Year: 2017

Mobility

Xirrus enhances MSP platform for WaaS with improved interface and API integrations

January 25, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Xirrus enhances MSP platform for WaaS with improved interface and API integrations
Xirrus added CommandCenter to the Xirrus Management System for MSPs last March to make the provisioning process quicker, and now has augmented it further.

Managed Services

Improving technician experience, unified low-priced backup highlight Kaseya VSA 9.4

January 24, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Improving technician experience, unified low-priced backup highlight Kaseya VSA 9.4
Other enhancements to Kaseya VSA include improving the discovery engine to make finding and categorizing machines more accurate and comprehensive.

Channel Communities

Pax8 adds Jennifer Bodell as Emerging Channel director to strengthen communities ties

January 23, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pax8 adds Jennifer Bodell as Emerging Channel director to strengthen communities ties
Cloud-focused distributor Pax8 sees IT trade association events as ideal grounds to talk with partners and add productive new ones, and Bodell’s hire both strengthens their presence at them and provides the channel with more evidence of their commitment.

Cloud

New Ivanti brand for LANDESK-HEAT union to focus on unified secure workplace message

January 23, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on New Ivanti brand for LANDESK-HEAT union to focus on unified secure workplace message
LANDESK had been working on rebranding itself for nine months, and the bringing together of the company with HEAT Software into Ivanti provides an ideal opportunity to create a brand – and a strategy around it – to cross-market and cross-sell all the company’s solutions.

Channel Communities

Change to the channel, partner programs highlight channel aspects of CompTIA 2017 outlook

January 23, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Change to the channel, partner programs highlight channel aspects of CompTIA 2017 outlook
CompTIA sees 2017 as continuing trends like the greying of the channel and the increase in non-traditional partners which have been developing for several years.

Cloud

Barracuda adds virtual and public cloud firewalls for MSPs

January 23, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Barracuda adds virtual and public cloud firewalls for MSPs
Barracuda thinks that adding these other MSP firewall options will let MSPs create strong services packages with high appeal to customers.

Unified Communications

Avaya looks to reduce debt burden and re-emerge stronger with Chapter 11 filing

January 19, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Avaya looks to reduce debt burden and re-emerge stronger with Chapter 11 filing
Avaya says that the sale of its Contact Center business is not being considered as a way to restructure its balance sheet, but that it is in discussions to possibly sell off other assets.

Storage

StorageCraft buys Exablox for creative synergies around DR and business continuity

January 19, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on StorageCraft buys Exablox for creative synergies around DR and business continuity
The acquisition follows a successful distribution agreement last October through which Exablox resold StorageCraft ShadowProtect software.

Virtualization

Dell collaborates with Citrix on new XenDesktop VXRail solution

January 18, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell collaborates with Citrix on new XenDesktop VXRail solution
The offering with Citrix provides the same capabilities of the latest version of a VMRail VMware solution announced at last year’s Dell EMC World, and gives Dell partners an offering for their Citrix focused customers.

Networking

Zyxel targets upgrades from 1GB with new 10G Uplink Layer 3 Managed Switches

January 18, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Zyxel targets upgrades from 1GB with new 10G Uplink Layer 3 Managed Switches
The new series, a complete redesign rather than an upgrade of the series it replaces, is also priced at around half what similar switches used to go for, which Zyxel thinks will help it with small business customers.