Month: July 2018

Managed Services

SolarWinds repositions acquired Trusted Metrics technology as threat monitoring and hunting tool

July 12, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on SolarWinds repositions acquired Trusted Metrics technology as threat monitoring and hunting tool
SolarWinds expands into a new element of security for both on-prem and MSP customers with a light SIEM that also happens to be a very effective threat detection tool.

Security

Bitdefender enhances solutions available to MSP partners

July 12, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Bitdefender enhances solutions available to MSP partners
Newly enhanced versions of Bitdefender’s Endpoint Detection and Response, and Advanced Threat Security solutions are now available to MSP partners, as well as a Patch Management solution now being offered to MSPs.

Storage

DataDirect Networks looks to pick up Tintri at pennies on the dollar

July 11, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on DataDirect Networks looks to pick up Tintri at pennies on the dollar
DataDirect Networks, which has been more of a Big Data than enterprise storage player, makes an enterprise storage play by bidding for the distressed assets of Tintri, which has always had interesting tech, but which got squeezed in a tight storage market.

Storage

Cloudian makes complementary move partnering with Storage Made Easy on file sync-and-share solution for compliance

July 11, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cloudian makes complementary move partnering with Storage Made Easy on file sync-and-share solution for compliance
The Cloudian partnership with Storage Made Easy adds an enterprise file sync-and-share capability to the core Cloudian offering. Cloudian and its channel partners will resell the joint solution.

Backup

Dell EMC targets SMB and midmarket customers with DP 4400 Integrated Protection Appliance

July 11, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell EMC targets SMB and midmarket customers with DP 4400 Integrated Protection Appliance
The IDPA series Dell EMC rolled out last year was aimed at the enterprise, but the DP4400 was specifically built for SMB and midmarket customers, and is being targeted there rather than at ROBO deployments of enterprises.

Big Data

OpenText CEO Barrenechea unveils new platform, augmented vision at EnterpriseWorld

July 11, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on OpenText CEO Barrenechea unveils new platform, augmented vision at EnterpriseWorld
The OpenText CEO kicked off his company’s flagship event by situating their corporate vision and strategy within the context of the massive changes in the industry that have taken place over the last year, and situating OpenText’s major announcement at the event within the context of that strategy.

Cloud

OpenText unveils its next-gen OT2 hybrid cloud platform

July 11, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on OpenText unveils its next-gen OT2 hybrid cloud platform
OpenText CEO Mark Barrenechea said the SaaS-based OT2 and their flagship Release 16 will have a long life next to each other.

Channel Programs

OpenText opens up private cloud to partners and unveils new MSP pricing model

July 11, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on OpenText opens up private cloud to partners and unveils new MSP pricing model
Prime Unlimited is an optional flat rate per-user price for OpenText managed services, while Prime Protect is a standard support package for partners.

Managed Services

Parallels adds enterprise features to RAS 16.5 to appeal to growing MSP market

July 11, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Parallels adds enterprise features to RAS 16.5 to appeal to growing MSP market
Some key changes involve Parallels responding to an opportunity created among Citrix and VMware customers by changes to their support and maintenance costs, as well as the End-of-Life of XenApp 6.5.

Channel Programs

Lenovo unveils channel transformation in response to partner feedback from Accelerate

July 9, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Lenovo unveils channel transformation in response to partner feedback from Accelerate
The changes involve restructuring the deployment of Lenovo resources to better support partners, new rewards for alignment and new logos, and changes to improve slow pricing policies – although a big one won’t roll out until next year.