Year: 2020

Storage

StorCentric unveils software-only Data Mobility Suite

October 27, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on StorCentric unveils software-only Data Mobility Suite
StorCentric is the holding company that owns enterprise storage brands Nexsan and Vexata, and the SMB-focused Drobo and Retrospect, is releasing to GA the first solution under the StorCentric brand with the software Data Mobility.

Backup

OpenText looks to leverage synergies from acquired SMB Carbonite-Webroot channel

October 27, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on OpenText looks to leverage synergies from acquired SMB Carbonite-Webroot channel
Prentiss Donohue, SVP of Partners and Alliances at OpenText, provides ChannelBuzz with a channel update, particularly around progress on bringing the newly acquired SMB channel into the broader ecosystem.

Security

Index Engines beefs up CyberSense ransomware detection and recovery software

October 27, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Index Engines beefs up CyberSense ransomware detection and recovery software
The pandemic has led to significant demand for the Cybersense ransomware solution, which is integrated with Dell EMC PowerProtect Cyber Recovery, and goes to market through Dell, IBM Resiliency Services, and their partners.

Artificial Intelligence

WekaIO introduces new cloud-native Accelerated DataOps data management solution

October 27, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on WekaIO introduces new cloud-native Accelerated DataOps data management solution
The new cloud-native solution is built on the WekaFS file system, and integrated into unified storage solutions though reference architectures with object storage Technology Alliance partner vendors like AWS, Cloudian, Hitachi Vantara, IBM, Seagate, Quantum, and Scality.

Cloud

Getting to know Augmentt Technology

October 26, 2020 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Getting to know Augmentt Technology
On this edition of the podcast, we talk to Gavin Garbutt and Derik Belair about their new venture, Augmentt, a set of tools that aim to help MSPs, discover, optimize, and manage their customer’s cloud and SaaS subscriptions.

Sponsored Content

Building small business resiliency during COVID-19 and beyond

October 26, 2020 Cisco Canada Guest Blog Comments Off on Building small business resiliency during COVID-19 and beyond
As we head into the last week of Small Business Month, Cisco Canada small business leader Lissa Ricci offers some thoughts on how Cisco partners can help small business customers survive and thrive in the current environment by accelerating digital transformation.

Cloud

NetApp expands Spot serverless solution for containers to storageless

October 26, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on NetApp expands Spot serverless solution for containers to storageless
Together with NetApp Cloud Manager, and NetApp Virtual Desktop Management services, which are also being announced at NetApp Insight, NetApp is unveiling a differentiated suite of applications for both traditional and cloud partners to sell.

Cloud

Cloudify fills out multi-cloud orchestration capabilities by adding many new integrations

October 26, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cloudify fills out multi-cloud orchestration capabilities by adding many new integrations
Cloudify’s 5.1 release adds integrations to allow it to be an ‘orchestrator of orchestrators for all cloud environments, and also adds DevOps integrations for those environments.

Artificial Intelligence

TIBCO acquisition of Information Builders creates new channel synergies

October 26, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on TIBCO acquisition of Information Builders creates new channel synergies
By coincidence, TIBCO’s latest acquisition takes place as they are in the process of integrating the channel programs from previous acquisitions into a new and more diverse one, which should expedite the integration of the Information Builders partners.

Channel Programs

Dell Technologies touts power of partnership at virtual event

October 23, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell Technologies touts power of partnership at virtual event
Because of the time of year, the Dell Technologies World channel keynote this year was much less heavy on programmatic and enablement-related announcements than normal. They did, however, introduce several executives in new channel roles, and give the expected exhortations about the importance of the channel to the company.