Google Tiered Channel Program, Google Cloud Platform

Google Prepping Tiered Channel Program For Google Cloud Platform: "Google plans to expand its channel business with the introduction sometime this year of a tiered channel program to all potential channel partners for its Google Cloud Platform. Chris Rimer, global head of partners for Google Cloud Platform, on Monday told solution providers his company plans to roll out the program some time this year to make it easy for channel partners to either work directly with Google or via other IT vendors in partnership with Google. Rimer unveiled the plans at the Red Hat Cloud Symposium, a one-day event held in Scottsdale, Ariz., in advance of this week's Red Hat Partner Conference. The Red Hat Cloud Symposium also brought executives of both Google and Amazon Web Services on stage in separate pitches for channel mindshare...."

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