Articles by Mark Cox

Cloud

Onica makes senior management hire to broaden AWS business in Canada

May 7, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Onica makes senior management hire to broaden AWS business in Canada
David MacKay, Onica’s new VP of Customer Strategy for Canada, is looking to develop regionally-focused strategies in Canada to build up Onica’s brand and business, and serve as a model for similar initiatives in the U.S.

Cloud

Jitterbit adds new features to improve collaboration in Harmony Spring ’19 release

May 7, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Jitterbit adds new features to improve collaboration in Harmony Spring ’19 release
Jitterbit Cloud Studio and No-Code Connector Builder are new tools for non-technical users, while Connector SDK is designed for those with deep Java knowledge.

Big Data

Couchbase adds new synchronization and machine learning capabilities to Couchbase Mobile

May 7, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Couchbase adds new synchronization and machine learning capabilities to Couchbase Mobile
Delta Synchronization – syncing only the parts of the document that have been changed – is an established practice elsewhere in IT, but is a first for No SQL.

Managed Services

Kaseya remodels Powered Services using philosophies of just-acquired ID Agent

May 7, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Kaseya remodels Powered Services using philosophies of just-acquired ID Agent
Monday, Kaseya announced the acquisition of ID Agent, and consolidated all their security solutions in that business. Tuesday, they are rebooting their turnkey Powered Services offerings – with some major conceptual additions from ID Agent.

Channel Programs

Dell Canada channel chief Valiquette looks to strengthen distribution, cross-Dell collaboration

May 6, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell Canada channel chief Valiquette looks to strengthen distribution, cross-Dell collaboration
Dell Technologies business units like Pivotal and Boomi are not used much by partners in Canada today, but Andre Valiquette believes customer problems around digital transformation they can solve will drive strong demand and bring partners into their fold.

Channel Programs

New Cradlepoint channel chief to refocus strategy, partner program for ‘Pathway to 5G’

May 6, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on New Cradlepoint channel chief to refocus strategy, partner program for ‘Pathway to 5G’
New Cradlepoint SVP of Partner Sales and Alliances Eric Purcell discusses changes to the company’s channel policies under consideration.

Cloud

Sophos updates partners on market landscape, with new support measures later in the year

May 6, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Sophos updates partners on market landscape, with new support measures later in the year
The theme for the Sophos partner kickoff this year was Evolve, and a key element of this will be how partners can best evolve themselves, with Sophos’ support, to meet evolving cybersecurity challenges.

Backup

Unitrends unveils direct backup to cloud with Unitrends Cloud Backup

May 3, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Unitrends unveils direct backup to cloud with Unitrends Cloud Backup
The new Unitrends offering is designed to allow both MSP and traditional business customers to back up straight to the Unitrends cloud without  needing to use a local appliance.

Backup

Arcserve adds support for Microsoft OneDrive and Nutanix AHV in new Unified Data Protection release

May 3, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Arcserve adds support for Microsoft OneDrive and Nutanix AHV in new Unified Data Protection release
Third-party backup is still present in only a small number of Office 365 deployments, and Arcserve believes that their rounding out the core backup requirements with OneDrive will help them expand that.

Computers

Dell Technologies unveils new products for cloud, core and edge

May 1, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell Technologies unveils new products for cloud, core and edge
After most of the first day announcements focused on things which spanned multiple elements of the Dell Technologies portfolio, and beyond, the second day focused on core product enhancements. Here are some of them.