Year: 2020

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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. 

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.

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.

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.

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.