Year: 2020

Cloud

Nutanix, Microsoft partner around hybrid solution using Nutanix Clusters on Azure

September 8, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Nutanix, Microsoft partner around hybrid solution using Nutanix Clusters on Azure
Nutanix follows up their recent partnership with AWS with a second major cloud infrastructure partnership, designed to emphasize the importance of the company’s focus now on hybrid cloud infrastructure.

Channel Programs

Nutanix launches simpler, competency-based Elevate partner program

September 8, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Nutanix launches simpler, competency-based Elevate partner program
The Nutanix Channel Charter, introduced only two years ago, will run in parallel with the Elevate program until all partners have made their competency choices, with all partners being grandfathered under the Channel Charter benefits until then.

Cloud

Nutanix stresses Run Better, Run Faster themes with new software announcements

September 8, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Nutanix stresses Run Better, Run Faster themes with new software announcements
Nutanix’s flurry of new product news follows a general theme of moving from HCI where they began to a broader hybrid cloud infrastructure story.

Managed Services

Employee training: Preventing sensitive information from leaving the network

September 8, 2020 Barracuda MSP Guest Blog Comments Off on Employee training: Preventing sensitive information from leaving the network
Your security offering is only as effective as its weakest link, and often that link is your customer’s employees, says Barracuda MSP’s Nathan Bradbury.

Backup

Clumio expands presence in Canada to meet enterprise backup-as-a-service demand

September 4, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Clumio expands presence in Canada to meet enterprise backup-as-a-service demand
SaaS backup-as-a-service startup Clumio, which sells entirely through channel partners, hired its first Canada-based sales and engineering team this spring, and is seeing good results in the Canadian market.

Hyper-converged

Lenovo DCG announces new HCI solutions around Nutanix, Microsoft, VMware and Diamanti partnerships

September 3, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Lenovo DCG announces new HCI solutions around Nutanix, Microsoft, VMware and Diamanti partnerships
While the Microsoft and Diamanti solutions are complete net-news, the expansion of the Nutanix ThinkAgile HX portfolio to include the first AMD models in the Lenovo HCI portfolio may be the biggest news.

Channel Programs

Cloud detection and response vendor Obsidian launches first channel program to support 100% channel commitment

September 3, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cloud detection and response vendor Obsidian launches first channel program to support 100% channel commitment
Claudia Slane joins Obsidian as Director of Global Channel and Alliances, and has designed a program to support a select channel with high margins and enablement benefits.

Cloud

Volterra adds new capabilities to VoltMesh

September 2, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Volterra adds new capabilities to VoltMesh
Volterra has beefed up their VoltMesh service by adding load balancer, API gateway and web application firewall capabilities that will serve every cluster with centralized management and with end-to-end policy control and visibility.

Security

Bitdefender looks upmarket with augmented MDR portfolio

September 1, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Bitdefender looks upmarket with augmented MDR portfolio
Bitdefender originally introduced its MDR offering in late 2018, and today is adding two new solutions to it, which are aimed at customers with more advanced security needs.

Computers

Dell enters ultra-small form factor workstation market with new Precision 3240 Compact

September 1, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell enters ultra-small form factor workstation market with new Precision 3240 Compact
The Dell Precision 3240 Compact will compete with the HP Mini and the Lenovo Tiny, at a new low price point – unless a customer opts for the high end NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 option, which will be available in October.