What are this week’s most exciting channel partnerships?

Infinigate, CMS Distribution, SEP2, Nine23… As customer needs evolve, the channel turns to tie-ups

This week has been marked by a partnership galore.

Beyond Kyndryl’s recent venture with Commvault, CRN gathered the biggest partnership announcements from the last seven days.

CMS Distribution goes to Europe with Lexar

London-based distie CMS Distribution has partnered with memory and storage solutions provider Lexar, to distribute its memory cards, portable SSDs, USB drives, internal SSDs and DRAM solutions to IT resellers, VARs, photographic and video specialists, and e-commerce platforms across Europe.

“This partnership will open up exciting opportunities for our resellers looking to serve high-demand segments like creative media, gaming, and enterprise IT,” said Nick Evans, vendor manager at CMS Distribution.

Nine23 teams up with Pulsant to deliver solutions across the UK

Pulsant has joined forces with Southampton-based MSP Nine23, which will allow it to deliver a set of solutions on a UK sovereign, resilient, accredited, compliant stack across the physical datacentre and infrastructure, all the way to service delivery.

“We see huge growth in demand for sovereign infrastructure, and this partnership means that Nine23 can leverage our investment in secure UK platforms to accelerate their growth,” explained Wendy Shearer, director of partners and ecosystems at Pulsant.

Infinigate and Swissbit strengthen German and Austrian activities

Infinigate Group has added storage and security solutions manufacturer Swissbit its vendor list. The deal will expand Infinigate’s range of multi-factor authentication (MFA) solutions thanks to the FIDO2 security keys from the manufacturer, developed and produced in Germany.

“With the FIDO2 tokens and Swissbit’s innovative software, we can optimally complement our MFA portfolio and offer our partners state-of-the-art solutions for strong authentication,” said Udo Schillings, vendor alliance manager DACH at Infinigate.

SEP2 adds Google Threat Intelligence to its portfolio with Google Cloud alliance

SEP2 has teamed up with Google Cloud to integrate Google Threat Intelligence into its service offerings to offer add-on services and upgrades which will aim to expand deep/dark web coverage, cybersecurity posture guidance, attack surface management, and equip its analysts with the tools to boost threat detection and response.

“This partnership not only fortifies our market position but also ensures our clients benefit from the most advanced threat intelligence available, protecting their critical assets in an ever-evolving cyber landscape,” added Paul Starr, co-founder and CEO of Leeds-based MSSP SEP2.