IBM Exec: ‘There’s Never Been A Better Time To Be’ A Partner
Announcements at IBM Think 2021 include a new competency framework for partners, message acceleration workshops to help partners with marketing and expansion of Cloud Engagement Funds for multiple partner types. By Wade Tyler Millward May 11, 2021, 12:01 AM EDT
Five months after IBM said it would spend $1 billion on its partner ecosystem, Big Blue on Tuesday unveiled a host of changes to its partner program, including new partner competencies and benefits.
“There’s never been a better time to be in IBM’s ecosystem,” David La Rose, general manager of IBM’s partner ecosystem, told CRN. “There’s $1 billion that is in the market today, and that is only going to help them (partners) to get to revenue faster and sooner.”
Covid-19: Norwich tech firm Ingram Micro Services closes site
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image captionIngram Micro Services is an international company specialising in mobile phone and computer logistics, contact centre services and repair and refurbishment
Almost 200 staff at an IT logistics company have tested positive for Covid-19, forcing the firm to temporarily close its site to contain the outbreak.
A total of 190 workers out of 795 at Ingram Micro Services in Norwich have had coronavirus in the past 28 days, Norfolk County Council said.
Its site at an industrial estate will close for 10 days from Thursday.
Ingram Micro Services said the welfare of its team was its primary concern and it would offer support as needed.