Ansira, an independent global marketing technology and services firm, announced the creation of Ansira Channel and two other business units, Ansira Digital and Sincro. The move is in response to the rapidly growing demand for digital readiness in the marketplace and to hone the company’s specializations. Ansira Channel was created as a dedicated business unit […]
Impartner, the channel management platform and partner relationship management (PRM) provider, has completed its acquisition of the through channel marketing automation (TCMA) business from TIE Kinetix. The acquisition includes TIE Kinetix’s full suite of contemporary brand control and demand generation technologies, as well as an exclusive digital marketing transformation program developed and delivered in partnership […]
PowerChord, a through-channel marketing automation supplier, is launching new platform features and digital marketing services. The company’s platform is used by brands and their dealers to rapidly deploy branded website experiences at scale and disseminate omnichannel digital marketing campaigns. PowerChord is piloting new visualization for its platform enabling brands to see highly engaging and easily […]
Channel practitioners have an expanded list of channel program solutions from which to choose. According to a recent review by Jay McBain, Principal Analyst of Channels, Partnerships & Ecosystems at Forrester, the number of companies offering channel program boosting solutions ticked up significantly to 159. Forrester’s previous review of the universe of channel technology solutions […]
ZINFI Technologies, a provider of unified channel management (UCM) solutions and through-channel marketing automation and partner relationship management (PRM) technology, has launched a version of its UCM platform on Microsoft Azure. The move to Microsoft Azure allows ZINFI to address multiple enterprise requirements related to platform DevOps, performance, security, availability, disaster recovery and compliance, and […]
The Channel Marketplace, an online and human-driven resource that enables technology vendors to access solutions and expertise that address their indirect go-to-market opportunities and challenges has been formed by a group of 10 channel technology and services companies. The Channel Marketplace features a concierge service, in which real people will help technology vendors and channel […]
At the end of March, Okta, an independent provider of identity solutions for the enterprise, announced major updates and additions to its Okta Partner Connect program. “Our ecosystem continues to expand globally, through new strategic initiatives and an enhanced focus on distribution,” said Patrick McCue, Okta’s Senior Vice President of Worldwide Partnerships, in a press release. “We […]
Channel leaders and partners are generally aligned on strategies to address the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic is having on their businesses, according to two recent surveys by The 2112 Group, a business strategy and research firm. While the vast majority of channel leaders are committed to leaving their marketing budgets unchanged, partners plan to be […]
With more than 75% of commercial transactions flowing through indirect channels, few companies have the option to not focus more attention on optimizing their partner sales and marketing programs. But as channel experts stressed in the eight sessions included in the Channel Marketing agenda of last month’s B2B Marketing Exchange in Scottsdale, planning, implementing and […]
Channel marketing expert Heather K. Margolis, founder and CEO of Channel Maven Consulting, has launched a new company, Spark Your Channel, to offer a marketing automation platform enables channel partners’ sales and marketing teams to quickly and easily personalize and share vendor-provided multimedia content, such as webinars, podcasts and especially video. Research from CMR’s sister publication Demand Gen […]