Here are five (actually, more) technology news updates, insights, chatter, and plenty more to start your day for Thursday, October 14, 2021. Sip up.
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A. What’s Brewing Today: Technology News
1. Funding - Partner Relationship Management: Impartner has raised $50 million in funding. Brighton Park Capital led the round with participation from existing investors Savant Growth, Emergence and Golub Capital.
2. Partner Program - Network Security and Automation: EfficientIP, a provider of network security and automation solutions specializing in DDI (DNS-DHCP-IPAM), has launched its SmartPartner program. The effort includes a new category designed specifically for Service Providers as well as a Partner Delivery certification. On a related note, TD Synnex has agreed to distribute EfficientIP DDI and DNS Security solutions in North America.
3. Partner Program - Operational Technology and IoT Security: SCADAfence has launched the SCADAfence Alliance Partner Program. Strategic partners include Rapid7, Fujitsu, Cadre, Barracuda, Check Point, Fortinet, Cybereason, OTD, and other leading partners.
4. Partner - Salesforce Cloud for Telecom: Enxoo, a Salesforce partner that develops telecom-specific digital transformation solutions, has been recognized by MEF as a level 1 Lifecycle Service Orchestration (LSO) API solution provider.
5. Partnership - Automobile Technology: BlackBerry, Google and Qualcomm have partnered to integrate various software for next-generation automotive cockpits, the three companies say. The effort involves BlackBerry's QNX Hypervisor and VIRTIO-based reference, Android Automotive OS, and the Snapdragon Automotive Cockpit Platform.
6. Partnership - Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS): Theta Lake has deepened its partnership with RingCentral. The relationship, in turn, has deepened RingCentral’s partnerships with Global Service Providers (GSPs), including AT&T, Avaya Cloud Office, BT, and Telus as well as new security and compliance features, Theta Lake said.
7. Professional Services Automation (PSA) Software: FinancialForce has activated its Fall 2021 Release. New capabilities include Advanced Resource Management for the Professional Services Cloud. Customers gain a "more efficient staffing process" that delivers "higher margins and greater employee satisfaction," the company said.
8. Executive Leadership - Data Protection: Arcserve has hired Rackspace and Samsung Ventures veteran Brannon Lacey as its CEO. Lacey succeeds Tom Signorello, who joined PlanSource as CEO in mid-2021.
B. Channel Partner Summits, MSP Conferences and Virtual Events Calendar
- Sherweb Accelerate 2021 (October 18-20, Hollywood, Florida)
- Kaseya Connect IT Global 2021 (October 19-21, Las Vegas)
- MSP Sales Compensation Plans for 2022 (October 21, ChannelE2E Webcast)
- Acronis #CyberFit Summit 2021 (October 25-27, Miami, Florida and Virtual)
- hack_it 2021.2 from Huntress (October 25-27, Virtual)
- ChannelE2E’s complete event calendar
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