Month: May 2021

Security

CyberRisk Alliance report highlights cybersecurity challenges in global financial services sector

May 28, 2021 Infoblox Guest Blog Comments Off on CyberRisk Alliance report highlights cybersecurity challenges in global financial services sector
More than a year into the pandemic, financial services security professionals say data breaches and network outages are more costly than ever, and feel the industry is under more cybersecurity pressure than ever.

Backup

Veeam CTO Danny Allan plots out path to top spot in data protection

May 28, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Veeam CTO Danny Allan plots out path to top spot in data protection
Veeam is now number two in the data protection space, but they have a focused strategy to get to the top spot by 2023.

Hardware

Consumer and gaming tech highlights news at Western Digital Flash event, but nuggets still there for partners

May 28, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Consumer and gaming tech highlights news at Western Digital Flash event, but nuggets still there for partners
Some major gaming announcements will have implications for resellers and integrators who work that market, as will a new embedded flash platform for Universal Flash Storage  3.1, while a partnership with Percona around their MySQL Server will be of interest in the enterprise.

DevOps

Pillir looks to reshape SAP modernization with launch of low code EdgeReady Cloud platform

May 28, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pillir looks to reshape SAP modernization with launch of low code EdgeReady Cloud platform
Pillir’s redesigned platform combines their original ability to translate SAP legacy code into modern low-code with a lego block system that greatly speeds up the process, and the channel is the focus of their Go-to-Market strategy.

Backup

Clumio adds second data protection solution to provide deeper visibility

May 27, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Clumio adds second data protection solution to provide deeper visibility
Clumio Discover, which is being offered as a free product, complements the core Clumio Protect offering, and is intended to steer non-Clumio customers to it.

Artificial Intelligence

TIBCO enhances and integrates Predict portfolio for improved hyperconverged experience

May 26, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on TIBCO enhances and integrates Predict portfolio for improved hyperconverged experience
The Spotfire, Streaming and Data Science solutions have been more deeply integrated on TIBCO’s platform, which improves customer time to value, and has channel partners enthusiastic.

Cloud

Guiding your customers through a subscription model for cloud services – Part 3

May 26, 2021 Avaya Guest Blog Comments Off on Guiding your customers through a subscription model for cloud services – Part 3
Avaya Canada’s Ian Purdell-Lewis on how solution providers can continue to drive customer transformation and value after the initial transition to the cloud.

Backup

Veeam kicks off virtual VeeamON 2021 event with strategy update and product sneak peeks

May 26, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Veeam kicks off virtual VeeamON 2021 event with strategy update and product sneak peeks
Veeam also made some product announcements on the first day of their event, notably the addition of support for a fourth hypervisor, Red Hat Virtualization.

Data Management

Hitachi Vantara lays out data-driven strategy at Hitachi Social Innovation Forum

May 26, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Hitachi Vantara lays out data-driven strategy at Hitachi Social Innovation Forum
Hitachi is using its three-day event, which continues through Thursday, to outline its focus on data-driven strategies and how customers in multiple verticals are already benefitting from them.

Networking

Extreme Networks kicks off Connect Virtual event with major AI expansion through ExtremeCloud IQ CoPilot

May 26, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Extreme Networks kicks off Connect Virtual event with major AI expansion through ExtremeCloud IQ CoPilot
Extreme also announced the Extreme 9000 series, a new carrier grade product, and senior leadership changes which include Canadian market lead Paul Semak being promoted to SVP of Americas sales, adding the U.S. to management of Canada and Latin America.