Software developers can upload supporting marketing materials and sales collateral through the new tool as well. Resellers in Ingram's cloud channel can then use those resources in demand generation programs. The system will debut on a trial basis in the Middle East starting in November. Ingram plans to roll it out globally next March at its 2019 Cloud Summit event. When fully up and running, Dave said in his presentation this morning, the new platform will enable Ingram to "add more SaaS applications and partners faster than anybody else on the globe." Though any Ingram partner will be free to submit cloud solutions, the distributor will publish only those systems that clear a vetting process designed to confirm that the software is from a legitimate vendor, coded securely, and aligned with one of the cloud market segments Ingram serves. "First we're going to identify them, then we're going to curate them, then we're going to take the right ones to market," Dave told ChannelPro today.