Month: February 2021

Security

Protecting the water supply – hacker edition

February 23, 2021 ESET Guest Blog Comments Off on Protecting the water supply – hacker edition
What can municipalities do to better protect their water supply systems? Cameron Camp of ESET offers some insights.

Channel Programs

BIO-key remakes channel program to meet needs of new platform approach

February 23, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on BIO-key remakes channel program to meet needs of new platform approach
BIO-key’s broadening of their offerings, from their initial biometric solutions to a broader range of IAM solutions delivered through a platform, has led them to remake their channel program, to help partners sell the platform.

Cloud

Ingram cloud sales chief driving customer success vision

February 22, 2021 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Ingram cloud sales chief driving customer success vision
Victor Baez, vice president of global cloud channel sales at Ingram Micro discusses the company’s customer success plans and more in this edition of the podcast

Security

US government organizations set for networking and cybersecurity reforms

February 22, 2021 Infoblox Guest Blog Comments Off on US government organizations set for networking and cybersecurity reforms
Allen McNaughton of Infoblox offers some thoughts on how public sector entities are reforming their cybersecurity defenses in the face of a changing threat landscape.

Channel Programs

Cloud-native IAM startup Britive features Optiv in newly launched partner program

February 22, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cloud-native IAM startup Britive features Optiv in newly launched partner program
Britive has established a partner program designed to enable a select number of partners to build a major business with their technology.

Artificial Intelligence

New Redis Labs Chief Business Development Officer views channel as key to expanding AI and machine learning Go-to-Market

February 19, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on New Redis Labs Chief Business Development Officer views channel as key to expanding AI and machine learning Go-to-Market
Taimur Rashid, who joins Redis from Microsoft, talks with ChannelBuzz about his plans to expand the company’s business in the AI space, which he said is still very small compared to its total potential.

Podcasts

New Year’s Podcast Series: Oliver Tuszik of Cisco

February 17, 2021 Robert Dutt Comments Off on New Year’s Podcast Series: Oliver Tuszik of Cisco
Cisco channel chief Oliver Tuszik reviews 2020 and offers his thoughts on what’s to come in 2021 in this edition of the podcast.

Storage

StorCentric targets 10-30 TB database market with entry level Violin QV1020

February 17, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on StorCentric targets 10-30 TB database market with entry level Violin QV1020
The new product is StorCentric’s first Violin release since they acquired the company late last year, and is an entry level version of the QV2020. For now, the branding remains Violin, but that’s something that will be examined going forward.

Security

Operation NightScout: Supply‑chain attack targets online gaming in Asia

February 17, 2021 ESET Guest Blog Comments Off on Operation NightScout: Supply‑chain attack targets online gaming in Asia
ESET researchers uncover a supply-chain attack used in a cyberespionage operation targeting online‑gaming communities in Asia

Channel Programs

Jason Beal joins AvePoint to build structure and consistency into channel strategy

February 17, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Jason Beal joins AvePoint to build structure and consistency into channel strategy
Microsoft-focused ISV AvePoint has a fairly large channel today, but there have been significant gaps in the enablement resources they are provided, and the consistency with which are provided globally. The plan is to change that.