Year: 2017

Security

SonicWall integrates Capture Advanced Threat Protection into Email security

February 9, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on SonicWall integrates Capture Advanced Threat Protection into Email security
SonicWall Email Security 9.0 also features improved Office 365 Support.

Cloud

Palo Alto stresses breakthrough innovation across massive range of new launches

February 9, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Palo Alto stresses breakthrough innovation across massive range of new launches
Palo Alto identifies five areas of innovation within a wide-ranging series of announcements, although the most exciting appear to be around the expansion of threat protection capabilities, including credential theft protection.

Channel Programs

Dell EMC provides revenue, rebate specifics for new channel program

February 8, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell EMC provides revenue, rebate specifics for new channel program
Dell EMC fills in the remaining blanks in what its new unified partner program, which formally rolls out today, will look like.

Backup

Acronis extends Office 365 backup functionality to on-prem Backup 12 solution

February 7, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Acronis extends Office 365 backup functionality to on-prem Backup 12 solution
Acronis’ on-prem product in their hybrid cloud architecture now has the same feature set as their cloud offering.

Channel Programs

Epicor enhances channel program in the Americas

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The changes involve certifying partners in Canada and Latin America to sell the Prophet 21 wholesale distribution solution.

Mobility

Absolute brings its Persistence self-healing technology to endpoints

February 7, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Absolute brings its Persistence self-healing technology to endpoints
Absolute leverages the technology that it embeds in firmware into an endpoint solution which provides an added level of resilience to designated applications.

Cloud

Carbon Black looks to reshape anti-virus market with new Streaming Prevention technology

February 6, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Carbon Black looks to reshape anti-virus market with new Streaming Prevention technology
The new Streaming Prevention technology, which will be added to the existing Cb Defense endpoint product in the spring, is designed to stop non-malware as well as malware attacks.

Brian Aebig, general manager of Canada for Avnet Technology Solutions
Distribution

New Year’s Podcast Series: Brian Aebig of Avnet Canada

February 6, 2017 Robert Dutt Comments Off on New Year’s Podcast Series: Brian Aebig of Avnet Canada
Avnet Canada head Brian Aebig weighs in on the pending Tech Data merger, how the distributor fared in the 2016 market, and where he sees 2017 heading.

Cloud

ZeroStack adds machine-based AI to scale-out private cloud solution

February 6, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on ZeroStack adds machine-based AI to scale-out private cloud solution
ZeroStack adds a new dimension to their original offering, and lays out the road map for the next two stages of their technology rollout, both of which are scheduled for later this year.

Security

Comodo beefs up endpoint protection solution with enhanced Mac, new Linux support

February 3, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Comodo beefs up endpoint protection solution with enhanced Mac, new Linux support
Comodo’s endpoint solution is relatively new to the market, but has posted strong adoption rates and has just been added to Gartner’s Magic Quadrant.