Year: 2021

Security

Trend Micro extends Snyk partnership with SaaS solution to highlight open source vulnerabilities for SecOps

May 11, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Trend Micro extends Snyk partnership with SaaS solution to highlight open source vulnerabilities for SecOps
Trend Micro Cloud One – Open Source Security by Snyk is the first SaaS service to be added to Trend’s Cloud One platform beyond the original six.

Cloud

Blancco partnership with ServiceNow makes its data erasure software available in ServiceNow store

May 11, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Blancco partnership with ServiceNow makes its data erasure software available in ServiceNow store
Blancco is primarily looking to use the new integration to deepen their relationship with existing mutual customers, but also hopes to add a few new Fortune 1000 companies who are on the ServiceNow platform.

Distribution

D&H sees Canada as good market for its newly established gaming and Esports unit

May 10, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on D&H sees Canada as good market for its newly established gaming and Esports unit
D&H has established a new Business Unit around their gaming components and Esports business, and while Esports has been much stronger in the U.S. then Canada to date, they see strong prospects in Canada as well.

Managed Services

Webroot kicks off next generation of their platform with new version of Webroot Business Management Console

May 10, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Webroot kicks off next generation of their platform with new version of Webroot Business Management Console
The new console is the first stage of Webroot’s Meru project, which has been designed to completely rework and modernize the platform and simplify it further, and which will be followed by a series of next-gen enhancements over the next 18 months.

Channel Programs

AppViewX launches new channel program to drive certificate lifecycle management for machine identity management

May 10, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on AppViewX launches new channel program to drive certificate lifecycle management for machine identity management
AppViewX’s partner program has been remade to enable partners to sell their certificate lifecycle management machine identity solution, including selling services, through a 100% channel model.

Security

Achieving edge security comes down to flexibility, integration and performance

May 7, 2021 Guest Poster Comments Off on Achieving edge security comes down to flexibility, integration and performance
Fortinet Canadian channel leader Sean Campbell discusses key factors for channel partners succeeding in edge security in this guest article.

Channel Programs

SOTI adds new partner enablement as they prepare for new partner program this summer

May 7, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on SOTI adds new partner enablement as they prepare for new partner program this summer
SOTI is intensifying their efforts to get partners to sell more of their portfolio, and have been adding tools and resources to make this easier to do.

Backup

Axcient sees addition of local cache technology to X360Recover D2C as game-changer

May 6, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Axcient sees addition of local cache technology to X360Recover D2C as game-changer
The local cache, which was always planned as a local complement for D2C, will remove any need for local appliances and truck rolls, by placing a local copy resembling a browser cache on any commodity storage.

Cloud

Dell unveils first APEX services offerings

May 5, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell unveils first APEX services offerings
Dell Technologies is making multiple announcements at this year’s virtualized Dell Technologies World, but the most important by far, because of the way in which it transforms the company, is availability of the first APEX as-a-service offerings.

Cloud

Dell Technologies builds out edge strategy with new and enhanced edge solutions

May 5, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell Technologies builds out edge strategy with new and enhanced edge solutions
The new offering is the first of what will be a family of Dell Technologies manufacturing edge solutions, while the upgraded one is a new version of the Dell EMC Streaming Data Platform.