The suite, which contains new versions of its AVG AntiVirus Business Edition and AVG Internet Security Business Edition products, also contains a free remote management console.
Details of the integration, such as whether Intronis will be an independent subsidiary, have not been finalized, but Barracuda says they are committed to have a dedicated MSP business, with Intronis at the core of that.
The new program is also much simpler than the old, with the number of tiers cut by almost two thirds. The cloud changes won’t impact Canada though – the cloud product still isn’t available here. Canadian partners will find opportunity registration and training changes interesting however.
While HP is emphasizing the new Z240s’ utility as a PC replacement for workstation tasks at a PC price, they also contain several distinct HP engineering enhancements.
Actiance has previously worked with IBM’s Lotus group on specifically IBM-related tools, but the new deal covers IBM Information Lifecycle Governance and encompasses the entire Actiance platform.
Harry Gould, SailPoint’s new worldwide channel chief, is looking to expand the channel business for what he said is a distinct set of offerings which is popular among partners.
The company’s staff was taken by surprise when the news was announced, and concerns were expressed that their laid-back culture would be changed. IT Weapons will however operate as a subsidiary, nothing will change internally, and the big change will be exposure to 18,000 Konica Minolta Canada customers.
A reference architecture co-designed with vendor partners Cloudera and Syncsort simplifies Big Data and analytics processes for new Hadoop users, and chops the expense of data transformation jobs.
Dell unveils its second 100 GbE S-Series switch for the data centre, as well as a new campus architecture which has 100 GbE capacity for the future.
Silver Peak is reworking its channel program to better prepare partners for the SD-WAN market opportunity, which is much larger than traditional WAN optimization, and to assist them in making deployments which will be much less technical and complex than in WAN optimization.
The strategic acquisition of assets Absolute wanted to divest to focus on its core business continues HEAT’s transition from FrontRange’s old SMB business to an integrated endpoint management platform that increasingly appeals to enterprises
All the new printers have built-in self-healing security features with protection down to the BIOS, secure whitelisting, and run-time intrusion detection. All these are backward compatible to the LaserJets announced in the spring, and all but the BIOS protection is compatible on HP printers made since 2010.
The Wyse products have had their own specific support packages since they were acquired by Dell, but the increasing visibility of the Dell ProSupport brand, and the availability of some new services not previously available to Dell Wyse has led to the change.
xPlore’s Canadian business is benefiting from this spring’s acquisition of Motion Computing, which brings a broader portfolio, a larger partner community, and an effective distribution network
One Security is a free resource designed to be a ‘one stop shop’ for ZyXEL security, providing information, support and easy access to licensing. It will become increasingly important as ZyXEL deepens its security presence, which will include a new product line early next year.
Sage sees the tighter integration with Microsoft platform as good news for Sage partners, and for Microsoft partners looking to benefit from Sage Live’s innovation.
Salesforce introduced many exciting new solutions at Dreamforce, but for specifically partner-focused announcements, the big ones were all about training. And there were a lot of them.
Dell pledges that the changes made to internal sales and its relationship to the channel will continue, because they have invested so much in it that major change would be foolish.
At their Canadian partner event on Wednesday, Dell stressed their emphasis on driving more channel marketing activities, sour economy notwithstanding, and emphasized their building of the Future-Ready Enterprise brand with partners.
NexGen also announced the finalization of its Canadian distribution, which should help improve a Canadian channel which is not yet as strong as they would like.
