Month: March 2022

Security

Anti-phishing vendor SlashNext goes after Microsoft market with SlashNext Email Protection for Microsoft 365

March 14, 2022 Mark Cox Comments Off on Anti-phishing vendor SlashNext goes after Microsoft market with SlashNext Email Protection for Microsoft 365
SlashNext sees a major void in the Microsoft 365 anti-phishing market, as neither Microsoft nor general purpose email-protection solution are current with the state of today’s phishing threats.

Barracuda MSP Sponsored Content

Data privacy is a very public challenge

March 11, 2022 Neal Bradbury, Senior Vice President, Barracuda MSP Comments Off on Data privacy is a very public challenge
Privacy regulations and best practices for MSPs, courtesy of Barracuda MSP’s Neal Bradbury.

Channel Programs

Deep focus on Customer Lifecycle Management highlights Mitel strategy under new channel chief

March 11, 2022 Mark Cox Comments Off on Deep focus on Customer Lifecycle Management highlights Mitel strategy under new channel chief
Other priorities include more emphasis on partner business plans, and making it clear to partners how switching to the RingCentral partnership for their UCaaS puts both Mitel and their partners in a stronger position than before.

Distribution

Expansion of Ingram Micro-Okta relationship means green fields for Canadian distribution

March 11, 2022 Mark Cox Comments Off on Expansion of Ingram Micro-Okta relationship means green fields for Canadian distribution
Okta has not worked through distribution in Canada at all before, and the new relationship with Ingram should expand the Canadian partner base significantly, although Ingram, like Okta itself, will be choosy in bringing new partners on board

Cloud

Vcinity launches partnership with Dell to take their hybrid cloud solution to market through Dell’s OEM Engineered Solutions program

March 11, 2022 Mark Cox Comments Off on Vcinity launches partnership with Dell to take their hybrid cloud solution to market through Dell’s OEM Engineered Solutions program
Vcinity offers a unique solution in the marketplace which doesn’t move data to the cloud, but provides the same effect while allowing the data to remain in place.

Distribution

D&H Canada hires David Stephens as Head of Sales as part of continuing ramp-up of Canadian resources

March 10, 2022 Mark Cox Comments Off on D&H Canada hires David Stephens as Head of Sales as part of continuing ramp-up of Canadian resources
Having both a Head of Sales and a Country Manager in place in Canada at the same time is part of a general surge in resources devoted to Canada as part of D&H’s BFG initiative.

Cloud

Armorblox fully integrates its Natural Language Understanding within its DLP in major upgrade

March 10, 2022 Mark Cox Comments Off on Armorblox fully integrates its Natural Language Understanding within its DLP in major upgrade
Armorblox has expanded its use of Natural Language Understanding from the solution’s core engine to specific business workflows, like preventing data loss in Microsoft Office 365, Microsoft Exchange and Google Workspace.

Mobility

Mixed results from Palo Alto Networks survey on remote work in Canada

March 10, 2022 Mark Cox Comments Off on Mixed results from Palo Alto Networks survey on remote work in Canada
This study is the first of several that Palo Alto Networks will be rolling out which cover different areas with data compiled entirely from the Canadian market.

Backup

Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 v6 adds self-service restore portal and cloud object storage integrations

March 9, 2022 Mark Cox Comments Off on Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 v6 adds self-service restore portal and cloud object storage integrations

Veeam is the market leader in this space, but they see it as an almost complete green fields opportunity since their share is 8.5 million users in an area Microsoft estimates at 300 million today, growing to 500 million in 2025.

Managed Services

Kaseya rebadges Compliance Manager as Compliance Manager GRC to reflect new governance and risk management capabilities

March 9, 2022 Mark Cox Comments Off on Kaseya rebadges Compliance Manager as Compliance Manager GRC to reflect new governance and risk management capabilities
Kaseya adds governance and risk features to take advantage of what they see as a great growth opportunity for GRC in the SMB space, which can ideally be taken to market through MSPs