Month: July 2020

Channel Programs

Ping Identity reworks partner program to increase support for implementation partners

July 31, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Ping Identity reworks partner program to increase support for implementation partners
The big news is the establishment of a four-tier Delivery Approved program, to provide more support for delivery-focused partners with consulting practices

Cloud

Liquidware targets Work From Home market with new Stratusphere release

July 31, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Liquidware targets Work From Home market with new Stratusphere release
More metrics which help identity and remedy issues in home environments have been added, and enhancements have been made to process optimization, dashboarders and the API builder. New vendor integrations have been added – with more on the way.

Security

It’s imperative for partners to address the cybersecurity skills gap – here’s how

July 29, 2020 Sean Campbell, director, Canadian Channels, Fortinet Comments Off on It’s imperative for partners to address the cybersecurity skills gap – here’s how
Fortinet Canada channel chief Sean Campbell offers some thoughts on what solution providers can do to make sure their staff have the security skills needed to succeed in the market today and provide the digital defences of tomorrow.

Hyper-converged

Pivot3 further expands HCI automation to make life easier for mission-critical video admins

July 29, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pivot3 further expands HCI automation to make life easier for mission-critical video admins
The new enhancements, upgrading Pivot3’s Intelligence Engine to include both a system-level upgrade orchestration and a health and a best practices analyzer, are targeted at the video security market that makes up much of Pivot3’a business.

Cloud

Pax8 continues push into UCaaS market with RingCentral partnership

July 28, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pax8 continues push into UCaaS market with RingCentral partnership
Most MSPs have chosen not to become involved in the UCaaS market, something Pax8 is trying to change, in the belief that their ecosystem can provide MSPs with more visibility than they have had from working directly with these vendors.

Security

Okta strategic partner survey confirms massive COVID uptick around both collaboration and security

July 28, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Okta strategic partner survey confirms massive COVID uptick around both collaboration and security
Okta’s partner report is a follow-up to an earlier one done with Okta customers, and the trends are essentially the same.

Cloud

Sonrai Security extends enterprise identity platform with new Governance Automation Engine

July 28, 2020 Mark Cox 1
Sonrai uses workflow and role-based swimlanes to address identity and workload-related issues by automatically routing actions to cloud, security, audit or DevOps teams, or deploy remediation bots to address the issue, with the customer being able to determine how they want things handled.

Security

Forcepoint looks to change security game with new converged SASE solutions

July 27, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Forcepoint looks to change security game with new converged SASE solutions
The new Dynamic Edge Protection Suite consists of two solutions, which bundles long-standing offerings into converged ones which are delivered as a service that are easy to administer and easy for home users to set up securely.

Big Data

Naveego expands from providing data quality to offering full cloud-native integration platform

July 27, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Naveego expands from providing data quality to offering full cloud-native integration platform
Naveego supplements its Master Data Management capabilities with broader data integration ones that make Naveego a complete data integration solution and let them get in front of customers they missed in the past.

Backup

Commvault expands use cases in product portfolio refresh

July 24, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Commvault expands use cases in product portfolio refresh
The news involves reworking Commvault Data Protection and Commvault Backup & Recovery into separate products with a suite option, bringing Hedvig technology into HyperScale, expanding Hedvig support for Kubernetes, further encouraging subscription pricing, and positioning the Metallic SaaS offering to go upmarket and address the enterprise as well as the midmarket.