Clumio’s new service is specifically focused on providing ransomware protection, making it ideal for customers with another vendor solution for their primary backup needs, who are looking for a separate service to provide protection that will be much harder to attack and corrupt.
Cloud, Software
Morpheus Data adds downmarket option with Morpheus Essentials
by Mark Cox •
Morpheus also enables non-technical users to spin them up without waiting for IT, and enables strategic and channel partners to more easily make additional integrations of their own.
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Security
COVID, Work From Home making spear phishing attacks more widespread and dangerous
by Mark Cox •
A new report from Barracuda notes a big jump in dangerous Business email compromise attack compared to last year, probably because Work From Home environments make these attacks more difficult for employees to check out by themselves.
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Unified Communications
RingCentral looks to fight video meeting fatigue with free-standing Glip meeting service
by Mark Cox •
Available on a freemium model and not tied to the RingCentral platform, Glip meetings have no real time limit, and facilitate pre- and post-meeting preparation and collaboration so that meetings have more context than is typically the case.
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Hardware, Managed Services, Software
ScalePad offers partners bullish outlook, new incents at first big partner event since rebranding
by Mark Cox •
ScalePad’s introductory free trial of their Software Asset Management ends December 31, but the company announced new measures to replace it at their virtual conference for their MSPs on Monday.
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Cloud, Storage
iXsystems enables open hybrid cloud management for partners with TrueCommand Cloud management platform
by Mark Cox •
TrueCommand, which is a key element in iXystems’ hybrid cloud strategy, will be supported by the iXsystems Partner Program.
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Cloud, Networking
Extreme Networks beefs up presence in growing Canadian market with Canada-based cloud platform and commitment to expand Canadian R&D
by Mark Cox •
Paul Semak, who runs Extreme Networks’ sales in Canada, provides an update on the company’s recent developments and Canadian momentum.
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Managed Services
SolarWinds MSP President Pagliuca lays out plans at online partner event
by Mark Cox •
While 2020 has been a hideous year for most, it has generally been a good year for many MSPs’ bottom lines, if not their work-life balance. John Pagliuca gives his assessment of the year, and what the company – whatever it is called after the impending spinoff – will be doing for MSPs in the year ahead.
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Backup, Cloud, Managed Services, Security
SolarWinds MSP lays out monitoring, data protection and security product roadmap at online partner event
by Mark Cox •
The company’s product roadmap, unsurprisingly, is consistent with the broader corporate strategy of increasing automation, and moving towards more product innovation.
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Cloud, Hyper-converged
New Nutanix CEO Rajiv Ramaswami to focus on execution as company transforms from HCI provider to HCI provider
by Mark Cox •
Ramaswami, who joins Nutanix from arch-competitor VMware, says discipline and execution will be the key as Nutanix transforms from the hyperconverged infrastructure provider that made it a billion dollar company, to the hybrid cloud infrastructure provider that will take it from one billion to two billion.Nutanix has announced the appointment of Rajiv Ramaswami as President,…
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Backup, Virtualization
Axcient removes obstacle to MSP productivity with x360Recover Virtual Office
by Mark Cox •
Axcient enables MSPs to spin up virtual infrastructure themselves in the event of a customer incident, without having to put in a ticket and wait for Axcient support to respond, as had been the case in the old system.
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Backup, Security
Arcserve expands Sophos partnership with X Series appliances for bigger data needs
by Mark Cox •
The X Series Appliances Secured by Sophos covers customer needs up to the 3PB range, significantly higher than the successful 9000 series introduced a year ago, which was the first joint collaborative product of Arcserve and Sophos.
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Storage
Hitachi Vantara strengthens midmarket play with downmarket expansion of VSP E-Series, introduction of Hitachi Virtual Storage-as-a-Service
by Mark Cox •
Also announced, at Hitachi’s AdVantage 2020 event, was the HNAS, a more powerful upgrade of their NAS gateway solution, and new channel tools and incents to help sell the new offerings.
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Computers, Security, Servers
Dell focuses on protecting supply chain with new security enhancements
by Mark Cox •
Dell has unveiled multiple security enhancements which the company is stressing continues improvements being embedded into their technology, with an emphasis here on validating security throughout the supply chain.
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Cloud, Distribution, Small Business
D&H Cloud Marketplace launches in Canada
by Mark Cox •
Eighteen partners are initially available in the Canadian marketplace, and D&H is giving every partner a credit of $100 on account on their first transaction.
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Networking
Aruba simplifies network for the distributed data centre with new portfolio announcements
by Mark Cox •
Aruba Fabric Composer is new orchestration software for the Aruba CX switches, and a new CX 8360 switch series was announced for edge data centres. Aruba and HPE have also strengthened their joint technology and Go-to-Market integrations.
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Channel Programs, Cloud
Rethinking of ISV partner framework, new mainframe and energy competencies highlight 2020 AWS Partner keynote
by Mark Cox •
The new ISV program, Partner Path, which will see all ISV partners move to it in January, cans old tier-based requirements for access to enablement so that customers can get more and better support from ISV partners.
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Software, Storage
Lenovo DCG unveils new data management solutions
by Mark Cox •
The announcements strengthen Lenovo’s storage and data management portfolio, and improve their ability to deliver an end-to-end analytics-driven solution.
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Backup, Cloud
Cohesity DataProtect delivered as a Service on AWS reaches general availability
by Mark Cox •
Cohesity DataProtect, their backup offering sold through a strategic partnership with AWS on the AWS Cloud, was announced in October. Cohesity is also announcing a second offering, Cohesity SiteContinuity to provide DR as a service, which will soon go into early access preview.
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Artificial Intelligence, Managed Services, Security
NetEnrich announces availability of Intelligent SOC service
by Mark Cox •
The Intelligent SOC offering, which is fully available to NetEnrich partners, both lets customers pick and choose the specific security services they want, while also driving higher levels of automation to minimize noise and reduce mundane workloads.
