Month: September 2018

Cloud

Tango Networks announces North American availability of Kinetic Cloud enterprise mobile UC management solution

September 18, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Tango Networks announces North American availability of Kinetic Cloud enterprise mobile UC management solution
Texas-based Tango Networks launched their cloud offering in Europe first, but now brings it to the North American market, and are expanding their channel of enterprise-focused partners to help sell it.

Managed Services

IT Glue looks to claim thought leadership mantle at first annual GlueCon MSP partner event

September 17, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on IT Glue looks to claim thought leadership mantle at first annual GlueCon MSP partner event
Vancouver-headquartered IT Glue, the market leader in IT documentation for MSPs, has designed their first partner event around the principle of providing MSPs with valuable takeaways, rather than just talking about themselves.

Channel Programs

NaaS provider Meta Networks looks to support select channel with first partner program

September 17, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on NaaS provider Meta Networks looks to support select channel with first partner program
Meta Networks, whose network-as-a-service offering appeals to a variety of solution providers across the security, networking and managed services spaces, wants to start with a limited number of initial partners, and make them successful before expanding the program.

Hardware

Scale Computing, APC bring Micro Data Center in a box solution to North America through Ingram Micro

September 17, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Scale Computing, APC bring Micro Data Center in a box solution to North America through Ingram Micro
The joint solution leverages Schneider Electric’s offerings, to provide a solution of racks, power, and HCI that Ingram Micro will integrate as well as distribute.

Backup

BackupAssist looking to disrupt backup market with cloud-to-local BackupAssist 365

September 17, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on BackupAssist looking to disrupt backup market with cloud-to-local BackupAssist 365
BackupAssist thinks that being able to back up cloud data locally, with minimal storage requirements, will appeal to MSPs and lead to a surge of new MSP partners.

Software

Red Hat’s Mobile Portfolio Centre rolls into Toronto

September 14, 2018 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Red Hat’s Mobile Portfolio Centre rolls into Toronto
Red Hat’s touring trailer is focused on providing customers and partners with training and education on five top IT challenges the vendor sees as important opportunities.

Data Centre

Server, storage success in Q2 show continued Dell EMC progress on integration journey

September 13, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Server, storage success in Q2 show continued Dell EMC progress on integration journey
Kevin Connolly, President of Commercial Sales at Dell EMC Canada gives his take on why the company had another strong quarter, what’s happening in the market, and where Dell EMC still has room for substantial growth in Canada.

Managed Services

eSentire increases visibility of Managed Detection and Response solution with Sumo Logic partnership

September 13, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on eSentire increases visibility of Managed Detection and Response solution with Sumo Logic partnership
Sumo Logic’s cloud-native capabilities add a whole new range of signals from applications that eSentire’s MDR was not getting previously, significantly upgrading the solution and its value to channel partners.

Storage

Major new NetApp partnership energizes Lenovo DCG storage at Transform 2.0

September 13, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Major new NetApp partnership energizes Lenovo DCG storage at Transform 2.0
This morning, at their Transform 2.0 event in New York City, Lenovo announced a series of new products, partnerships and solutions around the company’s ongoing Intelligent Transformation strategy. For the channel, the centrepiece was a
Security

Bomgar to rebrand as BeyondTrust with acquisition of fellow PAM vendor

September 13, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Bomgar to rebrand as BeyondTrust with acquisition of fellow PAM vendor
The acquisition, their third this year, gives Bomgar a stronger presence in the midmarket and lower part of the enterprise, and will also upgrade their Canadian presence significantly.