{"id":16651,"date":"2016-08-05T05:00:40","date_gmt":"2016-08-05T12:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/?p=16651"},"modified":"2016-08-05T06:53:21","modified_gmt":"2016-08-05T13:53:21","slug":"channel-scoop-august-5-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/channel-scoop-august-5-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Channel Scoop \u2013 August 5, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/PAN_ChannelScoop_Blog1.jpg\"><div style=\"max-width:100%\" data-width=\"498\"><span class=\"ar-custom\" style=\"padding-bottom:54.02%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16033 lozad\"  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/PAN_ChannelScoop_Blog1.jpg\" alt=\"PAN_ChannelScoop_Blog1\" width=\"498\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/PAN_ChannelScoop_Blog1.jpg 498w, https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/PAN_ChannelScoop_Blog1-230x124.jpg 230w, https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/PAN_ChannelScoop_Blog1-74x40.jpg 74w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sit back and relax. Let us do the information gathering and give you the channel scoop.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">Happy New Year! Fiscal year 2017 began on August 1 and we want to help you get a jumpstart on building your pipeline. Get started by visiting our new <\/span><a style=\"line-height: 1.5;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/partners\/nextwave-partner-portal\/help-me-market\/campaigns\/campaigns\" target=\"_blank\">corporate campaigns page<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"> on the <\/span><a style=\"line-height: 1.5;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/partners\/nextwave-partner-portal\" target=\"_blank\">Partner Portal.<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We are kicking off the New Year with some great news. Palo Alto Networks CEO Mark McLaughlin was recognized by CRN as one of the industry\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/mark-mclaughlin-named-to-crns-top-100-executives-list\/\" target=\"_blank\">Most Influential Executives in 2016<\/a>. CRN recognized Mark because:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><em>\u201c<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>No CEO in the security business has done a better job of fueling subscription and services sales growth for partners.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Your endpoint security offering just got a boost with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/company\/press\/2016\/palo-alto-networks-raises-the-bar-for-endpoint-security-with-updates-to-traps-advanced-endpoint-protection-offering\" target=\"_blank\">announcement<\/a> of Traps v3.4. Legacy antivirus endpoints have been replaced. To learn more about Traps v3.4, visit our new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/partners\/nextwave-partner-portal\/help-me-sell\/traps\" target=\"_blank\">Help Me Sell Traps page<\/a> where you will find sales, technical and marketing content created just for partners.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Not currently a partner of Palo Alto Networks? We have several partnering paths for you to consider. To learn more, give our new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/content\/dam\/pan\/en_US\/partners\/pan-partner-ecosystem.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">NextWave Partner Ecosystem overview<\/a> a read.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Did you hear about our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/content\/dam\/pan\/en_US\/partners\/pan-partner-ecosystem.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">NextWave Channel Partner Program evolution<\/a>? Learn more about our NextWave partner program and see if it is right for your company\/business by checking out our new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/content\/dam\/pan\/en_US\/partners\/nextwave-partner-program-summary-sheet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">summary sheet<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What topics would you like the scoop on next? Let us know by commenting on this blog.<\/p>\n<p>*To access content on the Partner Portal you must be a Palo Alto Networks NextWave channel partner and have a valid user name and password.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sit back and relax. 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