Month: December 2020

Security

Cybersecurity Advent calendar: Stay close to one another… Safely!

December 22, 2020 ESET Guest Blog Comments Off on Cybersecurity Advent calendar: Stay close to one another… Safely!
This year, many of us will be celebrating Christmas with our loved ones virtually, however we shouldn’t underestimate the value of securing our online communication

Security

Infoblox partners with Forrester to decipher threat investigation challenges for enterprises

December 21, 2020 Infoblox Guest Blog Comments Off on Infoblox partners with Forrester to decipher threat investigation challenges for enterprises
New research from Forrester and Infoblox shows security teams recognize the importance of DNS in keeping their enterprise safe, but a majority are still under-invested.

Cloud

Cybereason, Oracle announce strategic partnership

December 21, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cybereason, Oracle announce strategic partnership
Oracle becomes Cybereason’s preferred cloud platform, while Cybereason’s cybersecurity is integrated into the Oracle cloud, and the two companies will engage in joint Go-to-Market efforts.

Security

BEC: The $1.7 billion scheme your customers can’t afford to ignore

December 21, 2020 Barracuda MSP Guest Blog Comments Off on BEC: The $1.7 billion scheme your customers can’t afford to ignore
Best practices for identifying and combatting business email compromise, from Chris Crellin of Barracuda MSP

Cloud

Sage launches Partner Cloud Program to facilitate migrations to Azure

December 18, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Sage launches Partner Cloud Program to facilitate migrations to Azure
The program, which covers the U.S. and Canada, covers Sage 100 and Sage 300, which in Canada will overwhelmingly be Sage 300.

Backup

StorageCraft introduces next-gen of legacy ShadowProtect offering with SPX 7

December 17, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on StorageCraft introduces next-gen of legacy ShadowProtect offering with SPX 7
StorageCraft has reworked their ShadowProtect offering specifically to address requests for improved security, in part to handle Work From Home environments, and to handle the increasingly large volumes of storage that has to be backed up.

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Backup

Clumio targets competitor installs with air-gapped Clumio RansomProtect service

December 17, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Clumio targets competitor installs with air-gapped Clumio RansomProtect service
Clumio’s new service is specifically focused on providing ransomware protection, making it ideal for customers with another vendor solution for their primary backup needs, who are looking for a separate service to provide protection that will be much harder to attack and corrupt.

Cloud

Morpheus Data adds downmarket option with Morpheus Essentials

December 17, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Morpheus Data adds downmarket option with Morpheus Essentials
Morpheus also enables non-technical users to spin them up without waiting for IT, and enables strategic and channel partners to more easily make additional integrations of their own.

Security

COVID, Work From Home making spear phishing attacks more widespread and dangerous

December 17, 2020 Mark Cox 1
A new report from Barracuda notes a big jump in dangerous Business email compromise attack compared to last year, probably because Work From Home environments make these attacks more difficult for employees to check out by themselves.

Unified Communications

RingCentral looks to fight video meeting fatigue with free-standing Glip meeting service

December 15, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on RingCentral looks to fight video meeting fatigue with free-standing Glip meeting service
Available on a freemium model and not tied to the RingCentral platform, Glip meetings have no real time limit, and facilitate pre- and post-meeting preparation and collaboration so that meetings have more context than is typically the case.