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Let us do the information gathering and give you the channel scoop. Happy New Year! Fiscal year 2017 began on August 1 and we want to help you get a jumpstart on building your pipeline. Get started by visiting our new [corporate campaigns page](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/partners/nextwave-partner-portal/help-me-market/campaigns/campaigns?ts=markdown) on the [Partner Portal.](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/partners/nextwave-partner-portal?ts=markdown) * We are kicking off the New Year with some great news. Palo Alto Networks CEO Mark McLaughlin was recognized by CRN as one of the industry's [Most Influential Executives in 2016](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2016/08/mark-mclaughlin-named-to-crns-top-100-executives-list/?ts=markdown). CRN recognized Mark because: ***"*** ***No CEO in the security business has done a better job of fueling subscription and services sales growth for partners."*** * Your endpoint security offering just got a boost with the [announcement](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/company/press/2016/palo-alto-networks-raises-the-bar-for-endpoint-security-with-updates-to-traps-advanced-endpoint-protection-offering?ts=markdown) of Traps v3.4. Legacy antivirus endpoints have been replaced. To learn more about Traps v3.4, visit our new [Help Me Sell Traps page](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/partners/nextwave-partner-portal/help-me-sell/traps?ts=markdown) where you will find sales, technical and marketing content created just for partners. * Not currently a partner of Palo Alto Networks? We have several partnering paths for you to consider. To learn more, give our new [NextWave Partner Ecosystem overview](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/pan/en_US/partners/pan-partner-ecosystem.pdf?ts=markdown) a read. * Did you hear about our [NextWave Channel Partner Program evolution](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/pan/en_US/partners/pan-partner-ecosystem.pdf?ts=markdown)? Learn more about our NextWave partner program and see if it is right for your company/business by checking out our new [summary sheet](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/pan/en_US/partners/nextwave-partner-program-summary-sheet.pdf?ts=markdown). What topics would you like the scoop on next? 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