Year: 2018

Computers

HP touts digital enablement to top partners as key to strategy going forward

April 11, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on HP touts digital enablement to top partners as key to strategy going forward
HP celebrated a very strong year with their top partners at the company’s Executive Forum, outlining the direction of their strategy, and the role of the channel in it.

Security

Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business 11 features dynamic machine learning, EDR integration

April 11, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business 11 features dynamic machine learning, EDR integration
On the pure productivity side, Kaspersky Lab has upgraded its flagship product’s scalability, doubling the number of endpoints it can support per server, and more than doubling performance.

Storage

New DataCore leadership team rethinks approach to market to drive growth agenda

April 11, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on New DataCore leadership team rethinks approach to market to drive growth agenda
DataCore has a new CEO, Dave Zabrowski, and a new CMO, Gerardo Dada. They were brought in to drive the company to a leadership position that has eluded the company to date, and discuss with ChannelBuzz their strategy to bring this about.

Partnerships

Infoblox, McAfee extend their partnership to McAfee Web Gateway Service

April 11, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Infoblox, McAfee extend their partnership to McAfee Web Gateway Service
This fourth partnering between DNS-focused Infoblox and different McAfee solutions plugs a specific hole around DNS security that is not dealt with natively by most broad security software vendors.

Partnerships

McAfee integrates DXL with IBM Resilient in move to full interoperability with Resilient platform

April 11, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on McAfee integrates DXL with IBM Resilient in move to full interoperability with Resilient platform
The McAfee integration with IBM Resilient IRP is available now, and will soon be complemented by full certification of interoperability, which will provider customers and partners with even more value.

Channel Programs

Is IOT the canary in the channel coal mine for SAS?

April 10, 2018 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Is IOT the canary in the channel coal mine for SAS?
SAS executives say the company is moving towards the channel — and how it’s building out its Internet of Things business may show what that movement looks like.

Backup

Kaseya upgrades their Office 365 Backup capability with Spanning partnership

April 10, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Kaseya upgrades their Office 365 Backup capability with Spanning partnership
The new offering is much stronger than what Kaseya had before for Office 365 Backup, and is something that Kaseya partners should be able to sell to their own customers at a good margin,

Cloud

New Capture Cloud Platform highlights broad range of new SonicWall announcements

April 10, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on New Capture Cloud Platform highlights broad range of new SonicWall announcements
A surge in ransomware attacks in Q1 re-emphasizes the value proposition of the SonicWall integrated portfolio of solutions, which now combines the Capture Cloud Platform working in concert with other devices in the data centre.

Data Centre

Embracing IT transformation has become the new normal

April 10, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Embracing IT transformation has become the new normal
A new survey commissioned by Dell EMC finds that while objectively, as many organizations are laggards on the road to digital transformations as there are front runners, the vast majority now believe that this transformation is necessary for their organization’s health.

Security

Infocyte adds asset discovery, vulnerability reporting to threat hunting platform

April 10, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Infocyte adds asset discovery, vulnerability reporting to threat hunting platform
Infocyte, which brought in ex-Dell Security GM Curtis Hutcheson as CEO early this year, and which offers a variant of traditional threat hunting based on USAF cybersecurity techniques, is adding new services that complement their core value proposition.