Month: August 2020

Artificial Intelligence

WekaIO expands addressable market, partner opportunity, with Kubernetes CSI plugin

August 21, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on WekaIO expands addressable market, partner opportunity, with Kubernetes CSI plugin
WekaIO’s high performance file system has primarily sold to universities and very large enterprises with AI initiatives, but they see the new plug-in as helping address AI initiatives more broadly in the Fortune 2000.

Backup

Acronis integrates anti-malware into Acronis True Image backup solution

August 20, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Acronis integrates anti-malware into Acronis True Image backup solution
Acronis True Image had anti-ransomware security before, but a full security stack has now been added, replicating the company’s expansion of their enterprise Acronis Backup offering into Acronis Cyber Protect earlier this year.

Backup

Axcient announces major restructuring of partner program

August 19, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Axcient announces major restructuring of partner program
The new Axcient program replaces a more informal one dating from the pre-merger eFolder days, and reflects the company’s growth and improved ability to provide more support for its partners.

Managed Services

Netsurion strengthens endpoint threat protection with Deep Instinct partnership

August 19, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Netsurion strengthens endpoint threat protection with Deep Instinct partnership
Netsurion is looking to its new EDR partnership to attract MSP partners who have been using traditional endpoint protection, and haven’t seriously considered EDR because it has been too expensive for their market.

Channel Programs

Dell names Dagher global channel chief

August 18, 2020 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Dell names Dagher global channel chief
Rola Dagher will leave Cisco Canada and return to Dell to head up the company’s global channel

Operating Systems

Open source storage vendor iXsystems restructures portfolio, unveils new flagship product

August 18, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Open source storage vendor iXsystems restructures portfolio, unveils new flagship product
Their free FreeNAS product has been consolidated within the TrueNAS portfolio as the entry level (and still free) TrueNAS Core, which consolidates two platforms into one and accelerates R&D accordingly.

Networking

Ananda Networks launches with Secure Global LAN promising Slack-like simplicity

August 18, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Ananda Networks launches with Secure Global LAN promising Slack-like simplicity
Ananda is pitching its new conception of networking at the Work From Home market, but its market is broader than that, and includes small firms as well as large. The channel is critical to their strategy.

Backup

Asigra brings MFA deeper within cyberdefenses with Deep MFA

August 18, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Asigra brings MFA deeper within cyberdefenses with Deep MFA
Deep Multi-Factor Authentication extends the passwordless authentication  that comes from a partnership with Secret Double Octopus

Podcasts

How the pandemic is changing printing

August 17, 2020 Robert Dutt Comments Off on How the pandemic is changing printing
Epson product manager Kaila Murphy discusses how printing demand has changed in a work-from-home world and surfaces some new and unexpected print opportunities for partners in this edition of the podcast.

Unified Communications

Zoom expands Phone Cloud Service, with new global plan, and support in 25 new geos

August 17, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Zoom expands Phone Cloud Service, with new global plan, and support in 25 new geos
The global plan allows for streamlining the service agreement process by letting customers purchase domestic calling across all geos, while the new support covers mainly Europe, but also geos in Central and South America, and in Asia.