Month: June 2021

Channel Programs

Cisco makes major new enhancements to Integrator and Provider roles

June 30, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cisco makes major new enhancements to Integrator and Provider roles
Most of the changes require more partner investment in training in exchange for more rewards. The two new roles, Developer and Advisor, are still not quite ready, and are scheduled to go live in August.

Security

Healthcare industry prepares for foundational cloud transformation as cyberthreats aggravate

June 30, 2021 Infoblox Guest Blog Comments Off on Healthcare industry prepares for foundational cloud transformation as cyberthreats aggravate
As part of the effort to better understand cybersecurity and network infrastructure challenges across industries, Infoblox and CyberRisk Alliance recently released a report that examined the specific challenges faced by decision-makers in the healthcare industry.

Hyper-converged

StorMagic, Hivecell partner on first HCI PaaS for the Edge

June 30, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on StorMagic, Hivecell partner on first HCI PaaS for the Edge
The partnership between two edge-focused HCI vendors will see StorMagic’s SvSAN software provide High Availabiity to Hivecell’s edge  Platform-as-a-Service devices.

Managed Services

MSP360 enters RMM market with low-cost, simple to use offering

June 30, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on MSP360 enters RMM market with low-cost, simple to use offering
The company has already enlisted 138 MSPs since an unpublicized soft launch at the beginning of June, and is looking to its RMM being both less expensive and less complex to manage than existing RMMs to drive that number up significantly.

Networking

Versa Networks plans to use new funding round to drive SASE expansion with new sales and marketing initiatives

June 30, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Versa Networks plans to use new funding round to drive SASE expansion with new sales and marketing initiatives
Versa began as an SD-WAN vendor, but has been rapidly transitioning into the SASE market, will spend much of the fresh $86 million raised on sales and marketing, in a market in which many customers still don’t really know what SASE is.

Security

SonicWall continues refresh of firewalls with higher end NSa and NSsp models

June 29, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on SonicWall continues refresh of firewalls with higher end NSa and NSsp models
The firewall refreshes are the highlight, but as is their custom, SonicWall also accompanied them with a flurry of software updates, as well as availability for free of all their security information through a single Capture Labs portal.

Networking

SMB-focused Untangle features new edge Threat Prevention option in new version of SD-WAN router

June 29, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on SMB-focused Untangle features new edge Threat Prevention option in new version of SD-WAN router
The new Threat Prevention capability, which comes through Webroot BrightCloud, is accompanied by a choice of packages with or without the capability, as well as deployment options which allows for data to be assessed at the edge.

Tony Anscombe, global security evangelist at ESET
Podcasts

How are governments faring amidst challenging cybersecurity environment?

June 28, 2021 Robert Dutt Comments Off on How are governments faring amidst challenging cybersecurity environment?
Tony Anscombe, ESET’s global security evangelist, joins us on the podcast to discuss the challenging environment governments face on the cybersecurity front, and how solution providers can help.

Managed Services

Six questions your backup needs to answer

June 28, 2021 N-able Guest Blog Comments Off on Six questions your backup needs to answer
MSPs can’t afford to waste time looking for workarounds or working through complex procedures to achieve simple backup tasks, Chris Groot looks at six fundamental questions your backup needs to answer.

Security

One Identity unveils three new next-gen PAM solutions

June 28, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on One Identity unveils three new next-gen PAM solutions
Two of them, Safeguard Secure Remote Access and Safeguard for DevOps, are brand new, while the Endpoint Privilege Management solution has been enhanced with new capabilities.