Year: 2016

Channel Programs

Archive360 targets Microsoft VARs seeking compliant archive migration with channel program

June 1, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Archive360 targets Microsoft VARs seeking compliant archive migration with channel program
Archive360 says many migrations avoid email archives, and leave much services revenue on the table. Their solution is easy to use, and fully compliant with legal and regulatory requirements.

Channel Programs

Machine-learning based risk analytics vendor Gurucul launches first channel program

June 1, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Machine-learning based risk analytics vendor Gurucul launches first channel program
Gurucul also announced the appointment of Rosanna Pellegrino as VP of Strategic Alliances. She will be in Toronto this week at the SC World Conference at the Toronto Convention Centre to talk to prospective partners.

Storage

NetApp emphasizes simplicity, flash functionality in ONTAP 9 software

May 31, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on NetApp emphasizes simplicity, flash functionality in ONTAP 9 software
NetApp has also strengthened, and is now giving much greater emphasis to, its flash-focused 3-4-5 guarantee to customers.

Cloud

New Panzura CEO Patrick Harr looks to scale up business beyond collaboration

May 31, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on New Panzura CEO Patrick Harr looks to scale up business beyond collaboration
Panzura’s new CEO talks about where he sees the company being able to ramp up, and reaffirms their commitment to channel partners.

Distribution

D&H Canada again posts growth numbers many times the industry norm

May 30, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on D&H Canada again posts growth numbers many times the industry norm
Storage, video conference, monitors and software and licensing all came in around 40 per cent or more. Greg Tobin, General Manager in Canada, discusses why D&H did much better than the industry average.

Mobility

PowWow looks to revolutionize mobile applications with new platform, CEO, channel focus

May 27, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on PowWow looks to revolutionize mobile applications with new platform, CEO, channel focus
PowWow’s platform for turning legacy apps into native Mobile ones with relative ease has just been upgraded, and the company is looking to increase its channel business through a select partner channel.

Security

AppSense unites privilege control, discovery solutions in a single suite

May 27, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on AppSense unites privilege control, discovery solutions in a single suite
AppSense had this single SKU on the roadmap before their acquisition by LANdesk, but further integration is coming, including bringing LANdesk’s patch management offerings in for an even fuller security solution

Channel Programs

Citrix contemplating unique model for upcoming Cloud Partner Program

May 26, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Citrix contemplating unique model for upcoming Cloud Partner Program
A key part of the Cloud Partner program, now slated to roll out with the new fiscal year in January, will be working out how to best handle joint Citrix-Microsoft partners around Microsoft Azure.

Partnerships

Atlantis Computing, Citrix form strategic alliance around hyper-converged

May 26, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Atlantis Computing, Citrix form strategic alliance around hyper-converged
The two companies have been long-time partners around VDI, but this extension of their relationship makes a very low cost hyper-converged offering, which combines Atlantis’ hyper-converged infrastructure with the full Xen stack, available to any certified Citrix partner.

Virtualization

Dell unveils broadest range of thin client solutions announcements in their history

May 26, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell unveils broadest range of thin client solutions announcements in their history
The new offerings include the Dell Wyse 7040, which becomes Dell’s top of the line thin client, and Wyse ThinLinux, a brand-new thin client-optimized software based on SUSE Linux.