Year: 2018

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Channel consistency rather than change takeaway message from VeeamON 2018

May 18, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Channel consistency rather than change takeaway message from VeeamON 2018
The overall Veeam message at this year’s VeeamON event was change, with their hyper-availability vision, but for their channel partners, the messaging revolved around consistency of programs and assured consistency of support.

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New product announcements at VeeamON secondary to new vision statement

May 17, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on New product announcements at VeeamON secondary to new vision statement
The major announcement was Veam DataLabs, which is an upgraded version of the old Veeam Virtual Labs repositioned to serve broader use cases. In that sense, this product announcement also fits into the articulation of the broader vision which is what this year’s VeeamON was all about.

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Veeam CEO says aggressive strategic partnering strategy central to recent – and future – growth

May 17, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Veeam CEO says aggressive strategic partnering strategy central to recent – and future – growth
Veeam CEO Peter McKay credited Veeam’s expansion of their strategic relationships as critical to their success in 2017, and indicated they plan significant further expansion here going forward.

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Veeam cloud company N2WS expands AWS solution support with Cloud Protection Manager 2.3 release

May 16, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Veeam cloud company N2WS expands AWS solution support with Cloud Protection Manager 2.3 release
N2WS makes a sexy announcement expanding NoSQL support around Amazon DynamoDB, a solid announcement expanding support for Amazon Aurora databases, and a RESTful API announcement that will be of particular interest to channel partners.

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Veeam advances strategic vision from availability to hyperavailability at VeeamON

May 15, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Veeam advances strategic vision from availability to hyperavailability at VeeamON
The main Veeam announcement at this year’s VeeamON event is advancing their core branding, to keep up with customer expectations by providing fully automated data management as part of an availability strategy.

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INFINIDAT comes to first VeeamON with new solution set and new Veeam integration

May 15, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on INFINIDAT comes to first VeeamON with new solution set and new Veeam integration
INFINIDAT and Veeam come originally from different segments of the market, but have partnered around an enterprise play, and INFINIDAT is looking to enlist some of Veeam’s top solution providers to increase their own ranks of ‘go-to’ partners.

Channel Programs

Scale-out NAS vendor Rozo Systems aims to scale up its channel with first partner program

May 15, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Scale-out NAS vendor Rozo Systems aims to scale up its channel with first partner program
Rozo Systems, which has been based mainly in the media and entertainment vertical, sells entirely through a select partner channel. They are now looking to augment that channel, and to that end, have introduced their first partner program.

Backup

Asigra adds cybersecurity protection to 14th generation of their backup platform

May 15, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Asigra adds cybersecurity protection to 14th generation of their backup platform
The Asigra Cloud Backup Evolved platform targets ransomware Attack Loops, which corrupt backup data in order to prevent successful restores and force organizations to pay ransoms. It also adds a new management interface, GDPR compliance certification, and container support.

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Aparavi upgrades active archiving SaaS platform, unveils channel plans

May 15, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Aparavi upgrades active archiving SaaS platform, unveils channel plans
The upgrades include expanding multi-cloud support and a new compliance-focused capability. Aparavi has also made its channel plans clear, and has a channel program coming.

Podcasts

ChannelBuzz.ca Podcast: The Tax Episode

May 14, 2018 Robert Dutt Comments Off on ChannelBuzz.ca Podcast: The Tax Episode
In this edition of the podcast, Marc-Etienne Leveille of ESET and Paul Struthers of Sage discuss tax-related SMS phishing threats, and the burden of tax policy on small businesses respectively.