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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Distribution

Ingram Micro builds up RPA business with UiPath partnership

May 25, 2021 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Ingram Micro builds up RPA business with UiPath partnership
The distributor will make RPA a focus of its Centers of Excellence as it seeks to build a broader channel for the increasingly-important automation aspect of digital transformation.

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Backup

Retrospect adds enterprise enhancements to SMB-focused Retrospect Backup 18 solution

May 25, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Retrospect adds enterprise enhancements to SMB-focused Retrospect Backup 18 solution
Retrospect adds strong ransomware protection and enhancements to their management console.

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Networking

Aruba announces first enterprise grade WiFi 6E solution

May 25, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Aruba announces first enterprise grade WiFi 6E solution
Aruba says the 600 Series of APs, which will be available in Q3, will provide partners with a key first mover advantage in a market that it likely grow very quickly.

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Storage

Startup 22dot6 formally launches revolutionary storage architecture

May 25, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Startup 22dot6 formally launches revolutionary storage architecture
The company’s Valence software is the first product of its Transcendent Abstracted Storage System architecture, and while it is formally launching today, it has been successfully selling for months through a 100% channel strategy.

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Managed Services

Sneak Preview: N-able and DNSFilter Integration

May 21, 2021 N-able Guest Blog Comments Off on Sneak Preview: N-able and DNSFilter Integration
N-able’s Jay Pitzer shares the details of the company’s upcoming integration with DNSFilter, and what it means for MSPs in today’s cybersecurity environment.

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Cloud

Palo Alto Networks deepens Zero Trust Network Security with five new or enhanced features and firewalls

May 20, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Palo Alto Networks deepens Zero Trust Network Security with five new or enhanced features and firewalls
The new product is new machine-learning based firewalls, aimed at both datacentres and branch offices, and giving Palo Alto Networks its first sub-$1000 models, in a move explicitly designed to challenge Fortinet’s dominance in that part of the market.

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Channel Programs

ConnectWise launches partner program to help partners build security practices

May 19, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on ConnectWise launches partner program to help partners build security practices
Longer term, the program will likely expand beyond security, but for now the goal is to help partners, with a minimum of 500 supported endpoints, develop both the technical and marketing skills to sell security effectively, without having to become MSSPs.

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Artificial Intelligence

RPA vendor Blue Prism outlines vision, product refresh at Blue Prism World

May 19, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on RPA vendor Blue Prism outlines vision, product refresh at Blue Prism World
Blue Prism kicked off the first day of their three day virtual event by articulating their view of where software robotics is headed, and unveiling the new Blue Prism v7.

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Backup

Rubrik unveils enhanced ransomware protection, orchestrated AppFlow DR solution

May 18, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Rubrik unveils enhanced ransomware protection, orchestrated AppFlow DR solution
Ransomware is the focus, both with enhancements to the core capability and the addition of AppFlows, which builds ransomware protection into an orchestrated DR solution, but there is a lot more here as well.

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Cloud

New VMware Canada country manager Claude Reeves lays out his plans

May 18, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on New VMware Canada country manager Claude Reeves lays out his plans
Reeves who came from Red Hat to take over VMware in Canada last month following Sean Forkan’s move to another position, discusses how he intends to drive VMware’s business in Canada.

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