Month: May 2018

Backup

Veeam advances strategic vision from availability to hyperavailability at VeeamON

May 15, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Veeam advances strategic vision from availability to hyperavailability at VeeamON
The main Veeam announcement at this year’s VeeamON event is advancing their core branding, to keep up with customer expectations by providing fully automated data management as part of an availability strategy.

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INFINIDAT comes to first VeeamON with new solution set and new Veeam integration

May 15, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on INFINIDAT comes to first VeeamON with new solution set and new Veeam integration
INFINIDAT and Veeam come originally from different segments of the market, but have partnered around an enterprise play, and INFINIDAT is looking to enlist some of Veeam’s top solution providers to increase their own ranks of ‘go-to’ partners.

Channel Programs

Scale-out NAS vendor Rozo Systems aims to scale up its channel with first partner program

May 15, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Scale-out NAS vendor Rozo Systems aims to scale up its channel with first partner program
Rozo Systems, which has been based mainly in the media and entertainment vertical, sells entirely through a select partner channel. They are now looking to augment that channel, and to that end, have introduced their first partner program.

Backup

Asigra adds cybersecurity protection to 14th generation of their backup platform

May 15, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Asigra adds cybersecurity protection to 14th generation of their backup platform
The Asigra Cloud Backup Evolved platform targets ransomware Attack Loops, which corrupt backup data in order to prevent successful restores and force organizations to pay ransoms. It also adds a new management interface, GDPR compliance certification, and container support.

Backup

Aparavi upgrades active archiving SaaS platform, unveils channel plans

May 15, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Aparavi upgrades active archiving SaaS platform, unveils channel plans
The upgrades include expanding multi-cloud support and a new compliance-focused capability. Aparavi has also made its channel plans clear, and has a channel program coming.

Podcasts

ChannelBuzz.ca Podcast: The Tax Episode

May 14, 2018 Robert Dutt Comments Off on ChannelBuzz.ca Podcast: The Tax Episode
In this edition of the podcast, Marc-Etienne Leveille of ESET and Paul Struthers of Sage discuss tax-related SMS phishing threats, and the burden of tax policy on small businesses respectively.

Backup

Veritas looking to expand partner business with Nutanix

May 14, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Veritas looking to expand partner business with Nutanix
Veritas wants their mutual partners with Nutanix to ramp up their joint business, including Nutanix’s cloud offerings, and they are considering making channel program changes as one way to accomplish this.

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Scale-out storage vendor ExaGrid looks to continue momentum with Nutanix

May 14, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Scale-out storage vendor ExaGrid looks to continue momentum with Nutanix
ExaGrid recently unveiled a new top-of-the-line appliance, and entered into a Nutanix-focused parternshp with data protection provider HYCU.

Partnerships

Cloud contact centre software maker 3CLogic unveils native integration with ServiceNow

May 14, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cloud contact centre software maker 3CLogic unveils native integration with ServiceNow
3CLogic is partnered deeply with a very select number of vendors, one of which is ServiceNow. The new integration lets ServiceNow reps handle all the interaction with 3CLogic phone support through the ServiceNow interface.

Cloud

Nutanix pleased with business growth, channel progress in Canada

May 11, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Nutanix pleased with business growth, channel progress in Canada
Nutanix’s Canadian country manager Robert Yelenich talked with ChannelBuzz at .NEXT and provided an update on the company’s Canadian business, and the progress of their channel in selling and deploying Nutanix’s cloud offerings beyond the HCI foundation.