Month: February 2017

Backup

Acronis extends Office 365 backup functionality to on-prem Backup 12 solution

February 7, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Acronis extends Office 365 backup functionality to on-prem Backup 12 solution
Acronis’ on-prem product in their hybrid cloud architecture now has the same feature set as their cloud offering.

Channel Programs

Epicor enhances channel program in the Americas

February 7, 2017 Mark Cox 1
The changes involve certifying partners in Canada and Latin America to sell the Prophet 21 wholesale distribution solution.

Mobility

Absolute brings its Persistence self-healing technology to endpoints

February 7, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Absolute brings its Persistence self-healing technology to endpoints
Absolute leverages the technology that it embeds in firmware into an endpoint solution which provides an added level of resilience to designated applications.

Cloud

Carbon Black looks to reshape anti-virus market with new Streaming Prevention technology

February 6, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Carbon Black looks to reshape anti-virus market with new Streaming Prevention technology
The new Streaming Prevention technology, which will be added to the existing Cb Defense endpoint product in the spring, is designed to stop non-malware as well as malware attacks.

Brian Aebig, general manager of Canada for Avnet Technology Solutions
Distribution

New Year’s Podcast Series: Brian Aebig of Avnet Canada

February 6, 2017 Robert Dutt Comments Off on New Year’s Podcast Series: Brian Aebig of Avnet Canada
Avnet Canada head Brian Aebig weighs in on the pending Tech Data merger, how the distributor fared in the 2016 market, and where he sees 2017 heading.

Cloud

ZeroStack adds machine-based AI to scale-out private cloud solution

February 6, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on ZeroStack adds machine-based AI to scale-out private cloud solution
ZeroStack adds a new dimension to their original offering, and lays out the road map for the next two stages of their technology rollout, both of which are scheduled for later this year.

Security

Comodo beefs up endpoint protection solution with enhanced Mac, new Linux support

February 3, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Comodo beefs up endpoint protection solution with enhanced Mac, new Linux support
Comodo’s endpoint solution is relatively new to the market, but has posted strong adoption rates and has just been added to Gartner’s Magic Quadrant.

Big Data

Major changes to partner go-to-market among IDC 2017 channel predictions

February 2, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Major changes to partner go-to-market among IDC 2017 channel predictions
Other IDC projections for the year ahead include strong partner moves into the digital transformation market, an emphasis on Customer Success programs, and changes to vendor Partner Success models.

Managed Services

Webroot targets different partner segments with three new product announcements

February 2, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Webroot targets different partner segments with three new product announcements
Webroot SecureAnywhere DNS Protection is aimed at the SMB MSP market, while Webroot FlowScape Analytics is more for MSSPs and Webroot BrightCloud Streaming Malware Detection is primarily an OEM play.

Backup

Barracuda refreshes its entire lineup of backup appliances

February 2, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Barracuda refreshes its entire lineup of backup appliances
Memory, performance and capacity have been increased, with capacity on the physical models going up from 100 per cent in the entry level appliances, to between 15-30 per cent in the high end ones.