{"id":27561,"date":"2017-04-21T10:00:01","date_gmt":"2017-04-21T17:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/?p=27561"},"modified":"2017-04-21T09:31:19","modified_gmt":"2017-04-21T16:31:19","slug":"partner-channel-scoop-april-21-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/partner-channel-scoop-april-21-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Channel Scoop \u2013 April 21, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sit back and relax while we bring you this week\u2019s Channel Scoop.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Add Ignite to Every Deal: <\/strong>There are 9 days left in Q3 FY17, don\u2019t forget to encourage your customers to <a href=\"http:\/\/go.paloaltonetworks.com\/ignite2017\">register<\/a> for <strong>Ignite \u201917 Security Conference in Vancouver from June 12-15<\/strong>. To help you promote the security industry\u2019s premier event to your customers we have an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/content\/dam\/pan\/en_US\/campaign\/ignite2017\/ig17-1-1-sales-promo-email-partner.docx\">email template<\/a> you can download and send to customers. And if you include your unique URL using the <a href=\"https:\/\/media.paloaltonetworks.com\/events\/ignite-url-share\/\">Igniter Tool<\/a> you will automatically get credit for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/content\/dam\/pan\/en_US\/partners\/marketing\/events\/Ignite17-partner-promotion.html\">Sell 10 Get 1 Free promotion<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>What Are Customers Saying About Palo Alto Networks? <\/strong>If you need a customer reference to push that deal over the line, we have an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/customers\/customer-successes\">entire web page of Palo Alto Networks customer quotes<\/a>. And if you still need more, encourage your customer to visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gartner.com\/reviews\/home\" rel=\"nofollow,noopener\" >Gartner\u2019s Peer Insights<\/a><strong>, <\/strong>where they can type in Palo Alto Networks and access verified software ratings and reviews from enterprise IT peers. Currently Palo Alto Networks has a 4.6 out of 5 rating.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Best Practices, Uses Cases and Expert Advice on Managing Cybersecurity Risks: <\/strong>In the age of the empowered customer, the consumption of content prior to purchase has increased dramatically. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.securityroundtable.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow,noopener\" >Security Roundtable, powered by Palo Alto Networks<\/a> is a great resource to share with your customers and just might contain that thought leadership content you needed to sell the CxO on your security solution.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Attention All CYBERFORCE Members: <\/strong>Don\u2019t miss out on the opportunity to win $500 and be crowned our Q3 FY17 Ultimate Innovator. To learn more, go to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/partners\/nextwave-partner-portal\/help-me-learn\/cyberforce\">CYBERFORCE page<\/a> or simply <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iregevents.com\/panw\/website\/innovator.htm\" rel=\"nofollow,noopener\" >submit<\/a> your Ultimate Innovator customer win.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>NEW Dedicated State, Local &amp; Education Page: <\/strong>Americas NextWave Partners - are you looking for a proposal template that will help you build a presentation for that critical State, Local or Education meeting? Visit our new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/content\/pan\/en_US\/partners\/nextwave-partner-portal\/help-me-market\/sled.html\">dedicated SLED page<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>*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><\/em><em> to request Partner Portal access.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/go.paloaltonetworks.com\/ignite2017\"><div style=\"max-width:100%\" data-width=\"820\"><span class=\"ar-custom\" style=\"padding-bottom:41.46%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  class=\"alignnone wp-image-25356 size-full lozad\"  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ignite17-social-cover-img-facebook-820x340.png\" alt=\"ignite17-social-cover-img-facebook-820x340\" width=\"820\" height=\"340\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ignite \u201917 Security Conference: Vancouver, BC June 12\u201315, 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ignite \u201917 Security Conference is a live, four-day conference designed for today\u2019s security professionals. Hear from innovators and experts, gain real-world skills through hands-on sessions and interactive workshops, and find out how breach prevention is changing the security industry. Visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paloaltonetworksignite.com\" rel=\"nofollow,noopener\" >Ignite website<\/a> for more information on tracks, workshops and marquee sessions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dive 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":[3354,117,1819,2669],"coauthors":[1373],"class_list":["post-27561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-channel-scoop","category-partners","tag-cyberforce","tag-gartner","tag-ignite","tag-security-roundtable"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/PAN-channel-scoop-banner-498x269-v2.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/143"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27561"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27564,"href":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27561\/revisions\/27564"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27561"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=27561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}