D&H Distributing recently announced that it has signed an agreement with Google to offer the company’s Chrome Management Console to D&H SMB business and K-12 education resellers. In fact, D&H is currently one of the only companies with permission to sell this particular solution in the Channel. D&H resellers may either offer this solution as a total package, or as a “management-as-a-service” offering.
“We’re excited to work with Google to promote its device management console initiative in the channel. The product stands to enhance Chromebook environments throughout the marketplace, empowering organizations to easily apply consistent and strategic policies on a multitude of devices, across a widespread ecosystem,” said Rob Eby, vice president of purchasing at D&H Distributing.
So what does the Chromebook Management Console do? Well, this solution allows administrators at the end-user location (or MSP) to manage thousands of Chromebook devices on a network from a single interface. This includes the ability to pre-load applications, block unapproved applications, control WiFi/Network access and document a particular device’s usage.
D&H is also planning to have a web series dedicated to resellers looking for marketing materials and ways to profit from selling the Chromebook Management Console. These materials will be available in the Solutions Lab shortly. The solution itself is available to resellers on a license basis.
We spoke to Karl Palachuk about this thoughts on this news, and here are his words:
“Obviously, Google has decided that device management is going to be an important part of their growth strategy. I think a number of I.T. people haven’t take Google very seriously because Chromebooks don’t run Windows O.S. and we can’t manage them. Distributing the management framework through a mainstream distributor increases their credibility with technology professionals.
I haven’t seen the interface, but it’s very appealing to manage thousands of devices from one place. Being able to deploy applications as well block them is huge. The great fear with BYOD (bring your own device) is that we can’t manage all those devices. Making their devices manageable makes it much easier for us to welcome them into the client environment.”
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