Year: 2019

Distribution

Senet looks to Arrow distribution deal to assist in creating global IoT network powerhouse

February 25, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Senet looks to Arrow distribution deal to assist in creating global IoT network powerhouse
Senet is looking for Arrow to help amplify the reach of their Low Power Wide Area Virtual Network for the IoT.

Data Centre

Why hyperconverged won’t slow down in 2019: Dell EMC

February 22, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Why hyperconverged won’t slow down in 2019: Dell EMC
Chad Dunn, who runs HCI product management at Dell EMC, thinks the stars are aligned for hyperconverged to continue its breakneck growth rates this year

Mobility

Pulse Secure extends Zero Trust capabilities adding SDP integration to VPN

February 22, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pulse Secure extends Zero Trust capabilities adding SDP integration to VPN
Pulse Secure believes that the less familiar Software Defined Perimeter architecture market has reached a critical point in market acceptance.

Big Data

Major new channel synergies anticipated from Qlik acquisition of Attunity

February 21, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Major new channel synergies anticipated from Qlik acquisition of Attunity
While Attunity’s smaller channel, which is principally SI’s, will realize more significant and elastic capabilities through Qlik, Qlik’s legacy channel, which is much larger, will reap new data integration capabilities. This is something Qlik sees as vital because of where they believe the analytics market is headed.

Distribution

New Year’s Podcast Series: Bill Brandel of Ingram Micro Canada

February 21, 2019 Robert Dutt Comments Off on New Year’s Podcast Series: Bill Brandel of Ingram Micro Canada
Ingram Micro Canada boss Bill Brandel shares his highlights of 2018 and offers his thought’s on the distributor’s 2019 plans in this edition of the Podcast.

Channel Programs

Comodo Cybersecurity lets partners define their own benefits in their first channel program covering endpoints

February 21, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Comodo Cybersecurity lets partners define their own benefits in their first channel program covering endpoints
Comodo is recruiting partners who are prepared to make a deeper commitment to the company and supporting them through the program, while leveraging distribution for the first time ever to support much larger numbers of more transactional partners.

Managed Services

Continuum launches Empower program to enable MSPs to build a cybersecurity practice

February 21, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Continuum launches Empower program to enable MSPs to build a cybersecurity practice
Empower provides a much more focused approach to the security sale than tools that Continuum has provided in the past, which includes a new assessment service to identify gaps in customer security, and dark web monitoring to show customers what has already been stolen from them.

Storage

StorageCraft adds to vertical bundles with StorageCraft for Healthcare

February 20, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on StorageCraft adds to vertical bundles with StorageCraft for Healthcare
Following similar offerings introduced last year for law enforcement and education, Storagecraft adds a new offering for health care, which combines their OneXafe converged data platform with messaging aimed at a specific vertical, and go-to-market reseller partners selected and trained around the solution.

data security
Security

Russia hit by new wave of ransomware spam

February 20, 2019 ESET Guest Blog Comments Off on Russia hit by new wave of ransomware spam
Among the increased number of malicious JavaScript email attachments observed in January 2019, ESET researchers have spotted a large wave of ransomware-spreading spam targeting Russian users.

Computers

Paul Katigbak named as Kevin Connolly’s replacement running Dell EMC Canada Commercial Business

February 20, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Paul Katigbak named as Kevin Connolly’s replacement running Dell EMC Canada Commercial Business
Katigbak, who had been acting as Connolly’s interim replacement since Connolly’s promotion in January, has now received his official promotion as well.