Ivanti Asset Manager Cloud moves the functionality of the old Asset Central on-prem solution to the cloud, and adds new enhancements and customer design capabilities, although existing Asset Central customers will not be forced to migrate.
Microsoft shipping their turnkey Windows Virtual Desktop in the spring, where Liquidware is a go-to-market partner, is likely to increase partner opportunities around services.
Lynn Tinney takes the SVP of Channels role at OPAQ, as the company transitions its all-channel model to focus on service providers and MSPs, who they think get the best value from the platform and services they offer.
The new services are designed to have mission-critical capability, and to give Pure Storage a unified hybrid architecture capability that counters competitor cloud-centric strategies. While these are optimized for AWS, services for the Azure cloud are planned for the future.
BetterCloud has been named a DropBox premier partner, and DropBox will offer the joint offering to their customers from $2 per user per month.
Awingu joins the BlackBerry Partner Program as an ISV, and their solution, which runs inside the BlackBerry Access browser, will be sold through BlackBerry, significantly expanding Awingu’s channel.
Checkmarx makes application security testing software that covers the entire software development lifecycle, and over the last several years has evolved from a direct model from one that aims to get as close as possible to all of their new business coming through the channel.
Field Nation, which recently introduced a new platform that handles all aspects of workforce management, makes software that connects businesses with the temporary IT labour force. MSPs needing IT techs are a part of their market, which they are looking to expand.
BlackBerry and Cylance also said that they expect synergies to their channel business on both sides, as well as to the business overall.
RocketCyber’s founders have a track record of two successful startups behind them, and are looking to provide MSPs who don’t offer a full portfolio of services with a set of such offerings. The platform is scheduled for availability in early December.
Webroot adds their DNS Protection at no cost for customers using Continuum Security Profile & Protect, as the companies extend their tight strategic relationship.
Liongard continues to extend its value proposition of automating the ingestion of data into documentation and other software platforms for MSPs.
SAS has reacted to the huge changes in the market around artificial intelligence, by rethinking how they approach the market, and how they sell into it.
SAS Canada’s AI Executive event on Wednesday focused on how Canadian companies can best use AI to drive business outcomes. However, SAS also emphasized data that indicate that to date, that hasn’t been happening in Canada, which lags globally when it comes to adoption in production environments.
SAS provided their business audience with industry and academic perspectives on deriving value from AI, and then related it specifically to best practices that organizations can use to make it part of their business strategy.
The new Axcient retains its 100 per cent channel commitment, something that old Axcient didn’t have before its 2017 acquisition by eFolder.
Veritas Predictive Insights will be a core, free feature of their appliances, beginning initially with NetBackup Appliances and extending to Access and Flex appliances next year.
The new product has been rebranded as SolarWinds ARM, which may confuse some who think SolarWinds has gone into chip-making, but the company is emphasizing that in addition to being a simple tool to manage internal user access, it is also extremely inexpensive compared to the market. It will be sold through SolarWinds MSP as well.
Converge has acquired five solution providers over the last year, including Ottawa’s Northern Micro, and three in the U.S. They have secured a listing on the Toronto Venture Exchange through amalgamation with a shell company, and have an ambitious plan to expand, which includes many more acquisitions.
Enhancements in Rubrik’s latest release include certification for SAP HANA, instant recovery capabilities for Oracle database instant recovery and improved Microsoft Office 365 protection on the Rubrik Polaris SaaS platform.
