February 26, 2021Mark CoxComments Off on Commscope refines channel strategy for North America with new channel management model
ongtime Commscope Canadian country manager Karen Pugliese, who recently became Commscope’s Partner Leader Americas in a rejigged management model, talks with ChannelBuzz about what partners can expect in 2021.
February 26, 2021Mark CoxComments Off on Mike Sharun to retire from Dell Canada in the spring, with Pam Pelletier named as successor
Big changes afoot at Dell Technologies in Canada, with Mike Sharun, who had spent the last 23 years at Dell and EMC, announcing he will retire in the spring, with Pam Pelletier named as his replacement.
February 26, 2021Mark CoxComments Off on Infoblox unveils invite-only Cloud Specialization program to spur SaaS sales
Infoblox’s new program includes 30 picked partners who have already made a SaaS commitment, and will pair them with Infoblox experts and provide them with increased support to boost their SaaS business.
February 26, 2021Mark CoxComments Off on IGEL unveils new Amazon WorkSpaces integration at DISRUPT Unite 2021 Cloud Workspaces Experience event
IGEL’s events are generally fist-pumping affairs, and this one was no different, coming on the heels of a private equity firm taking a majority investment in the company two weeks ago.
February 24, 2021Mark CoxComments Off on Arcserve, StorageCraft emphasize regional, business model synergies in merger deal
The new company, which will be called Arcserve, brings together two 100% channel companies, with StorageCraft’s business being mainly in North America, and Arcserve’s being outside it, and StorageCraft being more focused on MSPs while Arcserve has mainly worked with VARs.
February 24, 2021Mark CoxComments Off on Veeam adds new security and cloud capabilities in Veeam Backup & Replication v11
While there are over 200 new features, the addition of Continuous Data Projection journaling, the ability to create an immutable Linux repository, and new support for Google Cloud Storage and AWS and Azure archive tiers will likely get the most attention.
February 23, 2021Mark CoxComments Off on Kaseya adds managed SOC to IT Complete platform with RocketCyber acquisition
RocketCyber, the Dallas-based startup Kaseya has acquired, was custom-built for smaller MSPs serving the SMB market, and will be quickly integrated with the other Kaseya solutions on their platform.