We chat with Bob Lord, senior vice president for worldwide ecosystems and blockchain at IBM, about the scope of the opportunities blockchain platforms are presenting partners.

Things We Talk About:

• Survey Finds Few Citizen Developers
• FBI Investigating Hundreds of Ransomware Cases
• Sumo Logic Extends Reach to Security
• GitLab Acquires UnReview
• NVIDIA Lays Bare of AI Ambitions
• GoodData Delivers Headless BI Platform
• Salesforce Strengthens CDP Hand
• Dremio Expands Data Lake
• Cisco Unveils HCI Platform
• SAP Revamps Compensation
• Deepgram Deepens AI Engagement

Things We Talk About:

• Report Details Failures to Remediate
• Calamu Technologies Raises $2.4M
• Broadcom Revamps Channel Program
• Augmentt Debuts SaaS Ops Platform for MSPs
• Panzura Unveils Global File Systems for MSPs
• Oracle Adds Arm-Based Cloud Service
• Databricks Unifies Data Science and Engineering
• Microsoft Strengthens Managed DevOps Hand
• AWS Expands Managed ECS Service

Things We Talk About:

• Cloud Consumption Evolves
• Security Spending to Soar
• Rubrik to Combat Ransomware
• ServiceNow Taps into Microsoft Security
• Pulseway Gives Voice to RMM
• Netlify Acquires FeaturePeek
• AWS Delivers App Runner
• Nobl9 Open Sources SLO Specification
• MuleSoft Embraces GraphQL
• SAS Flexes AI Ambitions
• Google Makes AI Case
• AI.redefined Names CEO

Things We Talk About:

• IT Spending Optimism Comes with Caveats
• VMware Gets a New CEO
• DataRobot Acquires Zepl
• ServiceNow Acquires LightStep
• ServiceNow Extends OT Reach
• NetApp Realigns Channel Program
• U.S. Flexes Ransomware Muscle
• Report Surfaces Docker API Mess

Things We Talk About:

• MSPs Need to Lead Observability Charge
• Splunk Unveils Unified Observability Platform
• New Relic Open Sources Observability Platform
• Oracle Revamps Cloud Analytics Service
• Microsoft Sets Actionable Goals
• Dell Adds Storage as a Service
• Civo Launches K3s Cloud Service
• Red Hat and IBM Launch Konveyor
• Loft Labs Open Sources Compliance Tool
• VMware Enlists Partners for Sustainability
• Aryaka Acquires Secucloud
• Cisco Partners with Box
• Survey Illuminates Dark Road to Hybrid Cloud

We chat with Mitel channel chief John Lindsley about the opportunities partners now have to advance collaboration and communications in 2021.

We chat with Chris Lamborn, head of global partner go to market and programs for NetApp, about how the relationship between NetApp and partners is evolving to better reflect where NetApp is now as a provider of IT platforms and services.

Things We Talk About:

• Channel Looks to the Second Half
• Red Hat Creates OpenShift Stack
• IBM Looks to Unify Cloud Services
• IBM Acquires Turbonomic
• Strata Identity Focuses on Identity Integration
• N-able Connects with Microsoft Intune
• Atlassian Expands Portfolio Reach

Things We Talk About:

• MSPs Gain Momentum
• Intel Signals Aggressive Push
• VMware Makes Digital Workspace Case
• HubSpot Adds Operations Hub
• Salesforce Goes Vertical
• Loft Labs Open Sources K8 Virtualization Software
• Trend Micro Revamps Channel Program
• Palo Alto Networks Integrates Asset Discovery
• WhiteSource Acquires Diffend
• HackerOne Adds Hackers to Security Workflows