Month: September 2018

Mobility

Janam brings back gun handle-only form factor with XG200 rugged mobile computer

September 13, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Janam brings back gun handle-only form factor with XG200 rugged mobile computer
The new XG200, the third generation of this model, is the fourth major product release this year, a torrent by the Janam historical rate of product releases.

Cloud

New Equinix President and CEO Charles Meyers talks strategy going forward

September 12, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on New Equinix President and CEO Charles Meyers talks strategy going forward
Equinix names company veteran Meyers, most recently their President of Strategy, Services and Innovation, as President and CEO. He talks with ChannelBuzz about the opportunities he sees in the market, and how the company can best leverage them, including how their channel fits in.

Partnerships

Digital Defense integration adds comprehensive vulnerability assessment capability to McAfee ePO

September 12, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Digital Defense integration adds comprehensive vulnerability assessment capability to McAfee ePO
The certified integration through the McAfee Security Innovation Alliance provides major new revenue opportunities and thought leadership advantages to joint McAfee and Digital Defense channel partners.

Backup

Rubrik Datos IO adds new Docker functionality, Azure support in major 3.0 release

September 12, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Rubrik Datos IO adds new Docker functionality, Azure support in major 3.0 release
The first release since Rubrik acquired Datos IO earlier his year also makes major enhancements to the platform’s scale-out architecture and performance.

Security

European threat intelligence provider EclecticIQ increases North American investment with channel manager appointment

September 12, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on European threat intelligence provider EclecticIQ increases North American investment with channel manager appointment
SIEM industry veteran Michael Seguinot is tasked with building up and enabling a select EclecticIQ channel to target the enterprise and SMB markets in the U.S. and Canada.

Backup

Lenovo adds Veeam to price list as part of strengthened partnership

September 12, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Lenovo adds Veeam to price list as part of strengthened partnership
Lenovo’s enhanced relationship with Veeam is but one part of a much broader initiative they are announcing Thursday at their Lenovo Transform event.

Big Data

Information Builders gives WebFOCUS platform modernized UI to drive much greater adoption

September 10, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Information Builders gives WebFOCUS platform modernized UI to drive much greater adoption
Information Builders has enhanced the analytics capabilities in their platform, but the big news with this release is the UI changes, designed to make it much easier for a broader range of users to work with.

Software

ECi to expand reseller and OEM channels of newly-acquired Vineyardsoft

September 10, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on ECi to expand reseller and OEM channels of newly-acquired Vineyardsoft
ECi, which acquired ERP vendor Macola last year, has made another acquisition relevant to their Manufacturing Division, purchasing Vineyardsoft, whose KnowledgeSync product was already being used by Macola and every other member of the Division. Vineyardsoft sold entirely through channels, and the plan is to expand those channels further.

Managed Services

Kaseya CEO Voccola explains importance and uniqueness of Rapidfire Tools acquisition

September 6, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Kaseya CEO Voccola explains importance and uniqueness of Rapidfire Tools acquisition
The acquisition immensely strengthens Kaseya’s compliance offerings, and they immediately announced a new compliance solution from the RapidFire technology, which was sufficiently important that they delayed announcement of the acquisition for two months, until the new product was ready.

Servers

Supermicro ships top-performing 1U all-flash storage server optimized for Samsung NF1 NVMe storage

September 6, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Supermicro ships top-performing 1U all-flash storage server optimized for Samsung NF1 NVMe storage
Supermicro and Samsung will jointly promote the new server aggressively because of its specific customization for the new Samsung SSDs.