Month: October 2020

Mobility

Masergy moves portfolio beyond the branch with SD-WAN Work From Anywhere

October 14, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Masergy moves portfolio beyond the branch with SD-WAN Work From Anywhere
SD-WAN Secure Home is designed to extend Masergy’ SD-WAN to home offices, while SD-WAN On the Go is a software client for mobile users needing secure access – which can also be used as a low-cost home office solution.

Channel Programs

HashiCorp celebrates rise in channel business at 2020 Partner Summit

October 14, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on HashiCorp celebrates rise in channel business at 2020 Partner Summit
HashiCorp channel chief Michelle Graff talks with ChannelBuzz about the company’s channel progress since the revamp of their channel program and strategy a year ago, and indicated what’s new for the year ahead.

Managed Services

Warranty Master rebrands as ScalePad, adds software asset management capabilities

October 14, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Warranty Master rebrands as ScalePad, adds software asset management capabilities
ScalePad’s expansion of their services for MSPs to provide the same kinds of services for software that they have for hardware continues to extend their business beyond warranties.

Backup

Cohesity partners with AWS to deliver Data Management as-a-service offering

October 14, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cohesity partners with AWS to deliver Data Management as-a-service offering
Cohesity DataProtect Backup as a Service will be the first service within the new offering when it launches near the end of the year, although it will not initially be available in the AWS Canada region.

Unified Communications

Poly introduces new Poly Sync speakerphone family

October 14, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Poly introduces new Poly Sync speakerphone family
The new Poly Sync devices, which extend from the home office [Poly Sync 20] to small and mid-sized conference rooms [Poly Sync 60] feature both newer technology and price points that are competitive in the small device space.

Storage

Scale-out vendor Quobyte scales up security, policy engine functionality in 3.0 release

October 13, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Scale-out vendor Quobyte scales up security, policy engine functionality in 3.0 release
The security enhancements include end-to-end AES data encryption, TLS support, an X.509 digital certificate and new Kubernetes support.

Security

October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month

October 9, 2020 ESET Guest Blog Comments Off on October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month
ESET’s Phishing Derby Quiz tests Canadians cyber security awareness

Cloud

Sage Canadian Managing Director Nancy Tichbon bullish on Canadian market

October 9, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Sage Canadian Managing Director Nancy Tichbon bullish on Canadian market
Tichbon, who has a telco background that she sees as highly relevant to the SaaS company that Sage is becoming, thinks Sage Intacct will be a key product in the Canadian market going forward.

Channel Programs

Okta adds two new partner services delivery specializations around customer identity and hybrid IT

October 7, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Okta adds two new partner services delivery specializations around customer identity and hybrid IT
Today, at their virtual Okta Showcase event, identity vendor Okta is announcing two new Okta Partner Connect specializations. Both are Services Delivery specializations. The Customer Identity specialization is an explicitly services-focused one around Okta’s core
Security

Going beyond VPN to secure modern borderless enterprises

October 7, 2020 Infoblox Guest Blog Comments Off on Going beyond VPN to secure modern borderless enterprises
Krupa Srivatsan of Infoblox offers some thoughts on how securing a remote-working workforce has expanded to be so much more than just VPN.