Month: August 2020

Security

FireMon’s new CRO lays out plans to accelerate channel-centric company’s growth

August 31, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on FireMon’s new CRO lays out plans to accelerate channel-centric company’s growth
FireMon  is one of those companies that have benefited material from the shift to Work From Home, and Brian Keets plans to leverage that growth further in the quarters ahead.

Managed Services

SaaS Alerts brings MSP monitoring and alerting program to GA

August 28, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on SaaS Alerts brings MSP monitoring and alerting program to GA
SaaS Alerts, whose principals include former IndependenceIT execs Seth Bostock and Chip Buck, is targeting MSPs of all sizes.

Storage

Cloudian introduces full Kubernetes support with Kubernetes S3 Operator

August 27, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cloudian introduces full Kubernetes support with Kubernetes S3 Operator
Kubernetes S3 Operator provides full Kubernetes portability which meets the needs of both DevOps and production workloads, while cutting costs up to 60%.

Managed Services

Former N-able braintrust launch Augmentt to provide SaaS operations management for MSPs

August 26, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Former N-able braintrust launch Augmentt to provide SaaS operations management for MSPs
Gavin Garbutt and Derick Belair are rolling out Augmentt, which has the same focus on partner enablement and education as N-able, which they ran before selling it to SolarWinds.

Servers

Cohesity introduces new I/O Boost technology around joint all-flash solutions with Cisco and HPE

August 26, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cohesity introduces new I/O Boost technology around joint all-flash solutions with Cisco and HPE
The partnerships around Cisco and HPE all-flash servers  are backed by Joint selling and marketing programs, in what is a major initiative for all the companies involved.

Storage

Pure Storage looks to make separate storage tiers and hybrid arrays obsolete with all-QLC FlashArray//C

August 25, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pure Storage looks to make separate storage tiers and hybrid arrays obsolete with all-QLC FlashArray//C
Pure introduces the first capacity-optimized all-QLC all-Flash storage array, and dense 24.7TB and 49TB QLC DirectFlash modules.

Managed Services

Kaseya strengthens platform, gains new synergies, with Graphus acquisition

August 25, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Kaseya strengthens platform, gains new synergies, with Graphus acquisition
Graphus makes an email protection platform with a strong anti-phishing component, and the technology has already been integrated into the Kaseya platform to create new synergies.

Networking

Cisco focuses on WFH tech with small business push

August 24, 2020 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Cisco focuses on WFH tech with small business push
As small businesses adapt to the realities of working in the COVID world, Cisco Designed for Business builds on collaboration and security messages.

Security

DNS plays a major role in reinventing networking solutions for partners

August 24, 2020 Infoblox Guest Blog Comments Off on DNS plays a major role in reinventing networking solutions for partners
David Ayers from Infblox makes the case for why solution providers should look at DNS security solutions as a key part of their next-generation network offerings.

Backup

BackupAssist adds cloud recovery option with new BackupAssist ER solution

August 24, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on BackupAssist adds cloud recovery option with new BackupAssist ER solution
BackupAssist anticipates that most of their SMB customers will continue to recover on-prem, but the cloud recovery option is designed to offer additional protection, at a price far less than DRaaS solutions.