{"id":56358,"date":"2018-01-08T13:00:24","date_gmt":"2018-01-08T21:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/?p=56358"},"modified":"2018-01-08T10:56:32","modified_gmt":"2018-01-08T18:56:32","slug":"partner-q2-fy18-nextwave-huddle-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/partner-q2-fy18-nextwave-huddle-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"Q2 FY18 NextWave Huddle Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"

Happy New Year! Hopefully you had a chance to attend or watch the replay of the Q2 FY18 NextWave Huddle webinar. We covered a lot of content, so I encourage you to take the time to review the presentation<\/a> and watch the replay<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Q1 FY18 was a quarter to remember. We had a major competitive milestone<\/a>, we made two coveted Fortune lists (The Future 50<\/a> and The Top 50 Change World<\/a>), and at our Investor Day<\/a>, we outlined our third evolution, resulting in a $5 billion boost in total addressable market.<\/p>\n

From a channels perspective, we had 316 partners grow greater than 100 percent year-over-year, our top 20 revenue generating partners grew more than 70 percent, and we had 4,000 partner individuals earn either a sales or technical certification. Simply astounding channels momentum.<\/p>\n

We had two guest speakers join the NextWave Huddle. Dean Darwin talked about the massive joint public cloud opportunity in front of us. Make sure to register for our Epic Cloud Security Event on February 6, 2018<\/a> and check out our Public Cloud Specialization<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Abby Collins talked about a new renewals initiative and the importance of protecting our install base. As part of this initiative, you can now see your renewal opportunities 365-days in advance. Visit the Partner Portal<\/a> to look for those PA-4000 and PA-5000 renewals that are ideal for a PA-5260 upsell.<\/p>\n

We closed out the webinar with our Q2 need to know items. Here are a few highlights:<\/p>\n