VasionⓇ Enhances Global Partner Program to Accelerate AI-Powered Automation

ST. GEORGE, Utah--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep 24, 2026--

Vasion Ⓡ, the Intelligent Print Automation platform trusted by more than 14,000 organizations worldwide, today unveiled a comprehensive refresh of its Global Partner Program. The program delivers the resources partners expect from Vasion: always-on incentives, structured onboarding, elevated enablement, and a rebuilt portal experience, all engineered to help partners scale, compete, and deliver stronger customer outcomes as agentic AI reshapes how enterprises automate work.

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Agentic print and document workflow environments remain an overlooked channel opportunity, as enterprises race toward agentic automation. IDC forecasts that by 2026, 40% of all Global 2000 job roles will involve working with AI agents, redefining long-held traditional entry-level, mid-level, and senior-level positions [1].

IDC's research points to this new class of AI reshaping not just how fast companies innovate, but how work itself gets done across every industry [1]. Quocirca research adds a print-specific data point: fewer than half (47%) of IT decision-makers plan to invest in print infrastructure modernization in 2026, even as 64% plan to increase AI investment and 63% plan to increase intelligent document processing investment [3].

That gap isn't just about technology, it's about who helps organizations close it. According to a 2026 IDC survey [2], "systems integrators and IT consulting partners ranking as the most valued partner type reflects how complex production deployment actually is. Reliable agentic AI in IT operations is not a pure technology problem, and organizations recognizing that early are making faster progress." Vasion's partner community is central to closing that gap. The refreshed program aligns partners on the strategy, rewards continuous selling, and validates expertise at every stage of the journey.

"Partners look to TD SYNNEX for the expertise, enablement and support needed to bring innovative technologies to market. This updated program from Vasion gives them greater clarity and flexibility as they build their Vasion practices with us," said Scott Young, SVP, Vendor Management, TD SYNNEX. "By reducing complexity and providing consistent incentives, it empowers partners to scale solutions more effectively, deliver stronger outcomes for customers, and drive long-term business growth.”

Program enhancements include:

"We started this refresh with a simple question: what do partners expect from us at every step of the journey?" said Reza Parsia, Global Vice President, Channel and Partnerships. "The answer was security and modernization partners can stand behind, always-on incentives that reward continuous selling, and a certification academy that validates partner expertise, now extending into agentic print management. We built all of it into a portal that makes enablement and deal registration effortless."

At the heart of the refresh is a partner-first philosophy: partners should be rewarded for growing with Vasion, not asked to pay their way into the program. Marketing Development Funds are available to the partners who invest alongside Vasion. Enablement, incentives, and tools are engineered around one outcome: making Vasion partners the vendor customers choose when it's time to modernize print, automate output, and take back the helpdesk.

Availability

The refreshed Global Partner Program is available now to Vasion resellers, MSPs, distributors, and technology alliance partners worldwide. Current and prospective partners can learn more at vasion.com/partners

About Vasion

Vasion is an Intelligent Print Automation category leader making digital transformation attainable for all by eliminating print servers, consolidating print environments, and digitizing document workflows. Renowned for pioneering serverless, direct IP printing with PrinterLogic, we are now redefining modern output management with one of the world's most secure cloud native platforms: Vasion holds ISO 42001 and ISO 27001 certifications, a SOC 2 Type II report, and achieved FedRAMP® High Authorization. More than 14,000 customers globally, including hundreds of the world's leading enterprises, deploy Vasion's software to modernize, consolidate, automate, and secure their print environments, while deploying and enabling agentic AI at the document layer through capabilities like Print Agent and Forms Agent within Vasion Automate [4]. Learn more at vasion.com.

Notes to editors: sources for statistics cited above:

[1] IDC Press Release, "IDC FutureScape 2026 Predictions Reveal the Rise of Agentic AI and a Turning Point in Enterprise Transformation," October 23, 2025.

[2] IDC Survey: Early Adopters of Agentic AI Use Cases Within the IT Operations Function, 2026, #US54569826, June 2026.

[3] Quocirca research, cited in "Vasion Intelligent Print Automation targets the print modernisation gap," Quocirca, July 8, 2026

[4] Vasion Automate product pages describing VAI (Vasion Artificial Intelligence) and its specialized agents: Print Agent, Forms Agent, Agent Workflow Step. https://vasion.com/automate/ and https://vasion.com/products/vasion-automate/

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VasionⓇ Enhances Global Partner Program to Accelerate AI-Powered Automation

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — American football will make its debut in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday at a futebol cathedral.

The 78,000-seat Maracana Stadium is a revered soccer venue that has hosted two World Cup championship games, Olympic gold medal matches for men and women, and numerous clashes between South America's biggest teams. Now the Baltimore Ravens and the Dallas Cowboys will play the NFL’s first game in Rio there, one of a record nine international contests on the league schedule this season.

Built for the 1950 World Cup, the Mário Filho Stadium in the northern end of the city is universally known as the Maracana due to the river that flows behind it. Locals have nicknamed it “the Maraca” and its current tenants are Brazilian soccer club giants Flamengo and Fluminense.

"It makes perfect sense for the NFL, reinforcing our commitment to Brazil. Hosting a game at the Maracana will be historic, capitalizing on everything Rio has to offer to locals, Brazilians, international visitors and the NFL,” Luis Martinez, general manager of NFL Brazil, told The Associated Press.

The NFL has been playing in Brazil since 2024, but the two previous games were at the 48,000-seat NeoQuimica Arena in Sao Paulo, a larger market where both games were sellouts. Some tickets remain for Sunday's game in the considerably larger venue. The stadium made news this week after some soccer players raised concerns about the field conditions, though the NFL says it's confident the playing surface will be fine.

The stadium opened in 1950 to host the World Cup, the first after World War II and at a time when Rio was Brazil's capital. The government had hopes it would help Brazil’s national team win the championship.

Instead, Uruguay lifted the trophy in front of 200,000 fans after a 2-1 win over the hosts on July 16, 1950.

"Only three people have silenced the Maracana; the pope, Frank Sinatra and me,” Alcides Ghiggia, the Uruguayan striker who netted the winning goal, said repeatedly in different interviews over the decades until he died in 2015.

Ghiggia is deemed the main player responsible for the historic upset that fans know as “the Maracanazo.”

Brazilians had to wait another eight years to win the World Cup title for the first time, and would add another four years later.

The Maracana also saw the goal that three-time World Cup winner Pelé said was his 1,000th. He scored during Santos' 2-1 victory against Vasco da Gama and wept for joy in front of the cameras and 70,000 people. FIFA has a different goal count for the football great, who died in 2022 at age 82.

Ghiggia’s often repeated references to Pope John Paul II and Sinatra were about other memorable events at the stadium.

Sinatra performed at the Maracana in 1980 for an estimated crowd of 175,000.

When he forgot the lyrics to “Strangers in the Night,” the fans continued.

“This is the greatest moment I’ve ever experienced in my life as a professional singer,” Sinatra said near the end of his performance. “Never before have I experienced anything like this before, never.”

Other stars including Madonna and the Rolling Stones have also performed at the stadium.

The pontiff was at the stadium in 1980 and 1997 during two of his three official visits to Brazil. After the first one, Fluminense fans began displaying banners with his face as a good-luck charm. They also sing “Bless us, John of God” during their most hotly contested matches.

Other big events have included a 1951 visit from the Harlem Globetrotters that drew 50,000 fans and a fight the same year between legendary Brazilian jiu-jitsu fighter Helio Gracie and Masahiko Kimura, deemed by many judokas as the best ever from Japan. Kimura broke Gracie's arm and won after his rival's coach threw in the towel.

The stadium capacity was reduced to less than 100,000 during a remodel ahead of the 2014 World Cup — old standing areas and tiered concrete benches were removed — but it remains one of the largest in South America.

Business consultant Rafael Salies, a hardcore Flamengo fan who spent part of his childhood in Oklahoma, is excited about the NFL coming to the Maracana but he won't attend. A fan of the Miami Dolphins who used to play football on the Rio beaches, he said $100 is pricey to watch the Ravens face the Cowboys.

But he is also keen to spend more than $1,500 to go to Uruguay in November if his team reaches the final of the Copa Libertadores, which is the main club competition in South American soccer.

“This game in Rio is more about the stadium than the city. It might look a little empty in some parts because it is just too big, but it will be a beautiful scenario,” Salies said. “There will be some soccer stadium culture involved, but there won't be fireworks, flags, drum sections. It will be a different Maracana.”

FILE - A general view of the Maracana stadium during its renovation ahead of the 2014 World Cup soccer tournament in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, May 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)

FILE - Pope John Paul II waves to worshippers as he arrives to Rio de Janeiro's Maracana Stadium on Oct. 4, 1997. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez Mills, File)

FILE - Germany's head coach Joachim Loew celebrates after the World Cup final soccer match between Germany and Argentina, July 13, 2014, at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)