Year: 2017

Computers

EMC vet Kevin Connolly to replace Kevin Peesker as Dell EMC Canada Commercial head

July 18, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on EMC vet Kevin Connolly to replace Kevin Peesker as Dell EMC Canada Commercial head
Connolly acknowledges he will need to work hard to assure Dell EMC Canada customers, partners and staff that a guy coming from the EMC side of the house gets the commercial business, which is mainly legacy Dell.

Storage

Scale Computing brings two midmarket hyper-converged appliances to market

July 18, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Scale Computing brings two midmarket hyper-converged appliances to market
The new offerings are more powerful than the appliances Scale has offered before, but they aren’t looking to move upmarket, just satisfy the demand of storage-hungry SMBs and midmarket customers.

Managed Services

Three Inconvenient Truths about Cybersecurity

July 18, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Three Inconvenient Truths about Cybersecurity
If one of your clients gets hit by the next ransomware attack,, that will reflect on you as much as on the client, unless you have done everything you can to help them address the inconvenient truths of cybersecurity.

Storage

WekaIO looks to channel to take massively scalable cloud-native file system to market

July 17, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on WekaIO looks to channel to take massively scalable cloud-native file system to market
WekaIO has emerged from stealth with a channel-friendly parallel scale- out file storage solution that uses the compute layer to eliminate external storage devices.

Servers

Cisco sees powerful channel opportunities in fifth generation UCS

July 17, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cisco sees powerful channel opportunities in fifth generation UCS
In addition to the performance boost from the new Intel processors, Cisco is also touting its new Cisco Workload Optimization Manager software, which comes through an OEM deal with Turbonomic.

Channel Programs

Lenovo DCG retools on multiple fronts to drive disruption

July 14, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Lenovo DCG retools on multiple fronts to drive disruption
Stefan Bockhop discusses his new role in the Lenovo DCG and their plans to drive business with new product, new go-to-market, and new channel programs – which include some forthcoming changes to deal reg.

Managed Services

Kaseya launches Go-to-Market-in-a-Box services for security, network management

July 13, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Kaseya launches Go-to-Market-in-a-Box services for security, network management
The new bundles are part of new As-a-Service offerings for their AuthAnvil and Traverse products, and are designed to help Kaseya MSPs get more proactive and aggressive about selling these.

Cloud

Five9 announces major new version of cloud contact centre platform

July 13, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Five9 announces major new version of cloud contact centre platform
The Summer Release expands Five9’s global capabilities and expands the number of apps available on their microservices architecture.

Security

Dell announces air gap version of its Dell Endpoint Security Suite Enterprise solution

July 13, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell announces air gap version of its Dell Endpoint Security Suite Enterprise solution

The Dell solution with Cylance has been extended to an air gap mode for networks with no or little connectivity to the Internet.

Cloud

CafeX upgrades omnichannel customer service solution for Dynamics 365

July 12, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on CafeX upgrades omnichannel customer service solution for Dynamics 365
CafeX Live Assist for Microsoft Dynamics 365’s new Cosmos release facilitates chatbot-to-agent escalation, and provides an SDK for mobile customer service.