PRINTITRESELLER.UK 7 BULLETIN Two-year agreement BLOC and Group Perfect have signed an exclusive two-year agreement to bring Group Perfect’s services to BLOC members. Combining the services of sister companies Sales Perfect, Bid Perfect and Perfect Media, the 20-strong Group Perfect team provide a wide range of specialist support designed to help members improve sales performance, bids and tenders’ success. and management and leadership development. Group Perfect’s services of training, consultancy, coaching and subject expertise support will be delivered under BLOC’s Pioneer programme. Alex Stone, BLOC’s Sales Director, said: “This agreement is exciting news for members that will deliver an even greater portfolio of content under Pioneer. We are looking forward to working with the team at Group Perfect and providing highly effective and relevant training to help members drive performance in all areas of their business.” https://bloc-group.co.uk/ Expanded UK&I partnership Exclusive Networks is expanding its partnership with Extreme Networks to bring AI-driven cloud networking solutions to the UK and Ireland. Building on strong results across Europe and APAC, the partnership boosts Exclusive’s regional portfolio and sharpens its capabilities in cloud networking, automation and enterprise infrastructure. Extreme’s solutions complement Exclusive’s cybersecurity-led portfolio and broaden its impact across modern enterprise networking. By combining Extreme’s technology with Exclusive’s ecosystem of cybersecurity and visibility vendors, channel partners can deliver higher value solutions across zero trust architectures, network detection and response (NDR), network access control (NAC), DNS security and integrated network security operations. In addition to supporting Extreme’s established networking portfolio, Exclusive Networks will focus on the Extreme Platform ONE all-in-one AI-powered enterprise networking platform. Neil Brosnan, Vendor Alliances Director, Exclusive Networks UKI, said: “We’re excited to partner with Extreme Networks across the UK and Ireland. Their modern, platform-led networking proposition tightly aligns with our cyber-first strategy, enabling partners to simplify and secure their customers’ increasingly complex enterprise networks. Together, we are committed to helping partners capitalise on these new opportunities by delivering more differentiated, higher-value solutions and services.” www.exclusive-networks.com www.extremenetworks.com AI innovation TD SYNNEX has announced the launch of the SAS Partner Solution Environment, a new enablement resource designed to help partners across Europe accelerate AI- and analyticsdriven business outcomes. The solution environment is built on SAS Viya, a unified analytics platform that simplifies complex deployments and supports innovation across public, private, and hybrid cloud infrastructure. The environment provides partners with a ready-to-use platform to demonstrate the business value of AI, advanced analytics, and data lifecycle management through activities such as demos, proof of concepts, proof of value workshops, and repeatable solution builds based on SAS Viya. By enabling partners to develop solutions more quickly, the environment helps accelerate sales cycles, increase win rates, and enhance customer engagement. The SAS Partner Solution Environment is a joint initiative between TD SYNNEX and SAS, enabled through close collaboration with Lenovo, Intel and Red Hat, whose expertise in hybrid infrastructure, high-performance hardware, and scalable cloud solutions helped bring this environment to life. Craig Smith, Vice President, Data, AI & Applications, Europe, TD SYNNEX, said: “Partners can now demonstrate business value faster and strengthen their role as trusted analytics advisors. This initiative accelerates customer conversations, reinforcing TD SYNNEX’s strategy to simplify innovation and enable growth across our ecosystem.” https://uk.tdsynnex.com/ Distribution first for Westcon-Comstor Westcon-Comstor has announced an expansion of its partnership with cybersecurity and compliance company Proofpoint, becoming the first distributor in Europe to deliver Proofpoint professional services. With an emphasis on scalability and speed to ensure fast time-to-value for channel partners, Westcon will deliver production-ready deployments of Proofpoint solutions through a series of off-the-shelf, partner-friendly packages based on Proofpoint best practices. The initiative, driven by Westcon joining Proofpoint’s Certified Deployment Partner (CDP) programme, enables partners across the region to capture high margin services opportunities and accelerate recurring revenue growth, fueled by rapid adoption by customers. This expansion marks the latest milestone in the two companies’ relationship. Last year Westcon-Comstor became the first Proofpoint Authorised Training Partner (ATP) in Europe, allowing the distributor to deliver Proofpointcertified education and enablement services at scale to channel partners and end-users across the region. www.westconcomstor.com Craig Smith Sophos software store TD SYNNEX has launched a dedicated Software Store for Sophos. Partners can see all their upcoming Sophos agreements on the Software Store dashboard, quickly generate quotations and process renewals. In addition, partners can see available upgrade options for customers’ current licences and will also be able to view quotations they have generated using the AI tool within the Sophos Partner Centre, which are fed into the Software Store automatically. Simon Bennett, Managing Director, Advanced Solutions, UK and Ireland, TD SYNNEX hopes the Software Store will attract the attention of new partners. “We have an excellent overall value proposition for Sophos partners that provides them with access to business development support resources and all the expertise and know-how of our specialist security practice.” https://uk.tdsynnex.com/ Simon Bennett Neil Brosnan
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