Month: January 2017

Storage

NetApp unveils small form factor version of top of the line all flash array

January 31, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on NetApp unveils small form factor version of top of the line all flash array
The NetApp AFF A700s is aimed at customers looking to improve their data centre economics by significantly reducing physical footprint. NetApp also announced an updating and reworking of its storage capacity guarantee.

Managed Services

Open Mesh acquisition gives Datto networking services purpose-built for MSPs, SMBs

January 31, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Open Mesh acquisition gives Datto networking services purpose-built for MSPs, SMBs
Datto makes a play for the cloud networking managed services market, which it says is full of enterprise-focused offerings that have ill-served MSPs and aren’t well suited to the SMB market.

Distribution

New Year’s Podcast Series: Bill Brandel of Ingram Micro Canada

January 31, 2017 Robert Dutt Comments Off on New Year’s Podcast Series: Bill Brandel of Ingram Micro Canada
Bill Brandel on a year that saw him move to Canada to head up Ingram Micro’s Canadian operations, the distributor’s acquisition by HNA Group, and much more.

Channel Programs

AppRiver upgrades free email marketing tool for partners

January 31, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on AppRiver upgrades free email marketing tool for partners
AppRiver had a pre-templated campaign tool before, but it was limited to Office 365. The new one covers a broad range of their solutions, with 12 templates at launch, and more scheduled to be added.

Cloud

WaaS platform provider CloudJumper makes first acquisition, an IT services business unit

January 31, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on WaaS platform provider CloudJumper makes first acquisition, an IT services business unit
CloudJumper, which was IndependenceIT’s largest white label partner, acquires approximately 60 partners in an IndependenceIT focused business unit, most of whom they expect will move to the CloudJumper platform.

Distribution

IoT connectivity vendor Ingenu partners with Arrow Electronics on global deal

January 30, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on IoT connectivity vendor Ingenu partners with Arrow Electronics on global deal
Ingenu delivers wireless M2M connectivity using their RPMA technology, and is looking to Arrow to bundle their connectivity with Arrow’s own services offerings.

Channel Programs

Kitchener-based Intranet provider Igloo looking to build out channel in North America

January 27, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Kitchener-based Intranet provider Igloo looking to build out channel in North America
Igloo, which makes a cloud-based SaaS solution that includes Intranets within a broad array of collaboration and other business apps, presently has no partners in North America. Now, however, having piloted a partner program in other geos last year, they are looking to change that.

Big Data

Building new offerings to adapt to changing customer needs

January 27, 2017 Guest Poster Comments Off on Building new offerings to adapt to changing customer needs
In this sponsored video from Avnet Technology Solutions, SIS discuss how working with the distributor is helping them evolve towards managed services.

Cloud

Sage People Human Capital Management solution launches in Canada

January 27, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Sage People Human Capital Management solution launches in Canada
Sage sees the new offering, which is likely to be sold primarily, though not exclusively for the X3 platform, as a strong opportunity for channel partners.

Storage

Pure Storage announces GA for FlashBlade unstructured workload solution

January 26, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pure Storage announces GA for FlashBlade unstructured workload solution
FlashBlade has been in Directed Availability since last July, but it is now broadly available to all customers through the Pure Storage partner channel.