HYCU’s new offering utilizes Claude, Anthropics’s AI assistant, to integrate AI into the HYCU backup platform.
Artificial Intelligence, As-a-Service, Backup, Partnerships
HYCU partners with Anthropic around new HYCU Generative AI Issue
by Mark Cox •
Cloud, Data Management
Oracle Java partners seeing major gains from moving to Azul
by Mark Cox •
Significant increases to Oracle’s Java pricing, including their recent move to employee based pricing, have led to customer concerns, and Azul has been a key beneficiary of this.
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Backup, Storage
Nexsan adds high end unified storage Unity NV6000 to data protection offerings
by Mark Cox •
Back on its own, following the bankruptcy of former parent company StorCentric last year, Nexsan adds a new high-end model with immutable backups and S3 object locking.
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Networking, Security
Versa Networks announces 100+ Gbps unified SASE gateway to meet increased demand for security services
by Mark Cox •
The 100 Gbps throughput essentially doubles what was being offered last year, and allows connectivity and a large variety of security offerings to be delivered to customers as a single application.
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Channel Programs, Cloud, Virtualization
ControlUp deal registration and back end compensation highlight partner program upgrades
by Mark Cox •
ControlUp has also announced that long-time Citrix veteran Julia Scully has come over from Citrix to be Head of Global Channel, where she will oversee multiple other channel program enhancements in the year ahead.
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Mobility, Networking, Small Business
Cradlepoint moves into smaller business market with E1005G router for small offices and retail pop-up sites
by Mark Cox •
A key target is edge sites, which can be part of larger companies, but which serve niche use cases that will give them 5G and cellular technology that is priced for the use case, and far superior from a technology perspective than the consumer grade products that are often used for these purposes now.
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Backup, Channel Programs, Virtualization
Veeam strengthens Global ProPartner Network with improved deal registration and stronger incumbency protection
by Mark Cox •
The changes remove inconsistencies around these program features, and will be followed up in 2024 with additional partnership and program announcements, some of which are now imminent.
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Channel Programs, Cloud
IBM strengthens services practices beyond GSIs with new service track in Partner Plus program
by Mark Cox •
The Service track follows the Sell and Build tracks that went live when Partner Plus was launched last year, and is aimed more at regional GSIs, MSPs and other types of partners that have been doing little or no business with IBM.
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Artificial Intelligence, Computers, Mobility
ASUS rolls out new commercial PC products
by Mark Cox •
Like almost all of the new PC products, ASUS’ new commercial offerings emphasize the surge in AI, with both Intel and Google AI offerings.
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Artificial Intelligence, Computers, Hardware
Intel heralds revolutionary impact of new Intel Core Ultra and Xeon 5th Gen processors
by Mark Cox •
Intel’s two new processors have been trumpeted by the company for months, and they are still emphasizing the massive impact that their AI will have on both, and what customers will be able to do with them.
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Cloud, Security, Small Business, Software
Sage Canada posts strong momentum as new products roll out
by Mark Cox •
Mark Hickman, Managing Director at Sage Canada, reviewed the recent news items of particular significance for the Canadian market, and noted some additional changes coming next year.
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Channel Programs, Cloud, Data Management
RackWare launches new PartnerConnect channel program, names new channel leader
by Mark Cox •
Colby Calonica, who had been VP of Sales, is a major channel advocate, and has been promoted to Vice President of Global Sales, Channels and Alliances, to give him responsibility for all the sales efforts.
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DevOps, Security
Snyk unveils AppRisk workbench for ASPM that unifies application development and security
by Mark Cox •
Snyk AppRisk extends the company’s ASPM portfolio to improve collaboration among development and security teams in ASPM.
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Hardware
Intel shows off Fab manufacturing progress with media tour of Ocotillo campus in Chandler AZ
by Mark Cox •
Intel’s new state of the art Fab 52 and Fab 62 are scheduled to come on line next year. Intel recently held a media event where they detailed the progress within the company’s overall strategy and provided a media tour of the factory floor of the existing Fab 42.
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Artificial Intelligence, Cloud
Zoho Canadian business survey shows surprising optimism with 74% seeing growth over next six months
by Mark Cox •
The optimism reflects an environment today where businesses that have survived the turmoil of the last several years see new opportunities from the impact of Generative AI within traditional collaboration systems.
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Managed Services, Security
SaaS Alerts unveils App Wizard to extend SaaS application protection beyond core solutions
by Mark Cox •
The number of SaaS applications that can be integrated is still limited however, because many apps lack the necessary security logs, so the company has also initiated an industry-wide “I want my SaaS alerts” campaign to encourage software vendors to include security log data in their APIs.
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Artificial Intelligence, Security
Trend Micro strengthens Vision One platform with launch of Trend Companion generative AI tool
by Mark Cox •
Trend Companion helps security analysts understand the meaning of alerts faster to better triage them, which is of critical importance in an environment where minutes matter.
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Artificial Intelligence, Servers, Software
HPE introduces new AI-native architecture and hybrid cloud solutions
by Mark Cox •
HPE emphasized that Generative AI requires an architecture which is fundamentally different and more powerful than cloud-native architecture, and they unveiled it, along with related AI-native offerings.
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Artificial Intelligence, Partnerships, Servers
HPE, NVIDIA expand strategic partnership with new enterprise computing solution for Generative AI
by Mark Cox •
The new joint solution is designed as a turnkey solution for enterprises who don’t want to develop their own AI models.
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Managed Services, Networking, Security
Cybersecurity vendor Lumu releases Lumu for MSPs Lite
by Mark Cox •
Lumu, which illuminates threats and isolates confirmed instances of compromise on the network, launched an MSP version of their platform in 2021, and now has introduced a free version supporting a limited number of customers and endpoints.
