Year: 2021

Podcasts

Kaspersky opens new Transparency Centre in New Brunswick

December 30, 2021 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Kaspersky opens new Transparency Centre in New Brunswick
Rob Cataldo, managing director of Kaspersky North America, joins us on the podcast to explain the company’s new facility in Fredericton and what it means to Kaspersky, its partners, and its customers.

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Intel vPro Sponsored Content

User experience: The gift that keeps on giving

December 29, 2021 Eric Chong, Enterprise Client Technical Sales Specialist, Intel Corporation Comments Off on User experience: The gift that keeps on giving
Giving employees a positive user experience is good for business. Learn how to boost productivity and job satisfaction, while also helping improving security and reducing support calls.

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Communications

Is your communications solution ready for more change?

December 28, 2021 Daren Finney, Senior Vice President, Global Channels, Mitel Comments Off on Is your communications solution ready for more change?
Mitel global channel lead Darren Finney offers some thoughts on how channel partners can support their customers through the biggest corporate disruption ever.

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Cloud

Managing security around Microsoft 365

December 27, 2021 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Managing security around Microsoft 365
In this edition of the podcast, we break down the security challenges and opportunities around Microsoft 365 with Guillaume Boisvert, director of product innovation at Sherweb.

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Managed Services

SMBs can benefit Immensely from SOC services

December 27, 2021 Chris Crellin, Senior Director of Product Management, Barracuda MSP Comments Off on SMBs can benefit Immensely from SOC services
MSPs should follow these best practices when selling outsourced SOC services, writes Barracuda MSP’s Chris Crellin.

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Backup

MSP360 adds Wasabi Object Lock storage and $1 a month desktop image and file backup licenses for AWS Unified Billing

December 22, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on MSP360 adds Wasabi Object Lock storage and $1 a month desktop image and file backup licenses for AWS Unified Billing

This latest extension of MSP360’s strategic partnership with Wasabi is scheduled to be followed up with others in the near future.

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Managed Services

Is your backup still lurking in the dark ages?

December 21, 2021 Carrie Reber, senior product marketing manager at N-able Comments Off on Is your backup still lurking in the dark ages?
Efficiency is the life blood of successful MSPs—if you’re having to manage multiple legacy backup environments, you could well be hindering the growth of your business. Carrie Reber explains.

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Managed Services

Is Comanaged IT services a market your MSP should pursue?

December 16, 2021 Stefanie Hammond, head sales and marketing nerd at N-able Comments Off on Is Comanaged IT services a market your MSP should pursue?
If you’re looking for new ways to increase your monthly recurring revenues, comanaging IT services could be a good option. Stefanie Hammond explains.

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Distribution

Ingram Micro expands partnership with PTC to expand IoT and XR portfolio in U.S. and Canada

December 16, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Ingram Micro expands partnership with PTC to expand IoT and XR portfolio in U.S. and Canada
The expanded deal will see PTC’s full portfolio made available to Ingram partners, up from the half to which they had access before. Ingram is also supporting the new relationship through multiple initiatives designed to simplify the technology for partners.

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Security

Reimagining the security platform – is an opportunity

December 15, 2021 Sean Campbell, director, Canadian Channels, Fortinet Comments Off on Reimagining the security platform – is an opportunity
The landscape of security products is a complex one with new technologies and new companies appearing faster than ever before. But Sean Campbell of Fortinet Canada has some thoughts on how partners can find opportunities in offering their customers a new approach to security.

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Storage

StorCentric fills out unified support for Nexsan Unity software 7.0 with addition of object support

December 15, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on StorCentric fills out unified support for Nexsan Unity software 7.0 with addition of object support
StorCentric also adds support for S3 object protocol, immutable snapshots for ransomware protection, 40% improved throughput and up to 50% improved Assureon ingest rate.

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Channel Programs

Lenovo offers partners chance to increase revenues by 30% for hitting scalable incentives under new Lenovo 360 Global Channel Framework

December 14, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Lenovo offers partners chance to increase revenues by 30% for hitting scalable incentives under new Lenovo 360 Global Channel Framework
Lenovo 360 will launch in January, and builds on the recent organizational changes in the company’s channel business.

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Cloud

Intel video offers a guide to cloud security

December 10, 2021 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Intel video offers a guide to cloud security
Learn from some of Intel’s IT cloud security experts, who have driven a successfully enterprise cloud journey, on best practices for security in the cloud in this new video series from Intel Canada.

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Managed Services

Vade continues channel expansion through strategic partnership with Liongard

December 10, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Vade continues channel expansion through strategic partnership with Liongard
The integration of Vade’s Microsoft 365-focused email solution into Liongard’s automated documentation solution will further expand Vade Secure’s presence, and is slated to be followed by additional integrations in 2022.

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Tony Anscombe, global security evangelist at ESET
Podcasts

Protecting the endpoint: Finding a mix with traditional endpoint and EDR

December 9, 2021 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Protecting the endpoint: Finding a mix with traditional endpoint and EDR
ESET’s Tony Anscombe joins us on the podcast to discuss EDR and how solution providers can craft the best security services for their customers.

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Cloud

Virtana looks to broaden their cloud optimization market with Optimize free version

December 9, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Virtana looks to broaden their cloud optimization market with Optimize free version
Virtana Optimize’s Free Tier offering is aimed both at companies a little smaller than Virtana’s traditional Global 2000 base, as well as at departments within larger companies as part of a ‘land and expand’ strategy.

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Managed Services

New service initiatives, expansion into U.S. top MSP Corp’s 2022 strategic focus

December 8, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on New service initiatives, expansion into U.S. top MSP Corp’s 2022 strategic focus
MSP Corp acquires MSPs, lets them maintain their old structure in a model that preserves autonomy, and enables them to use specialized services from each other. Now they are adding more internal services of their own, and plan an expansion into the U.S. in Q2 2002 to add additional specialization.

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Security

Barracuda simplifies portfolio offerings, technology in new Barracuda Email Protection release

December 7, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Barracuda simplifies portfolio offerings, technology in new Barracuda Email Protection release
The five previous offerings have been reduced to three, and workflows and data classification have been improved.

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Networking

Aruba launches EdgeConnect Microbranch solution for SOHO setups in larger organizations

December 7, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Aruba launches EdgeConnect Microbranch solution for SOHO setups in larger organizations
The new solution extends Aruba’s longtime support for the SOHO market by extending SD-WAN and SASE security services through a single Access Point without the need for a gateway or an agent.

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Cloud

Intel video series offers a Path to Cloud

December 6, 2021 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Intel video series offers a Path to Cloud
Phil Vokins, cloud services director for Intel Americas, joins us on the podcast to discuss the chipmaker’s Path to Cloud video series, all things cloud security, and what solution providers can learn from it.

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