Month: February 2019

Managed Services

Continuum launches Empower program to enable MSPs to build a cybersecurity practice

February 21, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Continuum launches Empower program to enable MSPs to build a cybersecurity practice
Empower provides a much more focused approach to the security sale than tools that Continuum has provided in the past, which includes a new assessment service to identify gaps in customer security, and dark web monitoring to show customers what has already been stolen from them.

Storage

StorageCraft adds to vertical bundles with StorageCraft for Healthcare

February 20, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on StorageCraft adds to vertical bundles with StorageCraft for Healthcare
Following similar offerings introduced last year for law enforcement and education, Storagecraft adds a new offering for health care, which combines their OneXafe converged data platform with messaging aimed at a specific vertical, and go-to-market reseller partners selected and trained around the solution.

data security
Security

Russia hit by new wave of ransomware spam

February 20, 2019 ESET Guest Blog Comments Off on Russia hit by new wave of ransomware spam
Among the increased number of malicious JavaScript email attachments observed in January 2019, ESET researchers have spotted a large wave of ransomware-spreading spam targeting Russian users.

Computers

Paul Katigbak named as Kevin Connolly’s replacement running Dell EMC Canada Commercial Business

February 20, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Paul Katigbak named as Kevin Connolly’s replacement running Dell EMC Canada Commercial Business
Katigbak, who had been acting as Connolly’s interim replacement since Connolly’s promotion in January, has now received his official promotion as well.

Security

K2 Cyber Security comes out of stealth with cloud platform to prevent zero day attacks with no false positives

February 20, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on K2 Cyber Security comes out of stealth with cloud platform to prevent zero day attacks with no false positives
K2 will be working with channel partners out of the gate, although their number will be limited at the start.

Cloud

Kemp expands automation and predictive analytics beyond ADC as part of branding reorientation around customer experience

February 20, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Kemp expands automation and predictive analytics beyond ADC as part of branding reorientation around customer experience
Kemp extends the automation it provided previously, including adding the ability to provide alerts about other part of the stack than their vADCs.

Managed Services

Netsurion introduces EventTracker EDR and joint unified SIEM-EDR managed service for SMBs

February 20, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Netsurion introduces EventTracker EDR and joint unified SIEM-EDR managed service for SMBs
Netsurion thinks a good part of the SMB and SME market is ripe for EDR security protection, and that their offering, designed for SMBs, will make their MSP partners managed security experts in the eyes of their customers.

Paolo Del Nibletto, channel chief at Jolera
Managed Services

The channel journeys of Jolera and Paolo Del Nibletto [Podcast]

February 19, 2019 Robert Dutt Comments Off on The channel journeys of Jolera and Paolo Del Nibletto [Podcast]
In this edition of the ChannelBuzz.ca Podcast, longtime channel journalist and current Jolera channel chief shares his thoughts on building a channel program after years of covering others building theirs.

Backup

Pure Storage fleshes out hybrid cloud strategy with NVMe-oF support and ObjectEngine launch

February 19, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pure Storage fleshes out hybrid cloud strategy with NVMe-oF support and ObjectEngine launch
Support for RDMA over Converged Ethernet is available now in Purity 5.2 software, while the ObjectEngine flash-to-flash-to-cloud data protection acquired from StorReduce will hit GA in the first half of the year.

Internet of Things

Tenable brings first IT/OT single pane of glass management solution to market

February 19, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Tenable brings first IT/OT single pane of glass management solution to market
The integrated solution offering, which Tenable says is an industry first which was complex to accomplish, brings together the on-prem version of their platform with the industrial security offering they launched several months ago.