Azure Partner Updates: Business alliance; SASE platform; Revenue management

Altizon sets up alliance for Azure partners, Cato Networks expands SASE platform, and Matrix Solutions deploys revenue management platform.

Altizon sets up alliance for Azure partners

Alitzon, a New Jersey-based company that specializes in SaaS for digital factories announced the APEX Alliance, a new reseller and channel program for companies looking to build with Azure. The announcement came just a day after Altizon completed a strategic migration of its entire technology portfolio to Azure.

Following the two announcements, Altizon’s DFX platform and factory analytics apps are available on Azure, allowing customers to transact using the Azure commercial marketplace and drawing down Microsoft Azure Consumption Commitments. 

“Our customers wanted a faster, lower-friction way to deploy AI across factories through the Microsoft partners they already trust. APEX Alliance rewards those partners with meaningful recurring revenue and Altizon's decade of industrial data expertise,” stated Vinay Nathan, CEO and co-founder of Altizon.

Cato Networks expands SASE platform

Israeli company Cato Networks announced that it is expanding its Cato SASE Cloud Platform with Azure Virtual WAN. The integration is intended to support distributed Azure deployments across multiple regions and subscriptions, with VNets managed through Azure vWAN or vWAN hub.