Month: June 2022

Managed Services

David Bellini, Adam Slutskin unveil new CyberFOX company at IT Nation Secure event

June 9, 2022 Mark Cox Comments Off on David Bellini, Adam Slutskin unveil new CyberFOX company at IT Nation Secure event
CyberFOX combines what had been two different kinds of IAM companies, password management company Password Boss and PAM vendor AutoElevate – although the plan is to broaden out the platform further going forward.

Avaya Sponsored Content

Five easy ways to improve customer experience using a virtual agent

June 8, 2022 Steve Brock, Avaya OneCloud Marketing Comments Off on Five easy ways to improve customer experience using a virtual agent
Do you have customers looking to reduce wait times for their call centers, or dealing with too many repetitive customer questions? Steve Brock of Avaya offers advice on getting the most out of a virtual agent.

Partnerships

ConnectWise lays out security strategy at IT Nation Secure event

June 8, 2022 Mark Cox Comments Off on ConnectWise lays out security strategy at IT Nation Secure event
Security is the focus of the IT Nation Secure event, and, unsurprisingly, security updates and roadmaps were the focus of the opening keynote.

Uncategorized

Bitdefender and ConnectWise launch strategic partnership

June 8, 2022 Mark Cox Comments Off on Bitdefender and ConnectWise launch strategic partnership
The expanded relationship will see Bitdefender’s software integrated into the ConnectWise SOC service to provide an upgraded defense capability against advanced cyber threats.

Security

Illumio research finds nearly half of security leaders don’t think they will be breached, which contradicts the fundamental tenets of Zero Trust Strategies most profess to believe.

June 7, 2022 Mark Cox Comments Off on Illumio research finds nearly half of security leaders don’t think they will be breached, which contradicts the fundamental tenets of Zero Trust Strategies most profess to believe.
While 90% of security leaders say that advancing Zero Trust strategies is one of their top three security priorities this year, 47% say they don’t think that they will be breached, a finding which was described as the most disappointing in the study.

Fortinet Sponsored Content

The evolving role of the partner in the age of convergence

June 6, 2022 Sean Campbell, director, Canadian Channels, Fortinet Comments Off on The evolving role of the partner in the age of convergence
Fortinet Canada’s Sean Campbell outlines opportunities for partners in today’s networking environment in this guest column.

Cloud

ServiceNow seeing good customer pickup from consolidated Impact customer resource offering

June 6, 2022 Mark Cox Comments Off on ServiceNow seeing good customer pickup from consolidated Impact customer resource offering
ServiceNow has rolled all of its customer service offices into a single consolidated one, for customers who want that, backed by additional service, training and support.

Security

SecureAuth preannounces next generation Arculix passwordless platform

June 3, 2022 Mark Cox Comments Off on SecureAuth preannounces next generation Arculix passwordless platform
Passwordless technology, which SecureAuth and most of the security industry see as an inevitable response to customer requests, will be available from SecureAuth through its new Arculix platform by the end of August.

Backup

Clumio launches affordable ransomware protection with SecureVault Lite for Amazon EC2 and Amazon EBS

June 2, 2022 Mark Cox Comments Off on Clumio launches affordable ransomware protection with SecureVault Lite for Amazon EC2 and Amazon EBS
SecureVault Lite is 30% less expensive than Clumio’s SecureVault, with the reduced charge coming mainly at the cost of some fine-grained file level capabilities which Clumio believes will matter only to a fairly select audience.

Partnerships

TeamViewer sees new Mercedes partnership as key element in strengthening enterprise presence

June 2, 2022 Mark Cox Comments Off on TeamViewer sees new Mercedes partnership as key element in strengthening enterprise presence
TeamViewer’s strategic partnership with the Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team, which they recently highlighted at the Miami Grand Prix, has become an important component of strategy in their drive to expand their enterprise presence, as well as to build on their relationships with other car companies.