Articles by Mark Cox

Cloud

Palo Alto Networks rebrands and upgrades cloud products within new Prisma suite

May 29, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Palo Alto Networks rebrands and upgrades cloud products within new Prisma suite
Prisma is basically a ‘Branding Plus’ exercise, where the big news is the rebranding of existing products into a new suite, but the products receive some enhancements – with more to come – to make them work more smoothly together.

Servers

HPE upgrades HPE Small Business Solutions portfolio

May 29, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on HPE upgrades HPE Small Business Solutions portfolio
HPE enhances six of their SMB solutions, to provide more customer choice and provide additional performance and capacity.

Managed Services

RapidFire Tools adds new Audit Guru for Cyber Insurance module

May 29, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on RapidFire Tools adds new Audit Guru for Cyber Insurance module
This module joins existing ones for GDPR and HIPAA, and will be followed by others as RapidFire Tools adds additional functionality to the Audit Guru platform.

Computers

HP refreshes EliteBook and workstation portfolios

May 28, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on HP refreshes EliteBook and workstation portfolios
HP also is announcing the new HP VR Backpack, a new version of their wearable PC.

Security

Barracuda adds more proactive defense capability with Barracuda Advanced Bot Protection

May 28, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Barracuda adds more proactive defense capability with Barracuda Advanced Bot Protection
Barracuda enhances protection against bots in their WAF and WAF-as-a-Service platforms with new machine learning and AI abilities.

Hardware

High end mobile refresh highlights Dell Precision workstation announcements at Computex

May 28, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on High end mobile refresh highlights Dell Precision workstation announcements at Computex
Dell is announcing new versions of their Precision 5540, 7540 and 7740 mobile workstations, as well as two updated towers and a rack workstation.

Channel Programs

ViewSonic steps up Canadian AV channel emphasis with new distributor, AV partner program

May 27, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on ViewSonic steps up Canadian AV channel emphasis with new distributor, AV partner program
Ottawa-based AV DataVisual will expand ViewSonic’s presence in the AV channel, and will focus on selling their interactive flat panels there.

Managed Services

GMS Live Expert promotes Danny Obaseki to VP of Sales

May 27, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on GMS Live Expert promotes Danny Obaseki to VP of Sales
The Toronto-headquartered outsourced help desk services provider promotes longtime RMM exec Obaseki to its senior ranks as it looks to expand both its MSP base and strategic partnerships.

Cloud

Teridion integrates with Cisco Meraki MX Security and SD-WAN Appliances to expand route to market for WAN enhancement service

May 24, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Teridion integrates with Cisco Meraki MX Security and SD-WAN Appliances to expand route to market for WAN enhancement service
The meet-in-the-channel partnership will see Cisco Meraki resellers sell the offering, as well as the growing number of partners who are Teridion’s sole route to market for the service.

Cloud

Wasabi picks cloud distributor Pax8 for first distribution deal

May 24, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Wasabi picks cloud distributor Pax8 for first distribution deal
Wasabi is looking for Pax8 to significantly broaden their pool of quality partners, including through Pax8’s relationship with Veeam and with the RMM/PSA providers.