Month: April 2018

Backup

Veritas boosts partner profitability, simplifies certifications in major partner program redo

April 10, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Veritas boosts partner profitability, simplifies certifications in major partner program redo
Veritas remakes its partner program to add additional support for its 360 data management portfolio beyond their two core backup products.

SalesBuzz

Hindenburg Drone crash at Macola event previews, parallels channel go-to-market unpredictability

April 9, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Hindenburg Drone crash at Macola event previews, parallels channel go-to-market unpredictability
The opening keynote at the annual Macola customer and partner event featured a drone demo intended to show mastery over adjacent technology that backfired spectacularly, although harmlessly. The event itself also featured an air of unpredictability – over the role of the channel in the Macola go-to-market going forward.

Cloud

Macola cloud strategy still being assessed, with an offering likely in calendar 2018

April 6, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Macola cloud strategy still being assessed, with an offering likely in calendar 2018
ECi has instructed Macola to make development of a cloud strategy a major priority. Macola’s execs discuss the specifics of what they are doing, when customers are likely to see the fruits of this labour, and what they are likely to be.

Software

New Macola 10.7 ERP release stops software from breaking during upgrades

April 6, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on New Macola 10.7 ERP release stops software from breaking during upgrades
The latest version of the Macola ERP software continues to open up the product, and features changes that they say will end ‘version lock’ including the addition of screen plug-ins and back-end plug ins. There has also been a major extension of open APIs and new capabilities to make it easy to turn off unwanted fields.

Podcasts

Talking the big business trends with Sage Canada’s Paul Struthers [Podcast]

April 5, 2018 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Talking the big business trends with Sage Canada’s Paul Struthers [Podcast]
Sage Canada’s Paul Struthers on cloud, security, big data, digital transformation, and Canada’s culture of innovation on this edition of the podcast.

Software

ECi Software President lays out strategy for Macola, including pooled resources, cloud option

April 5, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on ECi Software President lays out strategy for Macola, including pooled resources, cloud option
ECi, to which Macola reports after their acquisition by ECI’s Apax Partners, told Macola customers and partners at their EVOLVE event what the new ownership will mean for them, and how Macola fits into ECI’s strategy for its manufacturing division.

Channel Programs

Gigamon announces ex-Riverbed channels exec Michelle Hodges as new channel chief

April 4, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Gigamon announces ex-Riverbed channels exec Michelle Hodges as new channel chief
Hodges talks with ChannelBuzz about her new role at Gigamon, what she brings to the table there, and how she expects to increase the opportunities the company provides to partners.

Backup

Rubrik introduces complementary Polaris SaaS platform that creates unified system of record

April 4, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Rubrik introduces complementary Polaris SaaS platform that creates unified system of record
Rubrik Polaris is a separate SaaS platform that provides a new turnkey offering that partners can offer to their existing install base, and which should itself generate new sales of entire Rubrik systems among compliance-minded customers.

Uncategorized

Datrium ships DVX 4.0 Software with new perks added since fall announcement

April 4, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Datrium ships DVX 4.0 Software with new perks added since fall announcement
While Datrium DVX 4.0’s Cloud DVX backup and recovery service and Oracle RAC support have been made public before, other features, and two promotional offers, are being announced now for the first time.

Cloud

Cloud distributor Pax8 adds bill-forward consumption billing option for ConnectWise MSPs

April 4, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cloud distributor Pax8 adds bill-forward consumption billing option for ConnectWise MSPs
Pax8 has converted its recommendations that MSPs practice bill-forward consumption-based billing into a console option for ConnectWise, and plans to offer the same for other RMM and PSA vendors.