Month: September 2017

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.