Sasha Karen - Author - Channel Asia

Medallia’s Samuel La Macchia moves to Amelia in partner push

Amelia has appointed former Medallia alliances and channels manager Samuel La Macchia to lead its channel efforts in the Asia Pacific region.

Appian launches new partner program

Appian has launched a new partner program that it claims will support channel growth.

Samsung keeps crown in ‘challenging’ global Q1 smartphone market

Samsung has retained its crown in the global smartphone market amidst an ongoing “challenging” landscape that had all but one major vendor bleeding shipments.

Global software and services M&A clock $431B in 2022

The global software and services sector created a total of US$431 billion in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) last year.

Boomi appoints ex-Salesforce talent to lead channel

Boomi has appointed Salesforce’s former senior vice president of global alliances and channels Dan McAllister to lead its own channel efforts.

Khoros appoints Travis Mason as VP to cover APAC

Customer engagement software and services provider Khoros has appointed Travis Mason as vice president to cover sales and delivery across the whole of Asia Pacific (APAC).

Qlik crowns top APAC partners

PwC, Integrated Business Technologies and Boon Solutions have been hailed as three of Qlik’s top-performing partners in the Asia Pacific region.

Malwarebytes added to Pax8 cloud marketplace

Pax8 has added the entire range of cyber security solutions from Malwarebytes to its MSP-focused cloud marketplace.

Exabeam awards top APJ talent for 2022

Security and analytics vendor Exabeam has crowned its top-performing partners across the Asia Pacific and Japan region for their work in 2022.

Endor Labs launches ‘selective’ global Hyperdrive partner program

Software vendor Endor Labs has launched a partner program focused on generating solutions for supply chain security, dependency selection and lifecycle management.

DXC charged US$8M over misleading financial claims with SEC

DXC Technology’s US parent company has been charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for allegedly making misleading disclosures about its financial performance from 2018 to early 2020.

Logicalis hires Dina Knight as first global chief people officer

Global IT services provider Logicalis has hired Dina Knight to the newly created role of chief people officer to handle its people operations strategy worldwide.

Paessler unveils new APAC VP and channel chief

German monitoring software vendor Paessler AG has appointed a new Asia Pacific (APAC) vice president and a global channel manager in the forms of Tobias Jaenchen and Manuela Roth, respectively.

Rubrik launches global Transform partner program

Rubrik has launched a new global partner program, which focuses on a combination of a point-scoring system and booking volumes.

Global smartphone outlook for 2023 drops amid weak demand

Expectations for the global smartphone shipments have been reduced following “weak demand and ongoing macroeconomic challenges”.

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