Month: September 2017

Networking

HPE makes flurry of new solutions up and down SMB portfolio

September 29, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on HPE makes flurry of new solutions up and down SMB portfolio
In addition to new SMB-focused server, storage, networking and hyper-converged product, HPE has brought their Consume IT OPEX pricing model from the enterprise to SMBs as well.

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Security

Tom Flink joins Forcepoint as vice president of global channel sales

September 29, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Tom Flink joins Forcepoint as vice president of global channel sales
Flink, best-known in the channel for his long tenure running the Citrix partner ecosystem, talks with ChannelBuzz about his priorities with Forcepoint and what needs to be done to make their channel even stronger.

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Distribution

D&H celebrates tenth year in Canada at Toronto trade show

September 28, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on D&H celebrates tenth year in Canada at Toronto trade show
D&H co-President Dan Schwab was in attendance at the Toronto show and gave his views on the event and their Canadian business in general.

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Managed Services

3 Warning Signs of a Problem Client

September 28, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on 3 Warning Signs of a Problem Client
Barracuda MSP identifies three warning signs early in a client relationship, which indicate it may be time to cut bait.

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Storage

HCI software vendor Maxta announces migration capability from VMware to Red Hat

September 28, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on HCI software vendor Maxta announces migration capability from VMware to Red Hat
Maxta has developed the ability to migrate customers seamlessly from VMware ESXi to Red Hat, using their software, and looking to appeal to customers who want to move some of their workloads to a less expensive hypervisor.

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Cloud

Dell EMC XC series upgrade with Avamar integration highlights Microsoft-focused news

September 27, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell EMC XC series upgrade with Avamar integration highlights Microsoft-focused news
The XC series, which Dell EMC aims at the Microsoft hypervisor market, is also getting a new Azure Log Analytics Solution.

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Storage

Tintri unveils all-flash 10TB T1000 for ROBO, departmental and (shhh) SMB deployments

September 27, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Tintri unveils all-flash 10TB T1000 for ROBO, departmental and (shhh) SMB deployments
Following the announcement of their new high-end enterprise cloud platform earlier this month, Tintri now announces availability of a much smaller 10 TB system, aimed at smaller deployments within – and quite possibly outside – the enterprise.

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Backup

Rubrik Alta 4.1 brings Azure functionality up to AWS level

September 27, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Rubrik Alta 4.1 brings Azure functionality up to AWS level
Data management vendor Rubrik also adds support for the Google Cloud Platform, extends their AWS support, and improves management security for MSPs.

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Cloud

Scality expands S3 connectivity for Azure with Scality Connect offering

September 27, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Scality expands S3 connectivity for Azure with Scality Connect offering
Following up their multi-cloud theme which has been central to Scality’s vision since the announcement of Zenko this summer, Scality unveils a tool that lets apps for Amazon S3 support Microsoft Azure Blob Storage without having to be modified.

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Uncategorized

Riverbed previews Hyper-V-powered SteelFusion Azure-Ready Edge at Microsoft Ignite

September 26, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Riverbed previews Hyper-V-powered SteelFusion Azure-Ready Edge at Microsoft Ignite
The SteelFusion Azure-Ready edge is Riverbed’s first virtualization offering outside the VMware architecture.

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No Picture
Channel Programs

Cisco innovation chiefs stress ecosystems

September 26, 2017 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Cisco innovation chiefs stress ecosystems
From augmented reality to IOT, there are no digital transformation without ecosystems, say leaders of four of Cisco’s nine global innovation centres.

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Networking

SonicWall makes biggest set of solution announcements in their history

September 26, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on SonicWall makes biggest set of solution announcements in their history
SonicWall makes five major announcements, including a new firewall OS, a new firewall platform, a new family of Wave 2 access points, a new mobile access OS, and a cloud analytics application.

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Channel Programs

Dell EMC brings Scott Millard into channel storage role as storage push continues

September 26, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell EMC brings Scott Millard into channel storage role as storage push continues
Millard, a veteran EMC channel exec who has most recently been in charge of channels at Virtustream, comes on board the Dell EMC channel team as a focused storage specialist.

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Cloud

IndependenceIT announces Windows app service for Google Cloud Platform

September 26, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on IndependenceIT announces Windows app service for Google Cloud Platform
Several vendors have attempted a Windows App Service for Google before, with indifferent success. Cloud workspace solution provider IndependenceIT, working with Google, has leveraged their automation skills to provide a solution which is much easier to use than previous efforts.

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Cloud

IR makes updated UC assessment and testing solution available in the cloud

September 25, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on IR makes updated UC assessment and testing solution available in the cloud
Last year, IR introduced a network assessment and testing tool. It is being well received by Microsoft partners, and the new version is switching from software to a cloud-based tool.

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Saga Canada managing director Paul Struthers and Sage North American channel chief Scott Ehmen
Podcasts

Sage Summit and the ethics of Code [Podcast]

September 25, 2017 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Sage Summit and the ethics of Code [Podcast]
Sage Canada boss Paul Struthers and North American channel chief Scott Ehmen talk Sage’s channel community, ethics and AI, and more.

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Cloud

Containerized app vendor Mesosphere extends strategic relationships with Dell EMC, Hitachi

September 25, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Containerized app vendor Mesosphere extends strategic relationships with Dell EMC, Hitachi
The reseller deal with Dell EMC, and OEM relationship around the Hitachi Enterprise Cloud Container program should significantly increase Mesosphere’s growing channel business.

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Backup

Comtrade enhances built-for-Nutanix HYCU backup solution

September 25, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Comtrade enhances built-for-Nutanix HYCU backup solution
Comtrade launched their purpose-built solution for Nutanix three months ago. The new version includes the ability to set Nutanix Storage Dense nodes as backup targets, and adding autodiscovery for Microsoft Active Directory.

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Unified Communications

Avaya unveils channel-only video conferencing and collaboration service

September 25, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Avaya unveils channel-only video conferencing and collaboration service
Avaya Equinox Meetings Online is a rebranded and significantly upgraded updating of Avaya Live Video. It is a service which integrates well with on-prem video, and is aimed at the premium part of the market where video quality matters.

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Networking

Mellanox provides HPE’s first Ethernet storage switches in HPE StoreFabric M-Series

September 25, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Mellanox provides HPE’s first Ethernet storage switches in HPE StoreFabric M-Series
The M-Series family OEMed from Mellanox, which provide 100 GbE Ethernet connectivity, but also scale down to an SMB price point, provide HPE with a strong channel offering that has a large price-performance differential over Fibre Channel.

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