Month: January 2024

Avaya Sponsored Content

Avaya Canada chief Robertson on innovation, hybrid work, and more

January 31, 2024 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Avaya Canada chief Robertson on innovation, hybrid work, and more
Avaya Canada had a big year in 2023 and is gearing up for 2024. David Robertson, managing director and president of sales for Avaya Canada, joins us on this edition of the podcast to discuss
Artificial Intelligence

Aim Security raises $10M to secure Generative AI enterprise adoption

January 31, 2024 Mark Cox Comments Off on Aim Security raises $10M to secure Generative AI enterprise adoption
Aim Security harmonizes the use of generative AI within security environments, something that security vendors have not been doing, and which leaves customer security vulnerable as a result.

Artificial Intelligence

HYCU partners with Anthropic around new HYCU Generative AI Issue

January 30, 2024 Mark Cox Comments Off on HYCU partners with Anthropic around new HYCU Generative AI Issue
HYCU’s new offering utilizes Claude, Anthropics’s AI assistant, to integrate AI into the HYCU backup platform.

ESET Sponsored Content

Understanding the power of Managed Detection and Response (MDR) for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs)

January 29, 2024 ESET Guest Blog Comments Off on Understanding the power of Managed Detection and Response (MDR) for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs)
How an MDR service can enhance the cybersecurity of SMBs, courtesy of ESET.

Cloud

Oracle Java partners seeing major gains from moving to Azul

January 29, 2024 Mark Cox Comments Off on Oracle Java partners seeing major gains from moving to Azul
Significant increases to Oracle’s Java pricing, including their recent move to employee based pricing, have led to customer concerns, and Azul has been a key beneficiary of this.

Backup

Nexsan adds high end unified storage Unity NV6000 to data protection offerings

January 24, 2024 Mark Cox Comments Off on Nexsan adds high end unified storage Unity NV6000 to data protection offerings
Back on its own, following the bankruptcy of former parent company StorCentric last year, Nexsan adds a new high-end model with immutable backups and S3 object locking.

Networking

Versa Networks announces 100+ Gbps unified SASE gateway to meet increased demand for security services

January 24, 2024 Mark Cox Comments Off on Versa Networks announces 100+ Gbps unified SASE gateway to meet increased demand for security services
The 100 Gbps throughput essentially doubles what was being offered last year, and allows connectivity and a large variety of security offerings to be delivered to customers as a single application.

ESET Sponsored Content

ESET Threat Report H2 2023

January 19, 2024 Jiří Kropáč Comments Off on ESET Threat Report H2 2023
A view of the second-half 2023 threat landscape as seen by ESET telemetry and from the perspective of ESET threat detection and research experts.

Channel Programs

ControlUp deal registration and back end compensation highlight partner program upgrades

January 19, 2024 Mark Cox Comments Off on ControlUp deal registration and back end compensation highlight partner program upgrades
ControlUp has also announced that long-time Citrix veteran Julia Scully has come over from Citrix to be Head of Global Channel, where she will oversee multiple other channel program enhancements in the year ahead.

Mobility

Cradlepoint moves into smaller business market with E1005G router for small offices and retail pop-up sites

January 19, 2024 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cradlepoint moves into smaller business market with E1005G router for small offices and retail pop-up sites
A key target is edge sites, which can be part of larger companies, but which serve niche use cases that will give them 5G and cellular technology that is priced for the use case, and far superior from a technology perspective than the consumer grade products that are often used for these purposes now.