Channel Scoop – September 29, 2017

Sit back and relax while we bring you this week’s Channel Scoop.

2017 Global Partner of the Year Award Winners: In this blog post, Ron Myers captures the prestige of these eight awards by explaining the level of effort required to be considered. The blog also includes links to a brief profile of each winner. These partners were the best-of-the-best for 2017.

Q4 FY17 Ultimate Innovators: Every quarter we gather customer win submissions from our more than 300 CYBERFORCE members on how they are winning deals with Palo Alto Networks. The more innovative the submission the more likely you are to win up to $500.

And the Q4 winners are:

• 1^st Place $500 gift card = Manjeet Yadav, from ACPL Systems
• 2^nd Place $250 gift card = Michael Cadiente. Westcon Solutions, Philippines
• 3^rd Place $100 gift card = Paulo Raponi, LDC Solucoe

Now Available: Global Protect Cloud Service: Today’s mobile workforce is redefining the network perimeter, creating new challenges for how companies provide consistent security protection across all their different locations. The availability of our Global Protect cloud service will help, as we can extend consistent security from headquarters to remote offices.Don’t miss the Global Protect Cloud Services competitive insights webinar on October 3, 2017. Register today.

Traps Learning Guide: Find the latest Traps content and strategies, allowing you to go from beginner to expert in 7 steps.

Investor Day Webcast: Want to get a better understanding of our evolution of security, platform advantage, continuous disruption and addressing customer needs? Register to watch the replay.

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