Year: 2018

Managed Services

RapidFire Tools increasing effort in Canadian market

February 23, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on RapidFire Tools increasing effort in Canadian market
Network assessment tool maker RapidFire already does a good business in Canada, but thinks the Canadian market can be developed much more fully, and is making a major Northern push in 2018.

Cloud

Inside Sage Business Cloud strategy [Podcast]

February 22, 2018 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Inside Sage Business Cloud strategy [Podcast]
Sage Canada managing director Paul Struthers discusses the company’s cloudy past, present, and future, and how its newly-unified Business Cloud will play for partners.

Cloud

HyperGrid pivots to ‘software-defined cloud’ vision as they release new version of HyperCloud platform

February 22, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on HyperGrid pivots to ‘software-defined cloud’ vision as they release new version of HyperCloud platform
HyperGrid’s new version of HyperCloud adds new capabilities and services around workload placement, improves multi-tenancy further, and now provides support for Kubernetes as well as Docker.

Training

Dell EMC announces four new ‘transformational’ certifications

February 22, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell EMC announces four new ‘transformational’ certifications
Two of the new certifications, which also add a new Master level to the Dell EMC Proven Professional program, are available now, with the others coming in April and June. While partners will be eligible to complete them when they roll out, they will not immediately become part of the company’s partner program.

Managed Services

OPAQ adds Palo Alto Networks as key partner on midmarket-focused security-as-a-service platform

February 22, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on OPAQ adds Palo Alto Networks as key partner on midmarket-focused security-as-a-service platform
Palo Alto Networks next-gen firewall offerings are now available as a service on OPAQ’s platform, in one of only two strategic relationships that OPAQ has.

Cloud

ITaaS software maker Nerdio signs with SherWeb in their first global distribution deal

February 22, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on ITaaS software maker Nerdio signs with SherWeb in their first global distribution deal
Nerdio’s focus is on their Nerdio for Azure offering, which led them to work with cloud and Microsoft- focused SherWeb.

Mobility

Riverbed enhances SteelConnect SD-WAN with Xirrus integration, AWS and Azure direct connectivity

February 21, 2018 Mark Cox 1
A third enhancement, new SteelConnect support for LTE uplinks, is more of a niche feature in North America except in remote regions, although it is still sometimes used as a backup system.

Data Centre

Pivot3 expands Zerto, VMware partnerships around increased enterprise use cases

February 21, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pivot3 expands Zerto, VMware partnerships around increased enterprise use cases
The introduction of their Acuity platform last year has deepened Pivot3 presence in the enterprise, which has in turn led them to strengthen their technology partnerships which address this space.

Podcasts

New Year’s Podcast Series: Jim Chalmers of ESET Canada

February 20, 2018 Robert Dutt Comments Off on New Year’s Podcast Series: Jim Chalmers of ESET Canada
ESET Canada channel chief on a big year for ransomware, and for his company, as well as forecasts for what’s to come in 2018.

Cloud

Is 2018 the year for Desktops-as-a-Service?

February 20, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Is 2018 the year for Desktops-as-a-Service?
A solution provider panel at the recent IGEL customer event discussed the evolution of the DaaS market and what they see as the opportunities – and pitfalls – for the channel.