Year: 2020

Storage

Infinidat tweaks channel management to sell datacentre storage in age of COVID

October 23, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Infinidat tweaks channel management to sell datacentre storage in age of COVID
Enterprise storage provider Infinidat has been doing well in 2020, despite the fact that they sell expensive on-prem storage to enterprises in the middle of a pandemic. That has involved getting more from the channel
Podcasts

What’s new in email protection?

October 22, 2020 Robert Dutt Comments Off on What’s new in email protection?
Email-based attacks have been around for more than 30 years, but are still at the forefront of most security breaches. Barracuda MSP’s Mark Ballegeer talks about the evolution of email attacks, and what MSPs can do about it, in this edition of the podcast.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.