{"id":40471,"date":"2017-08-18T10:00:09","date_gmt":"2017-08-18T17:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/?p=40471"},"modified":"2017-08-18T08:25:40","modified_gmt":"2017-08-18T15:25:40","slug":"partner-channel-scoop-august-18-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/partner-channel-scoop-august-18-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Channel Scoop \u2013 August 18, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sit back and relax while we bring you this week\u2019s Channel Scoop.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Win an Apple Watch, Echo Show or $50 Amazon Gift Card: <\/strong>For those joining us in Las Vegas next week for Sales Kick Off (SKO), learn how you can win these prizes and have fun doing it by participating in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/content\/dam\/pan\/en_US\/partners\/nextwave\/Promotions\/skofy18-hunt-promotion.pdf?\">#SKO18Hunt<\/a>. Not going to SKO18? Get updates on all of the action by following us on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NextWavePartner\" rel=\"nofollow,noopener\" >@NextWavePartner<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/content\/dam\/pan\/en_US\/partners\/nextwave\/next-gen-security-innovator-infographic.pdf\"><strong class=\"alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-40480 lozad\"  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Picture1.png\" alt=\"Picture1\" width=\"238\" height=\"283\" \/>New Next-Generation Security Innovator Infographic: <\/strong><\/a>Success as a channel partner is no longer about being a solution provider, combining hardware, software and services to address a customer\u2019s specific security need. Success today is about being a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/content\/dam\/pan\/en_US\/partners\/nextwave\/next-gen-security-innovator-infographic.pdf\">next-generation security innovator<\/a>, an expert at enhancing an integrated and automated security platform that empowers innovation to deliver business gains to our mutual customers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Secure Up Endpoint Partner Promotion: <\/strong>We are rewarding partner sales reps for creating and closing new endpoint business. Promotional details can be found on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/content\/dam\/pan\/en_US\/partners\/nextwave\/traps\/fy18-secureup-traps-promotion.pdf\">Partner Portal<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Why Partner with Palo Alto Networks: <\/strong>Don\u2019t take our word for it, this<a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/content\/dam\/pan\/en_US\/partners\/nextwave\/global-partner-satisfaction-survey-infographic.pdf\"> infographic<\/a> summarizes the findings of the more than 800 partners from around the world who responded to our 2017 Partner Satisfaction Survey.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Blog of the Week: <\/strong>With a new fiscal year comes new ideas. Collectively Palo Alto Networks posts several blogs a week. Each week we will pick the one we like best. This week\u2019s choice: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/top-10-considerations-securing-public-cloud-workloads\/\">Top 10 Considerations for Securing Public Cloud Workloads.<\/a> What we liked is the timeliness of this blog. The move to the cloud is happening at a rapid pace and helping you, our partners, understand what needs to be considered from a security perspective is vital to our success. Comment on this blog to let us know what you thought of our selection.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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. Email <a href=\"mailto:NextWave@paloaltonetworks.com\">NextWave@paloaltonetworks.com<\/a> to request Partner Portal access.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dig into this week's NextWave partner Channel Scoop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":143,"featured_media":26421,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1514,78],"tags":[532,4213],"coauthors":[1373],"class_list":["post-40471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-channel-scoop","category-partners","tag-endpoint","tag-skohunt"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/PAN-channel-scoop-banner-498x269-v2.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/143"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40471"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40471\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40507,"href":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40471\/revisions\/40507"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40471"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=40471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}