Blancco’s channel leadership role under Elder has been expanded to include technology partners and more control of OEM relationships.
Data Management, Security
Blancco names ex-NetApp channel exec Jim Elder VP of Global Pathways
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Artificial Intelligence, Data Management, Managed Services
Moovila sees strong opportunity for MSPs with their automated project and resource management solution
by Mark Cox •
Moovila showed off their automated Perfect Project solution at the recent IT Nation Connect event, offering MSPs a project management solution that overcomes the traditional limitations of such solutions that require significant human intervention.
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Data Management, Security
Cybersecurity vendor Cavelo rides explosive growth in MSP platform to new funding round
by Mark Cox •
Cavelo makes a platform that provides attack surface management technology for MSPs to identify and protect sensitive data.
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Security, Small Business
Guardz targets MSPs working smaller SMB market with joint cybersecurity and insurance solution
by Mark Cox •
Guardz has also just added a new Growth Hub for MSPs, which gives them multiple new cybersecurity tools aimed at small business customers.
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Unified Communications
Cloudli Communications announces unification of brand structure following ConnectMeVoice acquisition
by Mark Cox •
Cloudli expects the unified brand will drive channel growth by making it easier to market and sell one branded solution rather than two.
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Backup, Cloud
HYCU leads into AWS Re-Invent with broadened coverage of AWS services
by Mark Cox •
The updates to the HYCU R-Cloud data protection program involve new instant data and configuration restores for multiple AWS services, including Amazon Aurora, AWS IAM, Amazon DynamoDB and AWS Lambda.
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Managed Services, Security
Impending enforcement of DMARC regulation in February opens up strong MSP opportunity
by Mark Cox •
The DMARC email protocol, highly effective against spoofing, will be implemented by big service providers in February, and with very few MSPs using it today, EasyDMARC sees it as a great opportunity for MSPs, so much so that they are ramping up MSP presence in their Go-to-Market model.
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Hardware, Internet of Things, Managed Services
Schneider Electric emphasizes value of new ConnectWise integration with their Ecostruxure solution at IT Nation
by Mark Cox •
This integration, the first of several Schneider Electric has planned, was soft launched in the spring, but the real push to get partners to see its value came at the recent IT Nation event.
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Artificial Intelligence, Managed Services
ConnectWise highlights Robotic Process Automation within the evolution of their Asio platform
by Mark Cox •
ConnectWise thinks adding ConnectWise RPA to Asio will be a really big deal, although they also announced a new Asio workflow automation capability, and 18 new Asio services.
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Artificial Intelligence, Managed Services
ConnectWise creates Generative AI-based companion for technology providers with ConnectWise Sidekick
by Mark Cox •
Sidekick is a bot that is currently available for ConnectWise PSA, although the number of solutions supported will expand over time, providing much stronger AI capabilities than ConnectWise was able to offer before.
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Managed Services
ConnectWise gives some love to Automate, and addresses end-of-life rumours
by Mark Cox •
ConnectWise also announced that the Automation Nation event will return to the ConnectWise calendar in early 2024.
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Managed Services, Training
IT by Design brings message around need for impactful training for MSPs to IT Nation event
by Mark Cox •
IT by Design is a Master MSP that changed their focus to be around coaching and training, dealing with MSP-specific leadership issues and how to address them effectively for both transformational and transactional leaders.
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Managed Services, Security
Liongard partners with Cork to add Cork’s cyber warranty protection to their services
by Mark Cox •
Both companies see Cork’s focus on loss control when a cyberattack takes place as highly complementary to Liongard’s Configuration Change Detection and Response services, and they are offering a discount to MSPs who sell both solutions.
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Storage
Qumulo enhances elasticity, performance and audibility with rearchitected Scale Anywhere platform
by Mark Cox •
The new architecture disaggregates the storage from the compute, and is a key factor in both the much lower pricing and the greatly increased scalability.
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Cloud, Networking, Security
Palo Alto Networks unveils SaaS-based Strata Cloud Manager for AI-based Zero Trust management and operations
by Mark Cox •
The company has also added improved versions of five next-generation firewalls to address specialized use cases, as well as some new capabilities in their software.
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Cloud, Partnerships, Virtualization
NetApp, VMware and Fujitsu partner on hybrid cloud solution for SME market
by Mark Cox •
The joint solution will be sold by Fujitsu and by channel members certified by all three vendors.
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Partnerships, Storage
NetApp announces integration with the VMware Sovereign Cloud, and simplified data management for modern virtualized applications
by Mark Cox •
The Sovereign Cloud integration brings the VMware compliance technology to enterprise storage, while the modernization of APIs between ONTAP and VMware vSphere improves the scalability and effectiveness of VMware’s VVols architecture.
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Artificial Intelligence
VMware emphasizes growth of Generative AI ecosystem and partnerships at VMware Explore Barcelona
by Mark Cox •
VMware announced new collaborations focused on the Private AI they introduced earlier this year at VMware Explore Las Vegas, with long-time partners Intel and IBM being the big two, as well as a third with IBM spinoff Kyndryl.
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Cloud, Partnerships
Next generation of VMware Data Services Manager highlights new VMware cloud enhancements
by Mark Cox •
The big news on the cloud front included the new version of VMware Data Services Manager, and the 5.1 version of VMware Cloud Foundation.
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Cloud, Software, Solution Provider News
Canadian SAP-focused solution providers Syntax and Beyond Technologies close acquisition deal
by Mark Cox •
The acquisition of Beyond brings together complementary skillsets that expands Syntax’s geographic reach, and strengthens them in key areas, including scaling out their French language facilities.
