Year: 2021

Backup

Veritas looks to cancel competitor HCI deployments in NetBackup environments by adding Flex Scale deployment option

January 26, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Veritas looks to cancel competitor HCI deployments in NetBackup environments by adding Flex Scale deployment option
NetBackup 9 responds to customer requests for an HCI option that they can use in new projects, while simplifying their management to have a solution managed by a single vendor.

Distribution

New Year’s Podcast Series: Bill Brandel of Ingram Micro Canada

January 25, 2021 Robert Dutt Comments Off on New Year’s Podcast Series: Bill Brandel of Ingram Micro Canada
Ingram Micro Canada chief executive Bill Brandel takes a look back at 2020 and offers thoughts on what’s to come in 2021 in this edition of thee podcast.

Channel Programs

One Identity’s Andrew Clarke taking channel lessons from EMEA globally and company-wide

January 25, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on One Identity’s Andrew Clarke taking channel lessons from EMEA globally and company-wide
The One Identity EMEA business has had a much higher percentage of channel business in recent years than the other geos, but since his promotion to global channel leader last year, Andrew Clarke has been working on changing that.

Artificial Intelligence

Toronto’s Ada sees strong momentum for its no-code automated AI chatbots

January 22, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Toronto’s Ada sees strong momentum for its no-code automated AI chatbots
2020 was an uneven year for the Automated Customer Experience startup, thanks to COVID in the spring but momentum quickly mounted during the year, which included increased interest from channel partners.

Channel Programs

Sectigo revamps channel program to spur Web security business

January 22, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Sectigo revamps channel program to spur Web security business
Sectigo has completely remade a partner program that was only two years old because the primary focus of the company’s business has switched from selling SSL certificates to selling Web security.

Artificial Intelligence

Supermicro launches partner-focused GPU test drive program around NVIDIA NVLink and high-end Supermicro platforms

January 22, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Supermicro launches partner-focused GPU test drive program around NVIDIA NVLink and high-end Supermicro platforms
The program involves seven Supermicro partners, two in Europe and five in North America, but Supermicro sees this kind of AI-focused work is something that will become widely used, so represents a key partner opportunity.

Podcasts

Top cybersecurity tips for MSPs

January 21, 2021 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Top cybersecurity tips for MSPs
Mark Ballegeer of Barracuda MSP takes a look at some of the dominant trends in cybersecurity and offers tips for MSPs seeking to keep themselves and their customers secure in this edition of the podcast.

Cloud

Cloud security startup Valtix secures funding round from Cisco and The Syndicate Group to drive channel Go-to-Market

January 21, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cloud security startup Valtix secures funding round from Cisco and The Syndicate Group to drive channel Go-to-Market
While the focus is the new $12.5 million in  investment from organizations who will be strategic partners in Valtix’s Go-to-Market, the company is also highlighting its recent executive additions, including new CEO Douglas Murray.

Cloud

Trend Micro enhances Cloud One Services Platform cloud-native container security with Run-Time protection

January 21, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Trend Micro enhances Cloud One Services Platform cloud-native container security with Run-Time protection
Trend Micro continues to expand the Cloud One platform it began to roll out last year, adding Run-Time protection for containers to complement the Build and Deploy protection capabilities that had already been introduced.

Data Management

Hitachi Vantara announces availability of vendor-agnostic Hitachi Kubernetes Service

January 20, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Hitachi Vantara announces availability of vendor-agnostic Hitachi Kubernetes Service
One Kubernetes Service to manage them all – not an insignificant thing in a market where many major players are services offered by proprietary clouds.