Ingram Micro Cloud Adds Siemens OpenScape, Zscaler Offerings

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Zscaler’s addition to Ingram Micro cloud was actually announced at last week’s RSA security conference, but it became generally available to partners yesterday. In its press release, Zscaler boasts it solution’s appeal to companies ranging in size from the smallest SMB to the largest enterprise. And combined with Zscaler’s recently launched partner program, the service provider promises it has the resources to help VARs become security specialists.

VP of Channels and Alliances at Zscaler Denise Hayman laid it out in that same press release:

Meanwhile, Siemens Enterprise Communications’ OpenScape Cloud Service is a unified communications (UC) offering  aimed at helping turn managed service providers into communications providers. It’s fortuitous timing: Siemens just updated OpenScape that added a VoIP mobile client for Apple iOS/Google Android, enhanced desktop client support, and unified domains for messaging, presence and contacts.

Siemens Enterprise Communications Vice President of Partner Collaboration for North America Andy Howard explained the channel value of this move in a prepared statement:

Despite promises dating back to the summer of 2011, this is the first time in a while that we’ve gotten a significant update on ISVs signing up with Ingram Micro Cloud. Stay tuned to TalkinCloud for more updates on Ingram Micro in particular and the role of distributors in the cloud market in general.