Year: 2019

Security

Kaspersky Lab adds upgraded option, free second device per user to Kaspersky Endpoint Security Cloud

April 5, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Kaspersky Lab adds upgraded option, free second device per user to Kaspersky Endpoint Security Cloud
Kaspersky has sold the cloud version of their SMB endpoint offering mainly through traditional partners, and not MSPs, but would like to attract MSPs to sell the product going forward.

Cloud

Calabrio gives major analytics upgrade to flagship Calabrio ONE suite

April 5, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Calabrio gives major analytics upgrade to flagship Calabrio ONE suite
The enhancements include ease-of-use things like flipping the media player from horizontal to vertical, so that it, and the text to speech and associated analytics, run top to bottom instead of side to side, like everything else in mobility.

Hyper-converged

Schneider Electric, Cisco, extend partnership around APC power solutions to Cisco HyperFlex HCI

April 4, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Schneider Electric, Cisco, extend partnership around APC power solutions to Cisco HyperFlex HCI
Thirteen reference architectures covering what the companies believe will provide optimal coverage of the market from SMB through the enterprise will be available to joint channel partners.

Servers

Intel Canada channel chief Phil Vokins sees big impact for new Xeon launch in Canada

April 4, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Intel Canada channel chief Phil Vokins sees big impact for new Xeon launch in Canada
Phil Vokins, Intel Channel Manager in Canada, emphasized that the new 2nd-Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors will greatly expand the ability of Canadian customers to use applications requiring dense memory.

Backup

Unitrends upgrades entry-level offerings for MSPs and distributed locations with Recovery MAX appliances

April 4, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Unitrends upgrades entry-level offerings for MSPs and distributed locations with Recovery MAX appliances
The Unitrends MAX appliances are targeted at the lower end of the market, providing it with failover capabilities and other capabilities which have not been available previously to these customers.

Security

Okta announces new support services for channel partners at Oktane customer event

April 3, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Okta announces new support services for channel partners at Oktane customer event
The new initiatives include the creation of teams of sales engineers and business development reps specifically to engage with the channel.

Craig West, vice president of channel sales at NetSuite
Channel Programs

NetSuite welcomes partners to the SuiteLife

April 3, 2019 Robert Dutt Comments Off on NetSuite welcomes partners to the SuiteLife
NetSuite channel chief Craig West joins the podcast at the company’s SuiteWorld event to discuss its new SuiteLife partner engagement model and all things going on in the NetSuite channel community.

Servers

Intel emphasizes data-centric transformation of company at new Xeon launch

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While highlighting its new product, including the new Cascade Lake processors and Optane persistent memory, Intel focused on the way it highlights what they said was a fundamental  transformation of the company.

Virtualization

Teradici rearchitects PCoIP protocol to meet modern graphics-intensive applications in multi-cloud environments

April 3, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Teradici rearchitects PCoIP protocol to meet modern graphics-intensive applications in multi-cloud environments
The new PCoIP Ultra includes an expanded multi-codec architecture for third party codecs, to meet the graphics-intensive needs of much modern content.

Storage

Pure Storage expands unified data services with acquisition of Swedish firm Compuverde

April 2, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pure Storage expands unified data services with acquisition of Swedish firm Compuverde
Compuverde has been around for a decade, and their mature technology will be integrated into Pure’s FlashArray offering, so that it can offer fully unified protocols, data services, and unified cloud management.