Year: 2022

Security

Netwrix rolls out unified partner portal to make it easier to work with solutions from four recently acquired companies

March 22, 2022 Mark Cox Comments Off on Netwrix rolls out unified partner portal to make it easier to work with solutions from four recently acquired companies
In 2021, Netwrix acquired four companies, including Stealthbits, which was approximately the same size as themselves. Since then, they have used three different portals, with products from two of the acquired companies not available through any of them. Now everything is available through a single portal, along with new training and tracking capabilities.

Data Management

Cribl adds Cribl Edge agent solution to observability pipeline suite

March 22, 2022 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cribl adds Cribl Edge agent solution to observability pipeline suite
Cribl expects Edge and its’ next-gen Edge capabilities to be sold with the flagship Cribl Stream, but notes that its ability to either enhance or replace existing agents is an asset, and that  a component within Edge, Appscope v1.0, is being open sourced.

Security

Enterprise cloud security provider Sonrai Security deepens its platform with addition of Cloud Workload Protection

March 22, 2022 Mark Cox Comments Off on Enterprise cloud security provider Sonrai Security deepens its platform with addition of Cloud Workload Protection
Cloud Workload Protection joins existing Cloud Infrastructure Entitlements Management, Cloud Security Posture Management and data security platform functionality to identify and remove risks across every part of an enterprise’s public cloud presence.

Cloud

Skyhigh Security becomes second ex-McAfee property spun out of Symphony Technology Group

March 22, 2022 Mark Cox Comments Off on Skyhigh Security becomes second ex-McAfee property spun out of Symphony Technology Group
Skyhigh Security will be deeply focused on the Security Service Edge [SSE] while Trellix, spun out of Symphony earlier this year will be focused on the EDR [Extended Detection and Response] business. Gee Rittenhouse, who was previously the Senior Vice President/GM of Cisco’s Security Business Group, becomes Skyhigh’s CEO.

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Three customer experience shifts partners should foster to deliver better client value

March 21, 2022 Steve Forcum, Director & Chief Evangelist, Avaya Comments Off on Three customer experience shifts partners should foster to deliver better client value
Avaya chief evangelist Steve Forcum offers some advice for how partners can profit as many customers reevaluate their digital transformation moves made rapidly over the last two years.

Big Data

Alteryx continues refocus around Partner-Led in partner program restructure

March 21, 2022 Mark Cox Comments Off on Alteryx continues refocus around Partner-Led in partner program restructure
The program adds new tiers for GSIs, ISVs and OEMs, to move beyond the original VAR partner base and deepen the enterprise focus, and also enhances partner benefits across the board.

Security

Governments not up to date on effective means of data erasure on SSDs

March 17, 2022 Mark Cox Comments Off on Governments not up to date on effective means of data erasure on SSDs
The new report, from data erasure vendor Blancco, says this should be an opportunity for channel partners, who can show public sector customers how save money while also managing their security concerns.

Mobility

Cradlepoint, Extreme Networks bring together Cradlepoint Wireless WAN, Extreme Fabric Networks in new partnership

March 16, 2022 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cradlepoint, Extreme Networks bring together Cradlepoint Wireless WAN, Extreme Fabric Networks in new partnership
While the partnership provides very specific benefits to both companies, it also will assist their channel partners, many of whom have already been integrating the two sets of technologies in the field to leverage their benefits.

Security

Average small business employee gets 3.5x as many social engineering attacks as those at larger firms

March 16, 2022 Mark Cox Comments Off on Average small business employee gets 3.5x as many social engineering attacks as those at larger firms
Other findings of the new Barracuda report indicate that Microsoft 365 attacks continue to grow exponentially, while most than half of brand impersonations now involve Microsoft

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What Intel vPro Active Management Technology means for MSPs

March 15, 2022 Robert Dutt Comments Off on What Intel vPro Active Management Technology means for MSPs
Intel’s Eric Chong discusses Intel’s remote management technology for endpoint devices and how it can benefit managed services providers in this edition of the podcast.