Month: April 2017

Richard Steranka, vice president of global channel operations at McAfee
Channel Programs

Independent McAfee eyes channel marketing, infrastructure changes

April 11, 2017 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Independent McAfee eyes channel marketing, infrastructure changes
With its old/new name in place, McAfee looks to make changes to partner marketing and tools it says it could not make while under the Intel brand.

Storage

Pure Storage looks to mainstream NVMe with FlashArray//X

April 11, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pure Storage looks to mainstream NVMe with FlashArray//X
The NVMe offering will complement the existing Pure //M array, for higher performance at what Pure Storage promises will be a modest price premium.

Cloud

WPS Office enhances software, looking to take small business share from Office 365

April 11, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on WPS Office enhances software, looking to take small business share from Office 365
WPS Office has been primarily consumer and OEM-focused in North America, using a freemium model, but they have a paid product, and recently began to recruit a reseller channel.

Cloud

ZeroStack expands aggressive partnering strategy with Nexenta

April 11, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on ZeroStack expands aggressive partnering strategy with Nexenta
ZeroStack is looking to put its Intelligent Cloud Platform at the centre of the cloud universe, and is actively partnering with other vendors to make it happen.

Backup

Hyper-V specialist backup vendor Altaro officially launches in North America

April 10, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Hyper-V specialist backup vendor Altaro officially launches in North America
Malta-based Altaro simultaneously announced the version 7 of their VM Backup, which was originally a Hyper-V backup solution, but has also supported VMware environments since Version 6.

Cloud

Demand for more cloud education a top priority in Oracle Applications User Group survey

April 10, 2017 Mark Cox 1
Oracle users want more information about which particular cloud solution is right for them, and how the Oracle cloud can co-exist with their on-prem deployments.

Printing and Imaging

With strong go-to-market plan in place, HP ships new A3 printers

April 7, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on With strong go-to-market plan in place, HP ships new A3 printers
HP is rolling out the strategy announced last fall to penetrate the A3 market, and having put in place a comprehensive go-to-market plan, they are now shipping the new product.

Mobility

Montreal’s LULU software unveils browser-based PDF aimed at mobile market

April 6, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Montreal’s LULU software unveils browser-based PDF aimed at mobile market
LULU becomes the first PDF vendor to develop an app that, like Office 365, can be accessed from any browser, on any device.

Managed Services

Tigerpaw adds full Managed Print Services support with new integration

April 6, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Tigerpaw adds full Managed Print Services support with new integration
The new Tigerpaw integration is not just aimed at allowing their present MSPs to add a managed print services capability, but at reaching out to office equipment dealers who need to diversify their businesses to survive.

Cloud

Westcon-Comstor becomes first AWS Value Added Distributor in Canada

April 6, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Westcon-Comstor becomes first AWS Value Added Distributor in Canada
Westcon-Comstor will leverage its BlueSky cloud and service management platform and its previous experience as an AWS Value Added Distributor in Asia Pacific to help its resellers build strong practices around AWS.