Month: August 2023

Barracuda MSP Sponsored Content

Secure Access Service Edge (SASE): Protecting the New Way of Work

August 21, 2023 Chris Crellin, Senior Director of Product Management, Barracuda MSP Comments Off on Secure Access Service Edge (SASE): Protecting the New Way of Work
Hybrid and remote work require a new approach to security; new SASE tools can make it easier for MSPs to secure clients. Barracuda MSP’s Chris Crellin explains in this guest blog.

Cloud

Liquidware announces GA of CommandCTRL SaaS solution

August 21, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on Liquidware announces GA of CommandCTRL SaaS solution
CommandCTRL is Liquidware’s new SaaS real-time remediation solution, and features both a DVR-like function that is more effective than snapshots and new ChatGPT functionality that was built in after the beta began almost a year ago.

Channel Communities

Canadian storage vendor 45Drives to host first annual Storage Summit in Sydney N.S.

August 17, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on Canadian storage vendor 45Drives to host first annual Storage Summit in Sydney N.S.
The event, which is being held from August 24-26 in and around Sydney, the largest town on Cape Breton Island, will bring together storage thought leaders, with a heavy emphasis on the YouTube world, and is open to the public.

Artificial Intelligence

Black Kite announces three new features that better automate cyber-ecosystem risk compliance

August 16, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on Black Kite announces three new features that better automate cyber-ecosystem risk compliance
The innovations, which are all free add-ons to Black Kite’s platform, include the ability to parse using a cyber-specific database rather than the general Internet, with parsing of data specific to individual companies coming very soon.

Artificial Intelligence

Nutanix targets Generative AI newcomer market with Nutanix GPT-in-a-Box

August 15, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on Nutanix targets Generative AI newcomer market with Nutanix GPT-in-a-Box
The new offering adds an Opinionated AI stack and related services to Nutanix’s infrastructure and storage stacks, and the company believes it will find a good reception from the SMB to the enterprise.

Channel Programs

Veritas reworks and formalizes partner program for MSPs

August 15, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on Veritas reworks and formalizes partner program for MSPs
Veritas has updated their traditional services program, but now they have modernized it to give partners more options than in the past.

Security

Adlumin introduces incident response capability to their security operations platform

August 14, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on Adlumin introduces incident response capability to their security operations platform
The new capability extends Adlumin’s MDR service, and provides the root cause and remediation that MDR by itself does not.

Artificial Intelligence

CrushBank adds new Generative AI capabilities to their knowledge management platform

August 14, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on CrushBank adds new Generative AI capabilities to their knowledge management platform
CrushBank continues its evolution beyond an AI-powered search platform with the addition of new Generative AI capabilities to their platform.

Channel Programs

Mitel continues CLM initiatives as part of metrics-based partner rewards

August 10, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on Mitel continues CLM initiatives as part of metrics-based partner rewards
While Mitel’s channel has recently gone through some structural changes, the focuses, including an emphasis on Customer Lifecycle Management, have remained consistent, and Mitel is doubling down in those areas.

Avaya Sponsored Content

Teams Collaboration + Avaya Calling = Innovation Without Disruption

August 7, 2023 Kirk Jones, Senior Director of Cloud Product Management, Avaya Canada Comments Off on Teams Collaboration + Avaya Calling = Innovation Without Disruption
In this guest blog, Avaya Canada’s Kirk Jones shares how partners can put together a collaboration and calling solution for customers using the tight integration between Microsoft Teams and Avaya’s calling solutions.