Month: October 2020

Security

How to block unauthorized external DNS resolvers for strengthening enterprise security

October 22, 2020 Infoblox Guest Blog Comments Off on How to block unauthorized external DNS resolvers for strengthening enterprise security
PG Menon of Infoblox shares how partners can help enterprises better enforce corporate compliance and policies by blocking access to unauthorized DoH resolvers in a number of different ways.

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Cloud

Cloud distributor SherWeb previews 2021 roadmap at Accelerate event

October 22, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cloud distributor SherWeb previews 2021 roadmap at Accelerate event
Company co-CEOs and co-founders Peter and Matthew Cassars reviewed additions to SherWeb’s capabilities since last year’s event, and also announced the availability of one of their in-house solutions, Performance Cloud, which is powered by VMware.

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Channel Programs

Extreme Networks announces Bluetooth addition for IOT into AirDefense WIPS system at Extreme Partner Summit

October 22, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Extreme Networks announces Bluetooth addition for IOT into AirDefense WIPS system at Extreme Partner Summit
The Partner Summit itself, the first since Extreme remodelled its channel organization to work within regional units, got feedback on the changes and the direction of Extreme’s channel strategy.

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Backup

Datto sees IPO as major plus for its MSPs

October 22, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Datto sees IPO as major plus for its MSPs
Datto’s Rob Rae sees Datto’s successful going public on Wednesday as a significant plus for Datto MSP partners because it strengthens both the company and the MSP business as a whole.

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Security

Cloud transformation, business extensibility issues top of mind for Splunk partners at .conf20

October 21, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cloud transformation, business extensibility issues top of mind for Splunk partners at .conf20
Splunk’s .conf20 was virtual this year, which fundamentally changes how partners approach an event, but the themes of interest to the channel this year are the same as if the event had been physical.

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Cloud

Dell Technologies takes as-a-service strategy to next level with Project APEX

October 21, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell Technologies takes as-a-service strategy to next level with Project APEX
Project APEX is a vision of consolidating Dell’s cloud and as-a-service strategies, but new product is coming. The Cloud Console that will manage everything starts public preview today, and it and a new Storage as-a-Service offering on it will GA the first half of next year.

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Security

Digital risk firm Digitalware launches Epiphany risk-hunting engine

October 21, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Digital risk firm Digitalware launches Epiphany risk-hunting engine
Digitalware sees their new offering as unique in the market, because while many types of offerings do some of what they do, no one does all of it.

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Backup

HYCU enhances SAP support in HYCU for Google Cloud

October 21, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on HYCU enhances SAP support in HYCU for Google Cloud
HYCU expects that the significant enhancement in the support they now provide for SAP HANA in Google Cloud will further enhance that solution’s strong momentum, which they announced was 600% year-on-year growth.

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Podcasts

SMB, cybersecurity, and the pandemic

October 20, 2020 Robert Dutt Comments Off on SMB, cybersecurity, and the pandemic
ESET Canada channel leader Cam Leetham discusses how parnters’ security practices and strategies have changed as a result of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Cloud

Enhanced Data-to-Everything Platform, new Observability Suite highlight Splunk product announcements at .conf20

October 20, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Enhanced Data-to-Everything Platform, new Observability Suite highlight Splunk product announcements at .conf20
In addition to several significant announcements, which include the new Splunk Observability Suite, Splunk also announced the acquisitions of two companies, Plumbr and Rigor, whose technology will rapidly be integrated into that suite.

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Backup

Acronis CEO pledges massive data centre expansion in reaction to cloud and MSP-centric world

October 20, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Acronis CEO pledges massive data centre expansion in reaction to cloud and MSP-centric world
In a preview to his keynote today at the Acronis Global Cyber Summit, Serguei Beloussov said that traditional backup and traditional resellers are obsolete in a world of cloud and MSPs, and Acronis is expanding its infrastructure and partner enablement to respond to that change.

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Storage

Open source storage vendor iXsystems launches scale-out HCI software, new single-controller R-series hardware

October 20, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Open source storage vendor iXsystems launches scale-out HCI software, new single-controller R-series hardware
The new TrueNAS SCALE rounds out the company’s software options, while the R-Series, which addresses non-mission critical use cases, and can still scale to huge capacities when paired with the HCI software, adds to the hardware options.

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Software

NetApp beefs up software portfolio with enhanced ONTAP, expanded Keystone and cloud SolidFire

October 20, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on NetApp beefs up software portfolio with enhanced ONTAP, expanded Keystone and cloud SolidFire
The ONTAP changes are highly significant and include the addition of both continuous data availability and S3 object services.

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Backup

Acronis overhauls partner training approach with Acronis #CyberFit Academy 

October 19, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Acronis overhauls partner training approach with Acronis #CyberFit Academy 
The new training, which has been redesigned to be both massively scalable and capable of being deeply personalized, will be free in 2020 for existing Acronis partners. 

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Sponsored Content

How esports keeps students connected via remote learning

October 19, 2020 Guest Poster Comments Off on How esports keeps students connected via remote learning
Education has been turned on its head by the response to the pandemic. Katina Papulkas of Dell Technologies offers some thoughts on how embracing the ideas of esports can get students more engaged.

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Cloud

Palo Alto Networks adds new cloud modules to their Prisma Cloud Native Security Platform

October 19, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Palo Alto Networks adds new cloud modules to their Prisma Cloud Native Security Platform
In addition to their Prisma Cloud 2.0 announcement, Palo Alto Networks has announced the availability of their first Canadian-based cloud region.

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Security

Proofpoint adds Microsoft Teams connector to Content Capture compliance portfolio

October 19, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Proofpoint adds Microsoft Teams connector to Content Capture compliance portfolio
These connectors for Proofpoint’s Capture platform have become even more significant because of the transition to Work From Home situations, and the need to keep the same level of retention of collaboration tool data that has been present in offices.

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Channel Programs

Square strengthens partner ecosystem with new Terminal API for developers and two new partner programs

October 15, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Square strengthens partner ecosystem with new Terminal API for developers and two new partner programs
One new program is around Terminal API integrations, while the other is for agencies around Square Online. Square is also planning big improvements to their App Marketplace.

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Backup

Zerto targets broader backup market with new Zerto Data Protection offering

October 15, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Zerto targets broader backup market with new Zerto Data Protection offering
Zerto Data Protection leverages new cloud and feature capabilities from their Zerto 8.5 release, also being announced today, to go after the backup providers who Zerto customers have been using for their non-mission critical applications.

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Unified Communications

Jabra, HP partner around meeting room bundle of Jabra Panacast and HP Elite Slice

October 15, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Jabra, HP partner around meeting room bundle of Jabra Panacast and HP Elite Slice
This is Jabra’s first partnership around their PanaCast 180 degree panoramic camera solution, and the goal is to extend the collaboration partnership with HP, which will include letting HP leverage the data capabilities from PanaCast.

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