Year: 2020

Artificial Intelligence

Aparavi pivots with new data management platform with Azure and Microsoft CSP focus

July 14, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Aparavi pivots with new data management platform with Azure and Microsoft CSP focus
The new Aparavi, The Platform, has a more robust set of data intelligence and automation capabilities than their original offering.

Backup

Commvault reworks partner program to add simplicity and more effective incents

July 14, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Commvault reworks partner program to add simplicity and more effective incents
Commvault global channel chief Mercer Rowe discusses why Commvault reworked its channel program just a year after they remade it last year, and why he believes the changes will incent better partner performance.

Cloud

Citrix study suggests work-from-home shift will be enduring

July 13, 2020 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Citrix study suggests work-from-home shift will be enduring
Research commissioned by the software vendor show many who moved to working from home in reaction to COVID-19 will stay there, and that that digital transformation has been accelerated in response to the pandemic. What does this mean for solution providers?

Networking

HPE broadens out SD-WAN business with Silver Peak acquisition

July 13, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on HPE broadens out SD-WAN business with Silver Peak acquisition
The $925 million deal will integrate Silver Peak’s technology natively into the Aruba Central platform, to provide a broader comprehensive edge to cloud SD-WAN solution.

Big Data

Boomi further builds out reference architectures with Boomi Blueprint

July 13, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Boomi further builds out reference architectures with Boomi Blueprint
Boomi situates the Integration Center of Excellence service they launched earlier this year into a fuller collection of services offerings, which will have a channel component.

Cloud

Delayed Canadian data centre one of few Zoho setbacks in COVID response

July 10, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Delayed Canadian data centre one of few Zoho setbacks in COVID response
Zoho has had a broad COVID response strategy involving multiple initiatives, which largely reflect its own philosophy as a company.

Managed Services

Zomentum announces funding round to build on momentum with MSPs

July 9, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Zomentum announces funding round to build on momentum with MSPs
Zomentum has signed up hundreds of MSPs since their tool became available last fall, despite the pandemic’s shutting down their activities around trade shows.

Cloud

Canadian employees think workplace tech tools aren’t the sharpest in the shed

July 9, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Canadian employees think workplace tech tools aren’t the sharpest in the shed
A new survey done on behalf of Zoho finds that while a significant majority of Canadian employees are happy with their companies’ corporate goals and their work in general, most are not happy with their technology, whether they are working in the office or remotely.

Software

eDiscovery vendor Ipro bolsters channel by acquiring Montreal-based NetGovern

July 9, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on eDiscovery vendor Ipro bolsters channel by acquiring Montreal-based NetGovern
Ipro has been a powerhouse in the legal and public sector markets, and in the analysis end of the market, while NetGovern complements this with a strong presence in many verticals and a focus on the upstream part of the market involving collection and preservation of data.

Channel Programs

Vectra revamps channel program around partner business models

July 9, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Vectra revamps channel program around partner business models
Vectra has also introduced more standardization of the programs in EMEA, APJ and the Americas, while still allowing for some local flexibility.