Michael Dell: Public Cloud Isn’t More Secure Than On-Premise
‘The things that led to a lot of these attacks are human-induced that can occur in a public cloud, can occur in a private cloud – it can occur anywhere,’ says Dell Technologies CEO Michael Dell. By Mark Haranas, Michael Novinson March 15, 2021, 09:00 AM EDT
Following the recent SolarWinds and Microsoft Exchange hacks that rocked the IT world, Dell Technologies founder and CEO Michael Dell says the public cloud is no more or less secure than on-premise solutions.
“Public cloud is no more or less secured than on-premise,” said Dell, who runs the world’s largest IT infrastructure company which just recorded a record high of $94.2 billion in revenues for fiscal year 2021. “The reason is that security is about people, and people on both sides can make mistakes and compromise security.”
Iboss has rolled out its first formal partner program to help drive new business, boost customer retention, and support more channel-delivered service offerings.
4 Ways Check Point Partners Can Boost Their Profit Margins
From lead generation campaigns and customer acquisition tools to enhanced discounts and professional services certifications, here are four ways Check Point plans to make partnering more profitable. By Michael Novinson March 11, 2021, 02:30 PM EST
Dollars And Sense
Check Point Software Technologies wants to help partners grow their business by giving them more buying options, ways to boost their profitability, and tools to facilitate customer outreach and acquisition, according to Worldwide Head of Channel Sales Frank Rauch. Rauch said Check Point’s professional services and alliances can help channel partners expand their margins.
Aqua Security has closed its Series E funding round and notched a $1 billion valuation to scale from 410 customers today to thousands of customers within a few years.
4 Lucrative Updates To The Fortinet Engage Partner Program
From unlocking consumption-based pricing and expanding rebates to incenting cloud and emerging technology adoption, here are four money-making changes to the Fortinet Engage Partner Program. By Michael Novinson March 10, 2021, 09:00 AM EST
Making Money Moves
Fortinet has spent the past six months building the underlying toolsets to launch more specializations for its partner program, aligning sales and technical resources to help solution providers better service and support emerging technologies, according to Jon Bove, vice president of channel sales. The updates are intended to make it easier for partners to augment transactions with services engagements, he said.