Year: 2020

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.

Cloud

Ping Identity unveils first two cloud services in ‘land and expand’ customer acquisition strategy

October 7, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Ping Identity unveils first two cloud services in ‘land and expand’ customer acquisition strategy
PingOne MFA and PingOne Risk Management are the first two services in an inventory of cloud services that Ping expects to hit double digits.

Channel Programs

Unified BlackBerry partner program brings new reseller focus from Cylance

October 7, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Unified BlackBerry partner program brings new reseller focus from Cylance
BlackBerry introduced its new partner program at its BlackBerry Security Summit, while emphasizing the importance of partners to the Go-to-Market strategy going forward.

Mobility

BlackBerry looks to displace signature-based solutions with new Cyber Suite

October 7, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on BlackBerry looks to displace signature-based solutions with new Cyber Suite
The BlackBerry Cyber Suite includes two brand new offerings, BlackBerry Protect Mobile and BlackBerry Persona Desktop, a UEBA solution. It also includes the existing BlackBerry Protect Desktop and BlackBerry Optics EDR.

Artificial Intelligence

Blue Prism unveils Service Assist digital workforce solution for contact centres

October 7, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Blue Prism unveils Service Assist digital workforce solution for contact centres
Blue Prism sees the new offering as filling a major void in an important market, and as providing a good opportunity for channel partners who work the contact centre market.

Security

Ping Identity lays out personal identity management vision with ShoCard acquisition

October 7, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Ping Identity lays out personal identity management vision with ShoCard acquisition
ShoCard’s blockchain-based technology, which will be integrated into the Ping Intelligent Identity Platform, creates an identity wallet which gives the user more granular control over the identity information they surrender in digital transactions.

Managed Services

Linksys eliminates license fees, improves free technical support with Linksys Cloud Manager 2.0

October 6, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Linksys eliminates license fees, improves free technical support with Linksys Cloud Manager 2.0
Linksys has also strengthened their support for the channel selling this Business Division offering by strengthening support for partner business motions and improving its optimization for MSPs.

Software

Rancher Labs enhances user experience, expands use cases in new product release

October 6, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Rancher Labs enhances user experience, expands use cases in new product release
The 2.5 release of the Rancher platform also adds the ability to deliver GitOps capabilities at scale, improved Amazon EKS cluster management, and a broader version of the government version of their platform.

Backup

Commvault Metallic targets Commvault install base with new Metallic Cloud Storage Service

October 6, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Commvault Metallic targets Commvault install base with new Metallic Cloud Storage Service
The new cloud service is designed to give Commvault customers an easy-button option to establish a cloud backup on Azure.