Hitachi Vantara adds another component to its newish hybrid cloud platform, with yet another on the way.
Green, Storage
Hitachi Vantara further expands Virtual Storage Platform One portfolio with block storage component
by Mark Cox •
Artificial Intelligence, Channel Programs, Storage
New strategic partnership with Nutanix highlights Dell channel initiatives
by Mark Cox •
The extended partnership with Nutanix, which Dell will formally announce at a later date, was accompanied in Dell’s new channel related moves by other initiatives like a new Dell AI Partner Focused Network, and the addition of client to server and storage for partner of record status.
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Artificial Intelligence, Data Centre
Michael Dell lays out vision to get enterprises to reimagine organizations for AI future
by Mark Cox •
Last year, Dell Technologies World saw the company lay out its plan for its AI future. This year, the company made considerable progress, translating concepts into product, building out a much more detailed road map and rendering some things introduced last year obsolete.
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Channel Communities, Distribution
PartnerFi engagement community comes to Canada
by Mark Cox •
The PartnerFi community and its partner benefits have been available to D&H partners in the U.S. for several years, but is now being made available for the first time in Canada.
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Artificial Intelligence, Channel Communities, Unified Communications
Genesys’ Canadian channel partners becoming increasingly strong growth component
by Mark Cox •
Over the past several years, Genesys has increased the partner share of their business, has broadened the type of partners they work with, and is now increasing its Canadian partner focus.
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Artificial Intelligence, Unified Communications
Genesys CEO Bates calls on customers to accelerate their future together
by Mark Cox •
Tony Bates laid out his vision for where Genesys and its technology is headed, which expands the existing layers of orchestration into a future that promises an industry that will be very different from today.
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Artificial Intelligence, Security
Palo Alto Networks country manager Daniel Roy sees strong position for company in Canada
by Mark Cox •
Roy became Palo Alto Networks’ new VP and Country Manager for Canada last fall, and discusses the direction in which the company is headed in Canada.
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Cloud, Data Management, Software
Riverbed unveils advanced new AI-powered observability platform
by Mark Cox •
Designed to overcome visibility blind spots around public cloud, remote work environments, and Zero Trust and SD-WAN architectures, the new platform, the first major initiative from new CEO Dave Donatelli, also adds modules like NPM+ and the Aternity Mobile monitoring solution.
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Green, Storage
Hitachi Vantara launches Virtual Storage Platform One hybrid cloud platform
by Mark Cox •
In addition to the Virtual Storage Platform One launch, Hitachi Vantara has announced its inaugural Sustainability Report.
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Channel Programs, Security
Adaptive Shield launches new partner program for expanding SSPM market
by Mark Cox •
As the SaaS Security Posture Management has grown significantly, and Adaptive Shield’s out-of-the-box SaaS integrations have multiplied exponentially, and will be on display at the RSA Conference in San Francisco this week.
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Artificial Intelligence, Cloud, Data Management, Software
Conga CEO Goggin outlines strategy for reshaping company
by Mark Cox •
Conga has made a series of major strategic initiatives since their merger with Apptus, with the idea of making the two companies work better together, improving the culture and increasing customer revenue opportunities.
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Artificial Intelligence, Cloud, Data Management, Software
More mature Conga channel strategy having success
by Mark Cox •
Conga discussed the evolution of their channel strategy with ChannelBuzz, while some channel partners indicated what they were looking to see around the Conga event.
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Artificial Intelligence
SAS continues emphasis on new trustworthy AI offerings with model cards, AI governance services, expanded Viya and offerings like Co-Pilot and SAS Data Maker
by Mark Cox •
SAS’s 2024 Innovate event saw SAS deliver a wide variety of solution sets around AI, many of which are available now, with a few coming later this year.
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Artificial Intelligence, Channel Programs
Expanded channel portfolio popular with SAS channel partners
by Mark Cox •
The additions to SAS’s product lineup, which will be enhanced later this year, gives partners new opportunities to address issues customers have been encountering and put together new solution sets for them.
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Artificial Intelligence
SAS introduces lightweight packaged AI models advances industry solutions with packaged AI models
by Mark Cox •
These tailored, lightweight AI models facilitate rapid deployment with low overhead, and are one of the more interesting solutions just announced by SAS.
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Security
Miggo launches $7.5 million seed funding Application Detection and Response solution to counter growing application attacks
by Mark Cox •
Miggo’s technology is focused on addressing the growing number of application attacks, that traditional tools, including ones run by many cybersecurity vendors, have been unable to stamp out to date.
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Artificial Intelligence, Data Management, Security
Ivanti lays out product road map and strategy
by Mark Cox •
Srinivas Mukkamala, Ivanti’s Chief Product Officer, provided a detailed layout of what is changing on the Ivanti product front and when it will be happening.
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Artificial Intelligence, Data Management, Security
Ivanti CEO emphasizes new findings from Ivanti’s research on the Everywhere Workplace
by Mark Cox •
Respondents to a survey conducted by Ivanti found that work flexibility was popular, but also made them more likely to do things that increased risk, and made it a lot harder to get IT support or access to a manager.
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Channel Programs, Data Management, Security
Ivanti updates its progress on major channel program changes
by Mark Cox •
After some major and not overly successful channel changes, Ivanti brought in Michelle Hodges from outside in late 2022. The changes since then have seen a major revitalization of the channel, and a significant growth in channel sales.
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Managed Services
Gradient MSP announces select availability of SaaS solution StackTracker
by Mark Cox •
StackTracker is the latest MSP Business Management offering from Calgary based Gradient MSP, building on their earlier solutions around Data Hygiene, Billing, and Alerts, and adding many new integrated tools to help MSPs better run their business.
