Year: 2019

Distribution

Tech Data Canada looks to Ignite SMB sales

March 7, 2019 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Tech Data Canada looks to Ignite SMB sales
Ed Galasso of Tech Data Canada discusses Ignite, the distributor’s new program for getting closer to SMB-focused VARs and building solutions to better meet their customers’ needs.

Partnerships

Hitachi Vantara, Cisco extend partnership around converged infrastructure

March 7, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Hitachi Vantara, Cisco extend partnership around converged infrastructure
The new Cisco and Hitachi Adaptive Solutions for Converged Infrastructure will go to market through a select number of channel partners, building on the channel focus of the recent VSP Pro solutions.

Tony Anscombe, global security evangelist at ESET
Podcasts

Kicking off Fraud Prevention Month with ESET’s Tony Anscombe

March 6, 2019 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Kicking off Fraud Prevention Month with ESET’s Tony Anscombe
ESET global security evangelist Tony Anscombe talks about why anyone can be the victim of identity fraud, and what solution providers can do to make sure their customers are protected and prepared.

Printing and Imaging

Strategic partnering, new technologies dominate blueprint on roadmap Konica Minolta lays out for dealers

March 6, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Strategic partnering, new technologies dominate blueprint on roadmap Konica Minolta lays out for dealers
Konica Minolta also provided an update on the state of the Canadian services business, where IT Weapons was acquired three years ago to serve as a bridgehead into the Canadian market.

Printing and Imaging

Konica Minolta continues to hammer home messaging that traditional imaging dealers must evolve businesses

March 6, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Konica Minolta continues to hammer home messaging that traditional imaging dealers must evolve businesses
Something old was new again at the Konica Minolta 2019 Dealer Conference, as the company emphasized how and why dealers need to update their business to deal with digital transformation – which has been a recurring theme at the event in recent years

Storage

NGD Systems unveils disruptive 14nm ASIC-Based NVMe SSD devices with high capacity and low power consumption

March 6, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on NGD Systems unveils disruptive 14nm ASIC-Based NVMe SSD devices with high capacity and low power consumption
For channel partners, the immediate plus here is a massively dense NVMe device, which can be sold on the basis of those capacity and power features, even if a customer doesn’t need the devices’ computational storage capabilities today.

Security

BlackBerry Cylance adds UEBA monitoring capabilities to platform with CylancePERSONA

March 5, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on BlackBerry Cylance adds UEBA monitoring capabilities to platform with CylancePERSONA
The new capability for intelligent detection of anomalous behavior fills what had been a void in the Cylance endpoint offering – one that they have been working on addressing for an extended time.

Channel Programs

Malwarebytes introduces first partner program for MSPs

March 5, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Malwarebytes introduces first partner program for MSPs
Malwarebytes has managed its MSP partners as resellers until now, but as that segment of the market grows, the company will be rolling out a program specifically designed for MSPs following a successful pilot in Australia.

Security

Avast Business launches enterprise-class secure web gateway for SMBs

March 4, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Avast Business launches enterprise-class secure web gateway for SMBs
Avast adds a new capability to its CloudCare platform that provides turnkey and policy-based protection against malicious websites, downloads, and locations.

Managed Services

SOAR vendor DFLabs unveils platform optimized for MSSPs

March 4, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on SOAR vendor DFLabs unveils platform optimized for MSSPs
While DFLabs’ platform already supported multi-tenancy, it has added the ability to manage large numbers of divergent third-party devices at customer sites with vendor-agnostic runbooks in this new optimization for MSSP and Managed Detection and Response providers.