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A. Today’s Technology, Channel Chief and MSP Partner Program News
1. Hurricane Ian Storm Path and Disaster Recovery Updates: Here’s a regularly updated look at the impact of Hurricane Ian and related disaster recovery efforts.
2. Funding – Cloud Storage Unicorn: Wasabi raised $125 million in Series D equity led by L2 Point Management with participation from Cedar Pine, Fidelity Management & Research Company and Forestay Capital. Wasabi also expanded its existing debt facility with MGG Investment Group to $125 million. The company’s value is now more than $1.1 billion, Wasabi indicated.
3. MSP Partnerships – Robotic Process Automation (RPA) Software: UiPath’s latest MSP partner moves are outlined here.
4. Partnership – Human Cyber Risk Reduction: Booz Allen Hamilton’s Commercial team will use Elevate Security’s insider risk management solution to “deliver rapid risk assessments and provide deep visibility into internal cyber risk across the organization,” the companies said.
5. Partner Program: inSOC has launched a new sales and enablement program for MSP and MSSP partners. The customized sales and marketing enablement services are “tailored to meet each partner’s unique client and business needs,” the company said. To qualify for this program, MSPs must use inSOC’s MSP Protect and meet minimum monthly revenue requirements.
6. Partner Program – Collaboration and Workflow Automation: Smartsheet will update its Smartsheet Aligned partner program starting in February 2023. The new program structure will “recognize and reward more than 800 global partners with tailored benefits that allow them to realize their value -add and promote the extensive investment they have made in Smartsheet,” the company said.
7. Partner Program: Neustar Security Services has expanded its partner ecosystem to key technology hubs in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region, the company said. New partners include CyberArm in Lebanon; Infinity IT in the Netherlands; Arcane BT in Turkey; Caretower, an Integrity 360 Company, in the UK; and K-Tel in Germany, Neustar said.
8. Collaboration – Security Awareness Training: Veristor Systems has become a certified provider of SANS Security Awareness for cybersecurity training.
9. IoT Data Management – Automotive Industry: Amazon has released AWS IoT FleetWise, a service that “makes it easier for automotive companies to collect, transform, and transfer vehicle data to the cloud in near real time.” The service is designed for automakers, suppliers, fleet operators, and technology solution vendors. The service allows organizations to collect and organize vehicle data, and store information in a standardized way for data analysis in the cloud, AWS said.
10. Managed Infrastructure Services: Kyndryl launched Kyndryl Vital, a “designer-led, open and collaborative co-creation experience that helps customers and alliance partners solve their business challenges and create groundbreaking technology platforms,” said the company.
11. ServiceNow’s Next Move: Check out BigCode…