Month: June 2019

Digital Signage

New ViewSonic products reflect shift to solutions focus and convergence of AV and IT

June 14, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on New ViewSonic products reflect shift to solutions focus and convergence of AV and IT
ViewSonic made five separate product announcements at InfoComm 19, but this year, the message is not as much about the individual products as the broader vision that unites them.

Unified Communications

Sennheiser restructures North American operations to improve channel efficiency

June 14, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Sennheiser restructures North American operations to improve channel efficiency
With the restructuring of Sennheiser into two separate business for the start of 2020 on schedule, the part of the company focused on unified communications has already implemented internal and channel sales changes.

Big Data

Barracuda adds automation, scalability to cloud firewall analytics with Firewall Insights

June 14, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Barracuda adds automation, scalability to cloud firewall analytics with Firewall Insights
Barracuda’s new scalable analytics capability was designed for the distributed enterprise, but can provide value in mid-market sized companies with several dozen locations.

Partnerships

Digital Defense, Attivo unveil integrated vulnerability management-deception technology solution

June 14, 2019 Mark Cox 1
The bundled offering, which will go to market through the companies’ joint channel partners, is seen as a particularly strong offering in ICS and IoT environments.

Communications

Cisco debuts “cognitive collaboration,” pledges interoperability focus

June 13, 2019 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Cisco debuts “cognitive collaboration,” pledges interoperability focus
Cisco will add social graphing and contextual information about meeting attendees to its collaboration tools and outlines plans to make its collaboration tools integrate well with its competitors and peers.

Channel Programs

That’s a Wrap on Dell Technologies World 2019

June 13, 2019 Guest Poster Comments Off on That’s a Wrap on Dell Technologies World 2019
Dell EMC Canada’s President of Commercial Sales Paul Katigbak gives his take on some of the major announcements from the recent Dell Technologies World event.

Hardware

Lenovo continues to build out Smart Office strategy with ThinkSmart Hub 500 for Zoom Rooms

June 13, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Lenovo continues to build out Smart Office strategy with ThinkSmart Hub 500 for Zoom Rooms
The follow-up to last year’s original ThinkSmart Hub 500, which was for Skype for Business, continues Lenovo’s strategy of building out their Smart Office portfolio, and in the teams space in particular.

Cloud

Check Point brings Dome9 cloud intelligence technology to market as CloudGuard Log.ic

June 13, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Check Point brings Dome9 cloud intelligence technology to market as CloudGuard Log.ic
Check Point sees CloudGuard Log.ic as an ideal product for MSSPs, and it was designed out of the gate for that market.

Channel Programs

Netskope adds renewal benefits, new tier for top service providers to partner program

June 13, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Netskope adds renewal benefits, new tier for top service providers to partner program
The new changes to the Netskope partner program are the latest in a series of initiatives designed to deepen training and affiliated resources, particularly around the cloud.

Cloud

Orca Security to take novel full stack cloud visibility solution to market through MSSP/MDR channel

June 12, 2019 Mark Cox 1
The Orca technology is based on its ability to provide full stack visibility into an organization’s complete cloud footprint, through a simple integration into the cloud infrastructure layer that can assess the security state of every discovered asset within a couple of minutes.