Year: 2019

Backup

Axcient looks to automate distribution of leads to motivated MSP partners with new Lead Generation Program

September 12, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Axcient looks to automate distribution of leads to motivated MSP partners with new Lead Generation Program
The goal, which is partially realized at this point, is for Axcient’s Partner Success team to leverage the new Axcient Marketing Portal to provide an automated process to distribute the number of leads that has been steadily increased since Axcient opened up their trial program.

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Distribution

Tech Data Canada promotes endpoint as solutions, not transactions

September 11, 2019 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Tech Data Canada promotes endpoint as solutions, not transactions
Tech Data describes how it has transformed its endpoint business from low margins and high volumes to one based around solutions and says solution providers have an opportunity to make a similar transformation.

Managed Services

CaaB drives momentum in Canada with differentiated business model

September 11, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on CaaB drives momentum in Canada with differentiated business model
CaaB entered the Canadian IaaS market earlier this year, with a white-label offering aimed at smaller MSPs, and a business model that allows them to offer high margins for the industry.

Mobility

SyncDog partners with Symantec to add bite to Symantec Endpoint Protection

September 11, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on SyncDog partners with Symantec to add bite to Symantec Endpoint Protection
SyncDog’s technology, which focuses on protecting data on devices rather than the device itself, is particularly strong in BYOD cases because it doesn’t impact personal data on a device.

Artificial Intelligence

HPE enhances AI portfolio with container-based HPE ML Ops solution

September 10, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on HPE enhances AI portfolio with container-based HPE ML Ops solution
HPE extends the BlueData technology they acquired last year with a new solution that introduces a DevOps-like process to accelerate AI deployments.

Greg Onoprijenko, director of the cloud business for Ingram Micro Canada
Cloud

Ingram Micro brings Comet ISV search contest to Canada

September 10, 2019 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Ingram Micro brings Comet ISV search contest to Canada
The second edition of the distributor’s global ISV contest is open to Canadian startups, seeking to find the next generation of innovative cloud offerings for solution providers to bring to their customers.

Storage

Caringo adds digital workflow capabilities in Swarm 11 platform release

September 10, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Caringo adds digital workflow capabilities in Swarm 11 platform release
The object storage platform provider looks to expand their video use cases and push deeper into the media and entertainment vertical.

Cloud

Dell Technologies adds end-to-end NVMe, Storage Class Memory to PowerMax

September 10, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell Technologies adds end-to-end NVMe, Storage Class Memory to PowerMax
Dell becomes the first storage vendor to ship the Intel Optane SCM drives, and their synergies with the newly-enabled NVMe-over-Fabric up performance by 50 per cent and let the company tout it as the fastest storage array in the world.

Backup

Cohesity continues to add new abilities to leverage backup data with Cohesity Agile Dev and Test

September 10, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cohesity continues to add new abilities to leverage backup data with Cohesity Agile Dev and Test
The new solution lets developers access backup data on a secure self-service model to facilitate much faster building of applications, while providing channel partners with additional points of contact and new subscription-based revenues.

Cloud

Komprise extends data management capability with comprehensive file search that creates virtual data lakes

September 10, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Komprise extends data management capability with comprehensive file search that creates virtual data lakes
The new Deep Analytics feature in the Komprise 2.11 release expands its data search and indexing, to allow for quick searches of massive amount of data across multiple sources.