Month: October 2018

Luc Villeneuve, general manager of Red Hat Canada
Channel Programs

Red Hat Canada chief: Partners are investing, and investments are paying off

October 25, 2018 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Red Hat Canada chief: Partners are investing, and investments are paying off
Red Hat Canada boss Luc Villeneuve has spent the last few years investing in his partners, and now he’s seeing partners returning the favour, helping to drive significant growth for the open-source giant.

Cloud

NetApp on course to execute on aggressive channel strategy

October 24, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on NetApp on course to execute on aggressive channel strategy
NetApp asked its partners to place bets this year on the cloud, on HCI and on all-flash, with the first two acknowledged as being a significant ask for some partners. Almost two quarters in, the company said that results so far have been good.

Storage

NetApp extends data fabric with DevOps announcements

October 24, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on NetApp extends data fabric with DevOps announcements
NetApp made a flurry of announcements on Wednesday at Insight extending their data fabric, with special relevance to developers and architects, emphasizing their cloud-first focus, and articulating their hybrid and multi-cloud proposition.

Cloud

NetApp brings MAX Data technology to accelerate persistent memory to market in ONTAP 9.5

October 24, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on NetApp brings MAX Data technology to accelerate persistent memory to market in ONTAP 9.5
NetApp introduced multiple announcements upgrading their data fabric on Wednesday, with the most interesting likely being the availability of the technology they acquired with Plexistor in 2017 that uses persistent memory to generate ultra-low latency and much higher performance.

Cloud

McAfee Canada chief: Canada ready for cloud-first Mvision strategy

October 23, 2018 Robert Dutt Comments Off on McAfee Canada chief: Canada ready for cloud-first Mvision strategy
Although Canadian businesses have lagged their counterparts south of the border in the move to the cloud, McAfee Canada head Bryan Rutledge says the company’s cloud-first Mvision shift is well-timed for Canadian partners.

Cloud

NetApp CEO Kurian lays out four principles for leading in a data-driven world

October 23, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on NetApp CEO Kurian lays out four principles for leading in a data-driven world
While digital transformation has become a motherhood term in the tech industry, NetApp CEO George Kurian kicked off the opening keynote at NetApp Insight by saying NetApp is now emphasizing that successful digital transformation requires adherence to four core principles.

Cloud

Major new Azure integration highlights NetApp cloud announcements

October 23, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Major new Azure integration highlights NetApp cloud announcements
NetApp is touting the new Azure NetApp Files as a huge extension of their Microsoft relationship, which gives them a level of integration with their Azure cloud that Microsoft has not done before with anyone. Other announcements include the General Availability of NetApp Cloud Insights, NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP, and new ONTAP support for NetApp HCI.

Mobility

TeamViewer adds OT-focused Augmented Reality for servicing through phone in TeamViewer 14

October 23, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on TeamViewer adds OT-focused Augmented Reality for servicing through phone in TeamViewer 14
TeamViewer has many customers, but hasn’t had much relevance for the channel in North America until this year, when they fundamentally reshaped their go-to-market approach to offer channel partners a solutions focus that the company thinks they will find attractive.

Storage

Komprise adds full file integrity to data access from any tier across on-prem and cloud

October 23, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Komprise adds full file integrity to data access from any tier across on-prem and cloud
In addition to expanding their capability for the customer to access file data in object clouds, Komprise announced support for NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP.

Security

eSentire strengthens threat hunting capabilities in MDR platform with acquisition of AI-focused Versive

October 23, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on eSentire strengthens threat hunting capabilities in MDR platform with acquisition of AI-focused Versive
Versive had been selling direct, so their technology is not well known in the channel, but eSentire thinks that it will further enhance their already strong threat hunting capabilities.