Distribution
D&H Canada expands BFG into Canada as plan to double business over next two years.
The new initiative involves monthly credit extensions for Canadian partners, new vendor programs, and increased headcount.
Month: October 2021
Internet of Things
IoT remediation vendor Viakoo with 100% channel strategy raises $10 million in Series A funding round
While many companies exist in the IoT discovery market, to find devices vendors didn’t know they have and shut down the risky ones. Viakoo ‘s focus is on detecting if the devices are insecure, and fixing them if they are.
Podcasts
Windows Server Explained Power by Intel® Xeon® Series: ROKing Windows Server with Lenovo
In this edition of the podcast, Kirk and Devlin are joined by Louis Brunetto and Aaron Rothfuss of Lenovo to discuss how Windows Server, Xeon processors and Lenovo servers bring opportunity to partners.
Security
Secure your clients and prevent churn with a canary
Lewis Pope, head security nerd at N-able, makes the case for why MSPs should be making indicators of compromise the canaries in their coal mine in this guest blog.
Cloud
Flexxible IT introduces FlexxDesktop DaaS solution
FlexxDesktop builds on Flexxible’s long experience in the VDI market, and provide a subscription-based offering that covers data centres, the edge, and any cloud.
Security
Some thoughts on DNS for Cybersecurity Awareness Month
Cricket Liu of Infoblox suggests taking a look at your DNS infrastructure with an eye on how to tighten your overall defensive posture in this guest blog.
Distribution
Ingram Micro partners with IT advisor firm NightDragon to optimize channel Go-to-Market for NightDragon portfolio companies
NightDragon’s portfolio companies are all late stage startups, but their channel awareness ranges from excellent, through flawed to poor, and the companies think Ingram will bring particular value to these less skilled channel companies.
Backup
MSP360 beefs up anti-ransomware protection, performance in their Managed Backup Service
Immutable storage, a new and faster backup format, restore verification, consistency checks, and the addition of synthetic full backup for VMware are among the enhancements.
Security
VPN vs. ZTNA: A security perspective for remote user access
Replacing a VPN with a zero-trust approach can increase network security while also improving the user experience for remote employees, writes Barracuda MSP’s Chris Crellin.
Cloud
IGEL, Liquidware expand partnership to add free assessment program
The program is designed for organizations looking to repurpose their x86-64 compatible devices with IGEL OS, and the assessment identifies which machines will and will not be good candidates for conversion.
Cloud
Illumio adds agentless cloud-native visibility and control solution to Zero Trust Segmentation portfolio with Illumio CloudSecure
Illumio CloudSecure brings agentless visibility and cloud-native control capability to cloud environments, and in conjunction with the Illumio Core platform, provides full visibility in management in hybrid environments as well.
Security
Piiano emerges from stealth with Piiano’s Vault for PII protection
Piiano wants to provide a more effective way to protect PII, in a way that will get developers to rethink how they deal with it, and produce order and secure development.
Channel Programs
Armis launches first partner program to bring structure to relationships as company moves from hybrid to channel model
Armis, which makes a unified asset visibility and security platform, is unveiling their APEX Partner Program, which will identify committed partners and provide them with strong rewards.
Security
Plugging the holes: How to prevent corporate data leaks in the cloud
Misconfigurations of cloud resources can lead to various security incidents and ultimately cost your organization dearly. Here’s what you can do to prevent cloud configuration conundrums.
Cloud
Trend Micro launches Cloud One platform in Canadian cloud through AWS
Trend Micro has served its Canadian customers who require data to be resident in Canada through its Deep Security, which is available on-prem as well as in the cloud, but Trend is now pursuing a cloud-first global strategy, and the Canadian data centre is part of that.
Distribution
Identity-based security management company Elisity signs U.S. distribution deal with TD SYNNEX
The deal now is just in the U.S., but the company says that the plan is to expand that.
Security
Preparing your customers for today’s threat landscape
In this guest blog, Fortinet’s Sean Campbell offers a roadmap to get your customers ready for the changing security environment revealed by the company’s Global Threat Landscape report.
Managed Services
ConnectBooster unveils new set of tools to make MSPs able to understand and converse with customers about payment issues security
ConnectBooster notes that MSPs are typically blamed if there is a breach around a payment systems vulnerability, even though they usually had no role in deploying the payments solution, so the new Secure Payments solution was created to give them the expertise and ability to play that role.
Computers
Addigy, Acronis announce integration to bring multi-tenanted Apple management to Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud
The integration, Addigy’s first around Windows-level license management, was made in advance of next week’s Acronis customer event.
Podcasts
Windows Server Explained Power by Intel® Xeon® Series: Dell’s differentiation
In this edition of the podcast, Kirk and Devlin are joined by Ryan Leyden of Dell Technologies to talk about opportunities for partners around Windows Server on Dell PowerEdge servers.