Year: 2023

ESET Sponsored Content

Mária Trnková named Chief Marketing Officer, will lead a newly formed division at ESET

June 6, 2023 ESET Guest Blog Comments Off on Mária Trnková named Chief Marketing Officer, will lead a newly formed division at ESET
ESET names Mária Trnková, previously Vice President for the Consumer and IoT Segment as its new marketing chief, heading up a newly-created Marketing, Communication and Digital Business unit.

Avaya Sponsored Content

Avaya’s innovation without disruption explained

June 5, 2023 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Avaya’s innovation without disruption explained
Avaya Canada channel leader Ian Purdell-Lewis joins us on the podcast to discuss the company’s hybrid mantra, what it means for partners, and what parts of their CC/UC environments customers are choosing to keep on-prem.

Channel Communities

CompTIA signs on GRC specialist FortMesa to strengthen new CompTIA Cybersecurity Trustmark program

June 2, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on CompTIA signs on GRC specialist FortMesa to strengthen new CompTIA Cybersecurity Trustmark program
CompTIA launched this new program in December, and FortMesa will help MSPs to take advantage of the growing compliance market by leading them through the assessment and certification processes.

Managed Services

CYTRACOM adds new security features to MSP-centric ControlOne platform

May 31, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on CYTRACOM adds new security features to MSP-centric ControlOne platform
An integration with Azure Active Directory, which will soon be followed by other identity options, provides users with a passwordless experience which is always on, so can’t be avoided by the end user.

Sponsored Content

AV and IT channel convergence is about to take hold. Get ready.

May 30, 2023 Deidre Deacon, General Manager and Channel Chief, ViewSonic Canada Comments Off on AV and IT channel convergence is about to take hold. Get ready.
The AV and IT ecosystem is at an interesting crossroads as two traditionally distinct and siloed channels converge.

Cloud

Red Hat Summit also has significant messaging for partners

May 30, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on Red Hat Summit also has significant messaging for partners
Red Hat Summit typically consists of many deeply technical announcements, and the company did not disappoint in that respect, but they also made several important channel announcements and dropped a couple big hints about what is coming for partners next.

As-a-Service

Morpheus Data excited by collaborative potential in Dell Technologies hybrid cloud announcements

May 26, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on Morpheus Data excited by collaborative potential in Dell Technologies hybrid cloud announcements
Morpheus makes a hybrid cloud management automation engine, and the development of infrastructure as-a-service offerings has led to them doing more business in the last six months than in the previous six years.

Fortinet Sponsored Content

Enabling networking and security convergence

May 24, 2023 Sean Campbell, director, Canadian Channels, Fortinet Comments Off on Enabling networking and security convergence
Fortinet’s Sean Campbell offers solution providers advice on getting the most out of security on the network in this guest blog.

Artificial Intelligence

Dell looks to expand partner services with Project Harmony

May 24, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell looks to expand partner services with Project Harmony
Project Harmony was the one new initiative specifically for partners announced at this year’s Dell Technologies World, within the context of a news-rich event which will create many other partner opportunities.

Artificial Intelligence

Alteryx announces new Generative AI capabilities in core products which are shipping now

May 24, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on Alteryx announces new Generative AI capabilities in core products which are shipping now
The new AI features are aimed at non-technical business users as well as technical ones, expanding the democratization of analytics to cover many more users.