Year: 2020

Backup

Veeam buys Kasten as flurry of Kubernetes management acquisitions continues

October 5, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Veeam buys Kasten as flurry of Kubernetes management acquisitions continues
Veeam sees Kasten’s technology with its focus on the application perspective and strong suitability for backup and DR use cases as highly synergistic with itself

data security
Security

Help your customers do their part to #BeCyberSmart

October 5, 2020 Barracuda MSP Guest Blog Comments Off on Help your customers do their part to #BeCyberSmart
National Cybersecurity Awareness Month is the perfect time to educate clients about domain and brand impersonation scams, which are on the rise.

Distribution

How the pandemic has changed the culture of distribution

October 5, 2020 Robert Dutt Comments Off on How the pandemic has changed the culture of distribution
Bill Brandel of Ingram Micro Canada discusses how distribution has responded to COVID-19 in this edition of the podcast.

Internet of Things

DH2i moves into IoT market with DxOdyssey for IoT

October 5, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on DH2i moves into IoT market with DxOdyssey for IoT
DH2i’s new initiative involves an expanded relationship with Microsoft around its new Azure SQL Edge data engine, and their offering will be available in the Azure marketplace.

Cloud

TIBCO CEO Streetman outlines how company vision translates into customer success

October 2, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on TIBCO CEO Streetman outlines how company vision translates into customer success
TIBCO’s CEO talked with ChannelBuzz about the company’s recent customer event, and how their long-time data strategy is getting new synergies in the COVID era.

Channel Programs

WatchGuard further drives Panda integration with full cross-sell capability, new endpoint security specialization

October 1, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on WatchGuard further drives Panda integration with full cross-sell capability, new endpoint security specialization
WatchGuard is also announcing that Panda resellers can now join the WatchGuardONE program, with their status in the WatchGuard program grandfathered for six months.

Cloud

COVID-created digital acceleration drives new Twilio product announcements at SIGNAL 2020 event

September 30, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on COVID-created digital acceleration drives new Twilio product announcements at SIGNAL 2020 event
They include Twilio Video Web RTC Go, a free toolkit for one-on-one video, EventStreams, which uses a single API to aggregate data from all Twilio powered experiences, Twilio Frontline for mobile workers, and Twilio Flex Ecosystem, a third party expansion of the Twilio Flex platform.

Cloud

Dell emphasizes centrality of VMware relationship with VMWorld announcements

September 29, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell emphasizes centrality of VMware relationship with VMWorld announcements
Dell Technologies’ VMworld announcements include enhancements to VMware Cloud on Dell EMC, tighter integration between VMware Cloud Director and Dell Technologies Cloud Platform, new support for VMware Tanzu, and a series of storage and data protection announcements.

data security
Security

Small and medium‑sized businesses: Big targets for ransomware attacks

September 29, 2020 ESET Guest Blog Comments Off on Small and medium‑sized businesses: Big targets for ransomware attacks
Why are SMBs a target for ransomware-wielding gangs and what can they do to protect themselves against cyber-extortion? ESET offers some thoughts.

Managed Services

SolarWinds leverages new N-Central capabilities to improve MSP efficiency with Cisco Meraki

September 25, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on SolarWinds leverages new N-Central capabilities to improve MSP efficiency with Cisco Meraki
The extension of the SolarWinds MSP relationship with Cisco follows up on a recent one with Microsoft, and are part of a broader initiative to further extend MSP effectiveness.