Year: 2018

Backup

Veritas looking to expand partner business with Nutanix

May 14, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Veritas looking to expand partner business with Nutanix
Veritas wants their mutual partners with Nutanix to ramp up their joint business, including Nutanix’s cloud offerings, and they are considering making channel program changes as one way to accomplish this.

Backup

Scale-out storage vendor ExaGrid looks to continue momentum with Nutanix

May 14, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Scale-out storage vendor ExaGrid looks to continue momentum with Nutanix
ExaGrid recently unveiled a new top-of-the-line appliance, and entered into a Nutanix-focused parternshp with data protection provider HYCU.

Partnerships

Cloud contact centre software maker 3CLogic unveils native integration with ServiceNow

May 14, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cloud contact centre software maker 3CLogic unveils native integration with ServiceNow
3CLogic is partnered deeply with a very select number of vendors, one of which is ServiceNow. The new integration lets ServiceNow reps handle all the interaction with 3CLogic phone support through the ServiceNow interface.

Cloud

Nutanix pleased with business growth, channel progress in Canada

May 11, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Nutanix pleased with business growth, channel progress in Canada
Nutanix’s Canadian country manager Robert Yelenich talked with ChannelBuzz at .NEXT and provided an update on the company’s Canadian business, and the progress of their channel in selling and deploying Nutanix’s cloud offerings beyond the HCI foundation.

Security

Kaspersky ramping up Canadian crew amid growth

May 11, 2018 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Kaspersky ramping up Canadian crew amid growth
Kaspersky Lab pledges more resources for Canadian partners as its business continues to grow in this country.

Backup

Nutanix-focused HYCU extends total backup coverage message with added non-Nutanix support

May 11, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Nutanix-focused HYCU extends total backup coverage message with added non-Nutanix support
HYCU strengthens its case to be perceived as a one-stop shop for data protection within Nutanix environments, by adding an integration with VMware VADP that enhances HYCU’s protection of VMware data in those environments.

Cloud

Bitdefender launches first cloud workload security platform integration with Nutanix Prism

May 11, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Bitdefender launches first cloud workload security platform integration with Nutanix Prism
Bitdefender and Nutanix expand their earlier integration with one at an API level which deepens Bitdefender’s capabilities in the Nutanix cloud.

Channel Programs

Nutanix raises channel program into the cloud with new charter, tiering, programs and certifications

May 10, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Nutanix raises channel program into the cloud with new charter, tiering, programs and certifications
Nutanix, which sells entirely through channel partners, is moving away from emphasizing pure volume of sales to allow them to reward smaller partners with deep Nutanix practices.

Networking

StorMagic partners with Cisco, Citrix on edge appliance designed for Citrix Workspace Service

May 10, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on StorMagic partners with Cisco, Citrix on edge appliance designed for Citrix Workspace Service
The new StorMagic appliance, leveraging its relationship with two of their strategic partners, will go to market through the Cisco channel.

Data Centre

Dell EMC adds new XC models for additional use cases, plus new automated BIOS and firmware updates

May 9, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell EMC adds new XC models for additional use cases, plus new automated BIOS and firmware updates
The two new models include the first quad-processor environments for Nutanix environments, and a new edge appliance that can be as small as 1U. The new Life Cycle Management capability may, however, be what excites customers most about the new announcements.