The Evolve2 30 is a superior version to the existing Evolve 30, with better collaboration features, passive noise cancellation, durability and flexibility, although the older model will also remain in production.
The big theme around this release is expanded protection against ransomware, which is the focus of the new Sophos integration, but the release also contains major expansions of partnerships with Nutanix and Oracle.
Appgate’s first partner program since their spinoff from Cyxtera last year is explicitly focused on empowering and rewarding solution architects and sales engineers, to make them advocates of the company’s SDP technology.
Benchmark’s strength in the Canadian market is in the Greater Toronto Area and Ottawa, and that dovetails nicely with Hunters’ expansion strategy, which is focused on building up business on the eastern side of the continent first.
In addition to the Rove, which is a brand new line, Poly has also announced the refresh of another DECT series, the Savi 7300.
ongtime Commscope Canadian country manager Karen Pugliese, who recently became Commscope’s Partner Leader Americas in a rejigged management model, talks with ChannelBuzz about what partners can expect in 2021.
Big changes afoot at Dell Technologies in Canada, with Mike Sharun, who had spent the last 23 years at Dell and EMC, announcing he will retire in the spring, with Pam Pelletier named as his replacement.
Infoblox’s new program includes 30 picked partners who have already made a SaaS commitment, and will pair them with Infoblox experts and provide them with increased support to boost their SaaS business.
IGEL’s events are generally fist-pumping affairs, and this one was no different, coming on the heels of a private equity firm taking a majority investment in the company two weeks ago.
HyAlto’s Datto integration follows up an earlier one with ConnectWise Manage, as the company looks to expand their MSP base through PSA integrations.
The new company, which will be called Arcserve, brings together two 100% channel companies, with StorageCraft’s business being mainly in North America, and Arcserve’s being outside it, and StorageCraft being more focused on MSPs while Arcserve has mainly worked with VARs.
While there are over 200 new features, the addition of Continuous Data Projection journaling, the ability to create an immutable Linux repository, and new support for Google Cloud Storage and AWS and Azure archive tiers will likely get the most attention.
RocketCyber, the Dallas-based startup Kaseya has acquired, was custom-built for smaller MSPs serving the SMB market, and will be quickly integrated with the other Kaseya solutions on their platform.
BIO-key’s broadening of their offerings, from their initial biometric solutions to a broader range of IAM solutions delivered through a platform, has led them to remake their channel program, to help partners sell the platform.
Britive has established a partner program designed to enable a select number of partners to build a major business with their technology.
Taimur Rashid, who joins Redis from Microsoft, talks with ChannelBuzz about his plans to expand the company’s business in the AI space, which he said is still very small compared to its total potential.
The new product is StorCentric’s first Violin release since they acquired the company late last year, and is an entry level version of the QV2020. For now, the branding remains Violin, but that’s something that will be examined going forward.
Microsoft-focused ISV AvePoint has a fairly large channel today, but there have been significant gaps in the enablement resources they are provided, and the consistency with which are provided globally. The plan is to change that.
Panasonic’s top-seller has the same form factor and durability features as before, but performance, flexibility, functionality and security improvements have been made.
Zomentum continues to double the number of partners every quarter, and is ramping up its staff with new hires.
