Month: October 2019

Internet of Things

SOTI continues path beyond EMM with new analytics, IoT and identity solutions for SOTI ONE platform

October 28, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on SOTI continues path beyond EMM with new analytics, IoT and identity solutions for SOTI ONE platform
SOTI Insight, the new analytics capability, is intended to be just the start of what will provide customers with a broad range of granular use cases.

Channel Programs

Ubiq ramps up channel go to market with Steve Pataky hire, new partner program

October 28, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Ubiq ramps up channel go to market with Steve Pataky hire, new partner program
Ubiq believes that its technology, which protects data at scale, will be a disruptive one in the security space.

Security

Operation Ghost: The Dukes aren’t back – they never left

October 28, 2019 ESET Guest Blog Comments Off on Operation Ghost: The Dukes aren’t back – they never left
ESET researchers describe recent activity of the infamous espionage group, the Dukes, including three new malware families

Big Data

Core Splunk platform announcements create buzz at .conf19

October 25, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Core Splunk platform announcements create buzz at .conf19
While Splunk Enterprise 8.0 delivers manageability at scale, Splunk Data Fabric Search provides the ability to search humungous data sets, including ones outside Splunk in stores like AWS and Hadoop. Data Steam Processor will also speed up analysis by doing it in a stream in motion, before it gets to a Splunk Index.

Big Data

Splunk enhances SOC user experience with Splunk Mission Control

October 25, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Splunk enhances SOC user experience with Splunk Mission Control
In addition to Mission Control, which integrates Splunk’s SIEM, UEBA and SOAR within a single pane of glass, the 6.4 release of the Phantom SOAR  adds a mobile app and changes pricing to be by analyst rather than by event.

Big Data

Splunk CEO Merritt pledges commitment to ‘smart but experimental’ innovation strategy

October 24, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Splunk CEO Merritt pledges commitment to ‘smart but experimental’ innovation strategy
Splunk’s CEO talks about with ChannelBuzz about the company’s expansion strategy, where he sees the company going, and the limits to innovation.

Big Data

Splunk makes both strategic and tactical enhancements to partner strategy

October 24, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Splunk makes both strategic and tactical enhancements to partner strategy
All partners will see enhancements to the deal registration and CPQ systems, while Technology Alliance Partners get more perks and a clearer progression path.

Big Data

Splunk introduces next-gen ‘Data to Everything’ vision

October 23, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Splunk introduces next-gen ‘Data to Everything’ vision
Splunk CEO Doug Merritt updated the audience at the company’s .conf19 event on the company’s strategy, and unveiled some important new pricing changes that give customers a lot more choice.

Channel Programs

Extreme Networks enables partners with new Broadcom partnership, channel program enhancements

October 23, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Extreme Networks enables partners with new Broadcom partnership, channel program enhancements
The channel announcements include ExtremeForward, a new MSP program for cloud-driven networking, and a new ExtremeCloud IQ specialization.

Networking

Aruba expands CX operating system to the campus with new switching portfolio

October 22, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Aruba expands CX operating system to the campus with new switching portfolio
The three-pronged announcement includes a new version of the AOS-CX operating system, extends it from the data centre to the campus with two new models, and provides an update of Aruba’s NetEdit switch configuration software.