Month: March 2017

Cloud

Cloudjumper cuts MSP partner onboarding costs with JumpStart onboarding solution

March 28, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cloudjumper cuts MSP partner onboarding costs with JumpStart onboarding solution
Client onboarding onto the CloudJumper Workspace-as-a-service platform has been manual and time consuming in the past. This solution is designed to eliminate that, and is free for MSPs to use.

Cloud

Cloud distributor Pax8 adds new executive, processes to successfully manage growth

March 27, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cloud distributor Pax8 adds new executive, processes to successfully manage growth
John Walters comes into the newly created position of VP of Service Operations, to ensure that Pax8’s support of partners does not flag as their business grows, particularly in the critical onboarding stage.

Mobility

Orion Labs turns to channel to take their voice platform to the enterprise

March 27, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Orion Labs turns to channel to take their voice platform to the enterprise
Orion combines its Enterprise Voice Platform with its wearable Onyx smart walkie-talkie to give easy and efficient voice service, and have brought in an experienced channel hand to oversee the go-to-market strategy.

Storage

Alliance Storage Technologies announces NETArchive Version 2

March 27, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Alliance Storage Technologies announces NETArchive Version 2
Alliance Storage Technologies makes multi-tiered storage, with the secret sauce being an optical storage specialization. The new version has significant capacity increases over the old.

Security

Incident Response-focused PacketSled releases new version of platform

March 24, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Incident Response-focused PacketSled releases new version of platform
New sensor technology that reduces the gap between detection and response highlights the changes in PacketSled’s enhanced platform.

Cloud

Avaya’s Zang highlights ISV partner Mutare’s healthcare solution

March 23, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Avaya’s Zang highlights ISV partner Mutare’s healthcare solution
Mutare is one of about 90 strategic ISV partners of Zang, but they were also one of the very first.

Storage

QNAP refreshes enterprise NAS offering with TS-1685

March 22, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on QNAP refreshes enterprise NAS offering with TS-1685
QNAP replaces its TS-1080 with a new, beefier model, which will give its channel a more robust offering for customers who want enterprise capacity, but who have space issues.

Backup

Druva continues strategic relationship focus with Carahsoft deal targeting public sector

March 22, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Druva continues strategic relationship focus with Carahsoft deal targeting public sector
Carahsoft, which is very strong in the federal government space, is bringing Druva onto its GSA schedule.

Neal Bradbury, Senior Director of Business Development, Intronis MSP Solutions by Barracuda
Backup

How to avoid common backup pitfalls

March 22, 2017 Guest Poster Comments Off on How to avoid common backup pitfalls
Intronis’ Neal Bradbury on how managed service providers can make the most of their clients’ need for managed backup services.

Cloud

Axcient makes broad enhancements to SMB cloud platform

March 22, 2017 Mark Cox 1
The Axcient Business Recovery Cloud platform gets a refresh of its HPE hardware, updates for the latest IT environments, and a flurry of improvements based on MSP recommendations.