Month: October 2018

Tony Anscombe, global security evangelist at ESET
Security

Talking Cybersecurity Awareness Month with ESET’s Tony Anscombe [video]

October 22, 2018 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Talking Cybersecurity Awareness Month with ESET’s Tony Anscombe [video]
ESET global security evangelist Tony Anscombe talks about October’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month, including advice for solution providers on making security a top throughout their customers’ organizations.

Security

Expanded Okta presence in Canada to have positive impact on Canada channel

October 22, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Expanded Okta presence in Canada to have positive impact on Canada channel
Okta has ramped up both its commitment to the Canadian market, and the staff and resources available. The enhanced focus should significantly benefit their Canadian channel business as well.

Managed Services

SolarWinds downplays rocky road to IPO as a minor event in larger growth strategy

October 22, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on SolarWinds downplays rocky road to IPO as a minor event in larger growth strategy
While SolarWinds’ IPO brought them less cash than planned, the company says that this was a minor part of going public again, and that SolarWinds is on track to execute its planned strategy going forward.

Cloud

No change in course planned as Don Mal returns as Vena Solutions CEO

October 22, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on No change in course planned as Don Mal returns as Vena Solutions CEO
Vena also announces the previously vacant post of CRO has been filled by Neil Thomas, who spent 11 years at Vena competitor Adaptive Insights, most notably as SVP of Worldwide Sales.

Partnerships

Duo Security and Exabeam partnership brings zero trust authentication to the entire user session

October 22, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Duo Security and Exabeam partnership brings zero trust authentication to the entire user session
The partnership between Duo and Exabeam allows Duo’s zero-trust authentication technology to be used as a trigger by the Exabeam SIEM throughout the user session, and not just when the user logs in.

Networking

Cisco Canada emphasizes progress, passion and possibilities at Cisco Connect event in Toronto

October 19, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cisco Canada emphasizes progress, passion and possibilities at Cisco Connect event in Toronto
Cisco Canada President Rola Dagher recounted Cisco Canada’s trumps over the last year, which saw Canada named as Cisco’s top theatre for growth, while also highlighting the initiative Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins launched the previous day in conjunction with Deloitte and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health.

Mark Collins, vice president of the partner organization at Cisco Canada
Managed Services

Bell launches Cisco Viptela as first service on Canada’s first cloud-based Virtual Network Services platform

October 19, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Bell launches Cisco Viptela as first service on Canada’s first cloud-based Virtual Network Services platform
Bell becomes the first Cisco service provider partner to take the Viptela SD-WAN solution, which Cisco acquired a little over a year ago, to market on a broad national platform.

Partnerships

Scale Computing, Lenovo formally announce major strategic partnership

October 18, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Scale Computing, Lenovo formally announce major strategic partnership
Lenovo and Scale Computing have been working together for some time, but have now formally announced both a strategic partnership and a joint solution designed for the edge and suitable for organizations with many locations in highly distributed environments.

Security

Okta touts Canada’s new strategic importance with opening of new Toronto office

October 18, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Okta touts Canada’s new strategic importance with opening of new Toronto office
Identity management vendor Okta officially opened their new Toronto offices Wednesday, a four story facility where many of the employees are part of a large Toronto-based engineering team. Okta used the launch to highlight their commitment to Canada, and a Toronto non-profit that is receiving a grant from their Okta for Good program.

Data Centre

Dell Technologies VxRail HCI appliances receive SAP HANA certification for production environments

October 18, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell Technologies VxRail HCI appliances receive SAP HANA certification for production environments
Certification on SAP HANA is exceedingly important for HCI vendors, because it validates that HCI will run in a demanding Tier One environment, and opens up a market where enormous pent-up demand exists, that has just been waiting for this validation.