Month: July 2019

Sponsored Content

Smart buildings are boosting comfort, reducing energy usage and saving money

July 31, 2019 Cisco Canada Guest Blog Comments Off on Smart buildings are boosting comfort, reducing energy usage and saving money
Mark Collins, vice president of Cisco Canada’s partner organization, weighs in on the benefits customers are seeing from smart building strategies, and how the company’s partners are helping.

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Printing and Imaging

Lexmark fleshes out roster of small workgroup-focused GO line with new entry level products

July 31, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Lexmark fleshes out roster of small workgroup-focused GO line with new entry level products
The GO line was designed to strengthen Lexmark’s push downmarket with product specifically designed for the market, and the new models provide colour options at the entry level.

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Security

SafeBreach expands breach simulation platform by linking threats to business impact

July 31, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on SafeBreach expands breach simulation platform by linking threats to business impact
The SafeBreach GRID [Global Risk Director] adds the ability to determine what impact threats will have on a business, so that customers can better prioritize their response.

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Storage

StorONE partners with Dell on S1-as-a-Service

July 30, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on StorONE partners with Dell on S1-as-a-Service
The new offering, combining StorONE software on Dell servers, costs $999 a month, with everything included, for a 20 TB all-flash array with up to 150,000 IOPS, and includes data protection as well.

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Backup

Asigra partners with Zadara to offer MSPs OPEX backup appliance

July 30, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Asigra partners with Zadara to offer MSPs OPEX backup appliance
Asigra believes the new offering will appeal to MSPs looking to get away from brokerage and get more control over their customers, without having to invest in a data centre.

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Storage

In-Memory compute vendor Formulus Black rethinks market strategy with Forsa 3.0 release

July 30, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on In-Memory compute vendor Formulus Black rethinks market strategy with Forsa 3.0 release
Formulus Black, which lets memory be used as high-performance media, now will run on Intel Optane as well as DRAM, and will now support CentOS as well as Ubuntu, with RHEL support coming later this year.

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Storage

Western Digital increases ActiveScale object storage performance, density and services

July 30, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Western Digital increases ActiveScale object storage performance, density and services
The performance increase is in the range of 3x, while the new Data Pipeline Services streamlines data processing.

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Networking

Martello, Paessler target  larger enterprises with new partnership

July 26, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Martello, Paessler target  larger enterprises with new partnership
The new relationship will see Martello’s Savision single pane of glass management software bundled with Paessler’s PRTG Network Monitor solution.

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Security

SonicWall CEO Conner surveys changing threat landscape from Mid-Year Threat Report

July 26, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on SonicWall CEO Conner surveys changing threat landscape from Mid-Year Threat Report
Conner emphasized that SonicWall’s layered platform strategy provides the most effective protection for customers from the SMB to the enterprise.

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Distribution

D&H brings their professional and managed services programs to Canada

July 25, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on D&H brings their professional and managed services programs to Canada
D&H services offered in Canada for partners to white-label have been designed for the Canadian market, using Canadian providers for delivery.

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Artificial Intelligence

Dell ready for new Roaring Twenties in Canada

July 25, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell ready for new Roaring Twenties in Canada
Mike Sharun and Paul Katigbak, who run Dell EMC’s enterprise and commercial businesses in Canada respectively, discuss Dell Technologies’ digital transformation strategy in Canada.

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Backup

StorageCraft targets low end of SMB with OneXafe Solo plug-and-play appliance

July 24, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on StorageCraft targets low end of SMB with OneXafe Solo plug-and-play appliance
While the original OneXafe 4000 is a midmarket and small enterprise product, the Solo 300 is an entry level offering aimed at SMBs, and offering an MSP play.

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Security

Proofpoint introduces targeted URL isolation solutions for high-risk targets

July 24, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Proofpoint introduces targeted URL isolation solutions for high-risk targets
Proofpoint also announces new customizable training, which like the new isolation solutions, is aimed squarely at an organization’s most attacked people.

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Cloud

Liquidware enhances flagship Stratusphere solution as Windows Virtual Desktop heats up its market

July 23, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Liquidware enhances flagship Stratusphere solution as Windows Virtual Desktop heats up its market
Most of the improvements to Stratusphere are plumbing enhancements which may be more dramatic to Liquidware partners than to customers.

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Distribution

Ingram Micro to distribute Network-as-a-Service startup Perimeter 81 in North America

July 23, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Ingram Micro to distribute Network-as-a-Service startup Perimeter 81 in North America
The Israeli startup’s service is ideally suited for MSPs, and will be available through the Ingram Micro Cloud Marketplace.

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Backup

Rubrik expands partner program with RASP specialization for support partners

July 23, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Rubrik expands partner program with RASP specialization for support partners
The Rubrik Authorized Support Partner specialization launches as a pilot program, and is primarily focused on Europe, with Insight the only North American launch partner.

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Cloud

ThinPrint looks to leverage Microsoft endorsement on Windows Virtual Desktop with new partner program

July 23, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on ThinPrint looks to leverage Microsoft endorsement on Windows Virtual Desktop with new partner program
The German print management service provider was named a launch partner around Windows Virtual Desktop, and has designed the new program to assist partners to integrate their ezeep solution into technology and business workflows.

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Artificial Intelligence

Intel sees expanded partnership with SAP having revolutionary impact in Golden Age of Data

July 19, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Intel sees expanded partnership with SAP having revolutionary impact in Golden Age of Data
The companies will establish a Centre of Excellence for customers by the third quarter, and plan to have new solutions out in 2020.

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Artificial Intelligence

RPA vendor Blue Prism unveils Azure free trial and plans for more Azure integrations

July 17, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on RPA vendor Blue Prism unveils Azure free trial and plans for more Azure integrations
The free trial lasts three weeks, and is designed both to expose Blue Prism to Azure customers and to raise awareness of an Azure deployment among Blue Prism’s on-prem customer base.

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Cloud

IGEL adds to executive team to leverage triple digit North American growth

July 17, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on IGEL adds to executive team to leverage triple digit North American growth
The increase in big deals bringing in larger customers is a key reason behind the appointment of Brad Richards as IGEL’s first Chief Customer Officer.

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