Microsoft Officially Make Private Edge Compute Solution Available
Verizon launched a non-standalone private 5G/LTE network offering earlier this summer.
Jenne Joins Intelisys, Avant in Zoom Referral Partner Program
Jenne joins an impressive list of agent-friendly distributors working with Zoom.
Check Point Channel Chief: Avanan Acquisition Gives Partners New Opportunities
Check Point’s channel chief said the acquisition gives partners new revenue and managed service opportunities.
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