{"id":70283,"date":"2018-03-29T13:00:50","date_gmt":"2018-03-29T20:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/?p=70283"},"modified":"2018-03-29T10:55:07","modified_gmt":"2018-03-29T17:55:07","slug":"partner-q3-fy18-nextwave-huddle-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/partner-q3-fy18-nextwave-huddle-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"Q3 FY18 NextWave Huddle Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you were unable to attend one of our Q3 FY18 NextWave Huddle webinars last week, please take the time to watch the\u00a0replay<\/a> and review the\u00a0presentation<\/a>. We had some great guest speakers and covered a variety of topics, here are my highlights:<\/p>\n

Q2 Company and Channels Update:<\/strong> We had 355 partners double their business with us last quarter \u2013 simply incredible.<\/p>\n

Partner Satisfaction Survey Results: <\/strong>We had nearly 4,000 responses from around the world and improved year over year in 9 out of 10 categories. We aren\u2019t done yet.<\/p>\n

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Guest speakers<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Janet Matsuda, <\/em><\/strong>SVP, Product Marketing,<\/strong><\/em> summarized the new product introductions and shared her commitment to developing new channel partner resources, such as enablement content<\/a> and activities, competitive assets<\/a>, and marketing campaigns<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Sam Svitenko<\/em><\/strong>, senior director, Worldwide Partner Programs, CSS<\/em>, discussed Traps 5.0<\/a> and why it\u2019s the perfect timing for NextWave partners to become Traps Specialized <\/a>and leverage the Traps Deal Boost promotion<\/a> to maximize their margins.<\/p>\n

Jeremy Behrle<\/em><\/strong>, WW Channels Technical Chief, shared highlights from our SE and Tech Summits, including recent changes to CYBERFORCE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Q3 need to know:<\/strong><\/p>\n