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- Who We Serve: Content for managed services providers (MSPs), IT service providers (ITSPs), cloud services providers (CSPs), IT consulting firms, systems integrators, VARs, independent software vendors (ISVs), and any other partner acronym that further caffeinates our already stellar SEO.
- Frequency: Every business morning.
- Reaching the Barista: Send news, tips and rumors to [email protected].
A. What’s Happening Today
1. MSP Automation: SolarWinds MSP has introduced a new Automation Cookbook to help MSPs reduce technician redundancies and costs associated with managing and protecting their customers, the company says.
2. APIs - Cloud Services & PSA Software: Sherweb has introduced APIs that will "enable partners to easily integrate their mission-critical software solutions with Sherweb’s partner portal, allowing them to be more efficient and accelerate their business growth," the cloud solutions provider (CSP) says. The first open API for billing will be available to partners in December 2020. The interface will allow partners to connect any PSA solution or their own billing tool to Sherweb’s platform.
3. Cloud Cost Management: Apptio has launched Cloudability SaaS and Cloudability Shift. Cloudability SaaS allows technology and finance leaders to discover, manage, and optimize spending on software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications throughout their organization. Cloudability Shift gives users custom-made migration plans for moving applications to SaaS models.
4. Business Continuity Planning: Agility Recovery has launched Agility Planner -- a tool that offers a centralized, all-in-one approach to business continuity planning, the company says.
B. Channel Partner Programs and Strategic Alliances
1. Apple Small Business App Developers: Apple said it plans to start a program to lower its App Store commissions for software developers that make $1 million or less in proceeds each year from the store, Reuters reports. The Apple Store Small Business Program is scheduled to launch January 1, 2021.2. Partnership - Cloud Storage: Wasabi and DataCore Software are partnering to provide customers with a "fast, practical, and cost-effective solution for archiving inactive files and saving snapshots to the cloud in a secure format," the two companies say.3. Partner Program - Data: VoltDB has launched a new global channel partner program for OEMs, value-added resellers (VARs), technology partners, and systems integrators (SIs).4. Distribution - Security: D&H Distributing has added ESET’s antivirus and cybersecurity solutions to the D&H Cloud Marketplace transactional platform.C. Technology Conferences and Virtual Partner Events
- Amazon AWS re:Invent 2020 Virtual (November 30-December 18)
- SAP TechEd 2020 (December 8-10)
- Citrix Summit 2021 (January 12-14)
- Subsurface Live Winter 2021 Data Lake Conference (January 27-28)
- Avaya Engage 2021 (February 7-10, Orlando)
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