Month: April 2023

Fortinet Sponsored Content

Partner considerations for the Work-From-Anywhere environment

April 27, 2023 Sean Campbell, director, Canadian Channels, Fortinet Comments Off on Partner considerations for the Work-From-Anywhere environment
Fortinet Canada channel leader Sean Campbell offers solution providers advice on meeting customers’ work-from-anywhere needs in this guest blog.

Storage

Pure Storage announces GA of next-gen native block and file services with File Services for FlashArray

April 27, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pure Storage announces GA of next-gen native block and file services with File Services for FlashArray
While unified block and file storage systems have been around for some time, Pure says that they bolt management onto one primary system, whereas their new service manages blocks, files and VMs on an equal plane, allowing admins to have the native benefits of all.

Networking

HPE Aruba formally unveils Agile NaaS approach and a new networking Service Pack

April 26, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on HPE Aruba formally unveils Agile NaaS approach and a new networking Service Pack
Aruba acknowledges that Agile NaaS, which helps partners and customers customize networking solutions for specific use cases, will always be for a smaller share of customers, but says it will have great value for them, and it’s still a segment which is large enough to pursue.

Channel Programs

Barracuda expands channel resources with new executives and enablement support

April 26, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on Barracuda expands channel resources with new executives and enablement support
Barracuda strengthens investment in partner experience, particularly for more technical SEs, with new hires, with more to come, as well as additional enablement resources.

Networking

HPE Aruba lays out strategy for partners and customers at Atmosphere event

April 26, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on HPE Aruba lays out strategy for partners and customers at Atmosphere event
HPE CEO and HPE Aruba leader Phil Mottram outlined how Aruba fits into HPE’s broader unified cloud experience focus, and detailed how Aruba is positioning itself going forward.

Networking

Next-gen HPE Aruba Networking Central platform of signal importance to company gong forward

April 26, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on Next-gen HPE Aruba Networking Central platform of signal importance to company gong forward
The next generation version contains multiple new features designed to make customers lives easier, on a platform that will manage all of Arubas expanding solutions inventory

Artificial Intelligence

Conga launches Conga Revenue Lifecycle Cloud and announces expanded partnership

April 25, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on Conga launches Conga Revenue Lifecycle Cloud and announces expanded partnership
The new Conga Revenue Lifecycle Cloud fundamentally reworks Conga’s solution portfolio by rearchitecting all their applications into microservices, while the expanded partnership with Accenture turns what had been reactive joint sales to customers into common sales and engineering activity where the two companies will collaborate much more extensively than in the past.

Avaya Sponsored Content

CCaaS trends, insights, and statistics to know

April 24, 2023 Jim Geary, Senior Vice President for Avaya’s North America Sales and Services Comments Off on CCaaS trends, insights, and statistics to know
Avaya’s Jim Geary shares key things to think about for success in the Contact Center-as-a-Service market in this guest blog.

Big Data

Boomi expands presence in Canada with new Vancouver Center of Excellence

April 24, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on Boomi expands presence in Canada with new Vancouver Center of Excellence
The enormous scaling up of Boomi’s Canadian operations will see the immediate addition of 80 new staff, with further large growth slated for the future.

Security

Passwordless authentication vendor Axiad adds Canadian hosting capabilities

April 24, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on Passwordless authentication vendor Axiad adds Canadian hosting capabilities
Axiad has had a presence in Canada, but it has been limited, something they think Canadian hosting and strengthening their channel in Canada will remedy.