{"id":42037,"date":"2017-09-08T10:00:50","date_gmt":"2017-09-08T17:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/?p=42037"},"modified":"2018-01-11T08:55:33","modified_gmt":"2018-01-11T16:55:33","slug":"partner-channel-scoop-september-8-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/partner-channel-scoop-september-8-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Channel Scoop \u2013 September 8, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sit back and relax while we bring you this week\u2019s Channel Scoop.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>NFR Promo: <\/strong>We have extended and enhanced our very successful <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/content\/dam\/pan\/en_US\/partners\/nextwave\/Promotions\/nfr-promotion.pdf\">Invest in Success promo<\/a>. We have enhanced the discount off the NFR SKU from 35 percent to 40 percent for the PA-850, PA3020, PA-5220 &amp; PA-5250. And we extended the promotion to January 24, 2018.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/content\/dam\/pan\/en_US\/partners\/nextwave\/cyberforce-80594\/cyberforce-infographic.pdf\">Broadening CYBERFORCE Program<\/a>: <\/strong>First, we broadened the certification options. Partners can now earn Defender status by being PSE: Associate-Endpoint and Commander status by being PSE: Professional-Endpoint. Second, we broadened the XP opportunities. Partners can now earn 2 XPs for successfully leading an Ultimate Test Drive.Don\u2019t forget about our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/content\/dam\/pan\/en_US\/partners\/nextwave\/Promotions\/fy18-utd-promotion.pdf\">Get Behind the Wheel <\/a>UTD\u00a0 promotion and to <a href=\"https:\/\/iregevents.com\/panw\/website\/status-log-in.htm\" rel=\"nofollow,noopener\" >check your CYBERFORCE status today<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>NextWave Changes: <\/strong>We have added the Traps Specialization to our Diamond and Platinum level requirements. In addition, we have added two new requirements, NFR and PSE: Associate-Platform, to our Silver level. Check our updated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/content\/dam\/pan\/en_US\/partners\/marketing\/carousel\/1603-panw-cl-105-partner-program-collateral-pdf-int.pdf\">NextWave Channel Partner Program Interactive Guide<\/a> for complete details.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mark McLaughlin on CNBC\u2019s Squawk Alley: <\/strong>Discusses the three things needed to make artificial intelligence and machine learning effective tools for cybersecurity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"550\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/player.cnbc.com\/p\/gZWlPC\/cnbc_global?playertype=synd&amp;byGuid=3000651866&amp;size=530_298\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" bgcolor=\"#131313\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Blog of the Week:<\/strong> This week we\u2019re highlighting the inaugural blog from our Field CTO, John Kindervag: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/best-breed-security-products-top-nfl-draft-picks-common\/\">What do best-of-breed security products and top NFL draft picks have in common?<\/a> John uses a fun and entertaining analogy to explain why simply buying best-of-breed does not mean you have the best security posture.<\/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":[3354,357,191],"coauthors":[1373],"class_list":["post-42037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-channel-scoop","category-partners","tag-cyberforce","tag-john-kindervag","tag-mark-mclaughlin"],"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\/42037","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=42037"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42037\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42055,"href":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42037\/revisions\/42055"}],"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=42037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42037"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=42037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}