Articles by Mark Cox

Storage

Datera rides HPE partnership to high triple digit growth

June 28, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Datera rides HPE partnership to high triple digit growth
Startup Datera has placed a big bet on HPE as it expands its business , and the results so far indicate it is paying off.

Managed Services

ThreatLocker sees MSP market as key growth vehicle for their flavour of application whitelisting

June 27, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on ThreatLocker sees MSP market as key growth vehicle for their flavour of application whitelisting
ThreatLocker CEO Danny Jenkins talked with ChannelBuzz at the recent ConnectWise Explore event about the company’s technology and how the expansion of their go-to-market strategy has seen recent strong growth among MSPs.

Cloud

Extreme Networks significantly strengthens cloud management with Aerohive Networks acquisition

June 26, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Extreme Networks significantly strengthens cloud management with Aerohive Networks acquisition
Extreme sees this new extension of its strategy to become an enterprise networking powerhouse as  creating strong synergies between their existing channel, and the 5000 partners on the Aerohive side.

Managed Services

Nilear finds receptive audience for message to MSPs around timesheet management

June 26, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Nilear finds receptive audience for message to MSPs around timesheet management
Nilear makes software that lets MSPs manage their techs’ time more effectively, and for now, at least, is focused solely on the ConnectWise platform.

Backup

StorCentric acquires Retrospect, which will become a separate subsidiary like Drobo and Nexsan

June 25, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on StorCentric acquires Retrospect, which will become a separate subsidiary like Drobo and Nexsan
Retrospect, which started out as Dantz and whose products have been around for 30 years, will be paired with Drobo, as both are heavily focused on the sub-150 seat market.

Internet of Things

HPE, ABB extend strategic partnership with new industrial monitoring solution utilizing Aruba technology

June 25, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on HPE, ABB extend strategic partnership with new industrial monitoring solution utilizing Aruba technology
The new joint solution, provides an industrial monitoring solution for proactive maintenance that is much more scalable than what ABB had been using before, and ABB sees its ability to be sold on a consumption model as opening up new use cases.

Managed Services

HPE Canada President Hodgins emphasizes strength of Discover’s innovation theme

June 24, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on HPE Canada President Hodgins emphasizes strength of Discover’s innovation theme
HPE Canada President Hodgins emphasizes strength of Discover’s innovation theme

Internet of Things

HPE introduces Channel to Edge Institute for partners as part of Intelligent Edge rampup

June 19, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on HPE introduces Channel to Edge Institute for partners as part of Intelligent Edge rampup
One of the fruits of HPE’s increase investment in the Intelligent Edge is a new program designed to train partners about use cases and business cases, and which has a joint Go-to-Market component with HPE.

Storage

HPE redefines its mission-critical storage with new high -end Primera with InfoSight

June 18, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on HPE redefines its mission-critical storage with new high -end Primera with InfoSight
HPE Primera becomes the company’s new high end storage product, but the company says that their other higher-end products will continue to be produced.

Channel Programs

HPE outlines channel vision, issues call to action at Global Partner Summit

June 18, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on HPE outlines channel vision, issues call to action at Global Partner Summit
At Global Partner Summit, HPE congratulated partners for the past year, and provided them with some details about key elements of thd company’s strategy in the year ahead.