Month: July 2018

Backup

Commvault restructuring of product portfolio, channel enablement tools guided by same theme

July 19, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Commvault restructuring of product portfolio, channel enablement tools guided by same theme
Commvault has greatly simplified its solution set, from 21 product areas to four, and consolidated its partner enablement tools, with the goal of both being to greatly scale the channel business.

Networking

Aryaka looks to new Canadian Point of Presence and first country manager to scale up SD-WAN-as-a-Service here

July 18, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Aryaka looks to new Canadian Point of Presence and first country manager to scale up SD-WAN-as-a-Service here
The new Toronto POP will let Aryaka serve more Canadian customers more efficiently, while the presence of Craig Workman running their Canadian sales lets Aryaka expand their activity around business development, marketing, education and thought leadership.

Managed Services

RapidFire Tools rebrands upgraded internal threat detection tool as Cyber Hawk to help MSPs sell higher value services

July 18, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on RapidFire Tools rebrands upgraded internal threat detection tool as Cyber Hawk to help MSPs sell higher value services
RapidFire Tools has refocused and rebranded their Detector software appliance to better leverage its strengths for MSPs, which involve their being able to use it as the foundation of a higher-margin security practice.

Security

Digital Defense continues to build out strategic partnerships with ForeScout Technologies integration

July 18, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Digital Defense continues to build out strategic partnerships with ForeScout Technologies integration
The partnership, which will deeply integrate the Digital Defense Frontline Vulnerability Manager platform with the ForeScout device visibility platform, has a go-to-market component, and the joint solution will be able to be sold by both vendors’ channels.

Security

McAfee brings SaaS ePO to the enterprise as part of new MVISION portfolio

July 18, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on McAfee brings SaaS ePO to the enterprise as part of new MVISION portfolio
MVISION Endpoint layers McAfee endpoint protection over Windows Defender, using the latter to manage endpoint defense through ePO, while MVISION Mobile consolidates mobile device security into one console.

Cloud

BetterCloud expands Google partnership with real-time activity-based alerts for Google

July 18, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on BetterCloud expands Google partnership with real-time activity-based alerts for Google
The key technology piece here is BetterCloud adding the ability to set policies for alerts without the need for triggers. The new offering is also important, however, as a public reaffirmation of their relationship with Google.

Cloud

CloudJumper adds smooth ability to manage RDmi workloads with Cloud Workspace for Azure

July 18, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on CloudJumper adds smooth ability to manage RDmi workloads with Cloud Workspace for Azure
CloudJumper has had partners ask for this to reduce the complexity of working with Azure, and large integrators who had not worked with the company before see this as a way to make large Azure deployments more cost-effective.

Storage

Storbyte looks to displace tape with technologically innovative disk JBOD hardware-defined solution

July 17, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Storbyte looks to displace tape with technologically innovative disk JBOD hardware-defined solution
The Storbyte SBJ family provides a spinning disk JBOD complement for colder data, to the ECO•FLASH flash arrays they released when they launched in the spring.

Channel Programs

Pax8 announces Professional Services Program to help MSPs fulfill and develop services capability

July 17, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pax8 announces Professional Services Program to help MSPs fulfill and develop services capability
Pax8 has introduced new Professional Services at partner request, both to perform services for MSPs who lack the necessary skills at a relatively low cost, and also to teach the MSPs how to repeat the service without assistance later.

Security

Sophos brings its deep learning technology to servers with Sophos Intercept X for Server

July 17, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Sophos brings its deep learning technology to servers with Sophos Intercept X for Server
Last year, Sophos brought its anti-ransomware CryptoGuard technology from their Intercept X endpoint solution onto their server product, but now the server solution has been rebranded and fully infused with the full capabilities of Intercept X.