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Weekly Recap: Top 10 Stories On Channel Times- Feb 20-24

Weekly Recap

This week we have for you some exciting news on IT channel. We get to see that Dell EMC is bullish on its Channel partner program and enhances partner program with Cloud Service Provider partner track.

Avaya that earlier surprised the industry with its announcement of the Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing in the US is transitioning into a software-and-services led company, and announced more enhancements to its the ‘Avaya Edge’ partner program.

US-based Super Micro Computer is set to make inroads into India market in the gaming motherboard category and is looking to establish a strong channel network in India.

This week also saw important partnerships and appointments in the channel fraternity. To grow greater sales in the consumer product category, Acer appointed Chandana Gupta as the Associate Director for Consumer Sales.

Analog Devices selected Arrow Electronics as its strategic distribution channel partner operating globally. Kaspersky Lab partnered with its national B2B distributor SEA Infonet to host a partner pitstop in New Delhi to discuss Kaspersky’s India plans ahead.

Also, Savera Digital, an IT distribution house in India became premium PAN India distributor for ASRock Inc. Lastly, ASIRT organized its flagship event ‘Tech Day’ in Mumbai to educate channel partners on the ransomware threats.

Here’s a running recap of the top 10 IT channel stories for this week.

Dell EMC Enhances Partner Program With CSP Track
After launching the unified Dell EMC partner program, the company announced an enhanced focus and investment in the varied service provider industry that includes communications service providers, cable multiple system operators, hosting/co-location providers, public cloud providers, vertical market cloud specialists, and consumer webtech providers. Read More

‘Avaya Edge’ Helps Partners Thrive In Software And Services Market
US based communication solutions company Avaya, surprised the industry with its recent announcement of the Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing in the United States. While there were a flood of speculations about its future roadmap, Avaya maintained that its India operations would remain unaffected from the financial crisis at the global front. Read More

Acronis Signs Distribution Deal With India’s Asiaadata
Acronis India, a division of KMI Business Technologies, has signed an agreement with Indian technology distributor, Asiaadata Technology Solutions in order to expand its presence in India by providing pre-sales consultation, training and support when distributing Acronis enterprise and consumer data protection products [a complete backup, storage, file sync and share, and disaster recovery solutions] through their network of resellers and channel partners. Read More

Top 3 Cyber-Security Tactics MSPs Should Consider
For any businesses, big or small, cyber-security rings on top of the minds of the C-Suite. When an organization looks for cyber-threat protection be it for infrastructure or servers or on-premises, third-party hosting, public cloud, and/or hybrid installations, they would look for sellers who can give them the best solution. Read More

Super Micro To Build Strong Channel Network In India
US-based Super Micro Computer, a global provider of compute, storage and networking technologies is bullish about the India market in the gaming motherboard category and is looking to establish a strong channel network in India.
Super Micro has maintained a presence in the mid to high-end gaming motherboard market and launched its complete range of Gaming Motherboards and Chassis for the Indian Market last year. Read More

Analog Devices Signs Arrow Electronics As Sole Distributor
Analog Devices announced it has selected Arrow Electronics as its strategic distribution channel partner operating globally. Analog Devices, which is acquiring Linear Technology, will retain its current regional distributor network but will employ Arrow as its sole global distribution channel partner. Read More

Kaspersky Lab Partners With SEA Infonet To Conduct Partner Pitstop
Cyber security firm Kaspersky Lab partnered with its national B2B distributor SEA Infonet to host a partner pitstop in New Delhi to discuss Kaspersky’s India plans ahead.
Over 26 partners and 50 attendants congregated to discuss in great detail, the plans for the coming financial year. Kaspersky Lab and SEA Infonet have had a very fruitful association in the past three years. Read More

Acer Hires Chandana Gupta To Grow Consumer Sales
Laptop, PC and tablet-maker Acer India has appointed Chandana Gupta as the Associate Director for Consumer Sales. Gupta will lead an experienced team to drive deeper engagement with the company’s business and channel partners and help grow the consumer business to even greater heights. Read More

Savera To Distribute ASRock’s AMD Range Of Motherboards
Savera Digital, an IT distribution house in India becomes premium PAN India distributor for ASRock Inc. This partnership will bring together Savera’s distribution networkto deliver ASRock’s AMD range of motherboards.
Set up in 2004, Mumbai-based Savera is engaged in distribution of various types of IT products, and is a key distribution market player with a nationwide reach. Read More

ASIRT Tech Day Focuses On Ransomware, Service Support
Ransomware is currently the most talked of topic in the channel community. In a bid to educate channel partners on the ransomware threat, Mumbai based Association of System Integrators and Retailers in Technology (ASIRT) recently organized its flagship event ‘Tech Day’ in Mumbai. Read More

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