Year: 2019

Distribution

Silver Peak looking to grow partner base with new Synnex relationship for North American distribution

March 19, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Silver Peak looking to grow partner base with new Synnex relationship for North American distribution
Synnex is particularly strong in Canada, a market where Silver Peak is not as strong as it would like, and recruitment of strong partners in the Canadian market is a priority.

Distribution

Next-gen security vendor Votiro signs global deal with Ingram Micro

March 19, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Next-gen security vendor Votiro signs global deal with Ingram Micro
The agreement is a North American one, but it’s expected to be about eight to ten months before Votiro’s content disarm and reconstruction [CDR] technology finds its way to Ingram Micro partners in Canada.

Backup

CTERA unveils new hyperconverged Edge X Series for large office environments

March 19, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on CTERA unveils new hyperconverged Edge X Series for large office environments
CTERA’s Edge X series weds the CTERA global file system with the HPE SimpliVity enterprise-grade hyperconverged platform

Cloud

Aparavi adds direct-to-cloud data transfer and data classification and search enhancements to Active Archive platform

March 19, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Aparavi adds direct-to-cloud data transfer and data classification and search enhancements to Active Archive platform
Aparavi, which came out of stealth a year ago, plays in the multi-cloud data management space.

Backup

Cohesity ups investment in Canada and looks to drive deeper into midmarket

March 18, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cohesity ups investment in Canada and looks to drive deeper into midmarket
Cohesity hopes to outgrow its new offices in the GTA, which will be filled both with new engineers for the company’s R&D operations, and new sales people working with the partners who are their sole route to market. 

Security

Cryptomining protection, more machine learning and new Web-based console highlight updated Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business

March 18, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cryptomining protection, more machine learning and new Web-based console highlight updated Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business
Cryptomining faded from the headlines in late 2018 with falling bitcoin prices, but Kaspersky still considers it a major nuisance, which is employed by rogue employees as well as cybercriminals.

Managed Services

Infovista improves Ipanema SD-WAN application intelligence as they drive solution deeper into MSP channel

March 18, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Infovista improves Ipanema SD-WAN application intelligence as they drive solution deeper into MSP channel
Ipanema, which Infovista acquired in 2015, is becoming an increasingly important part of their business, and the MSP channel is becoming a more important part of that, as Ipanema broadens out its channel strategy beyond large telco partners.

Backup

Rubrik to offer lower prices and more customer flexibility with new Rubrik Go subscription licensing

March 15, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Rubrik to offer lower prices and more customer flexibility with new Rubrik Go subscription licensing
Rubrik Go is being presented as an option for customers, but the company thinks there’s no reason why a net-new customer who hasn’t already invested in perpetual licenses would want to buy any other way.

Managed Services

RMM/PSA provider Atera upgrades performance and release time with move to Microsoft Azure Service Fabric

March 15, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on RMM/PSA provider Atera upgrades performance and release time with move to Microsoft Azure Service Fabric
Atera reworked their own platform to a microservices architecture to take advantage of the new platform, which also greatly improves their ability to work with Big Data.

Networking

Cumulus Linux first to support new Facebook’s Minipack open modular platform

March 14, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cumulus Linux first to support new Facebook’s Minipack open modular platform
Minipack has a different go-to-market model than its predecessors, and will go through Edgecore Networks and their channel, making this version of the open switch platform likely to be more broadly sold through partners than before.