Security

Kaspersky Lab integrates three offerings into unified Kaspersky Threat Management and Defense

February 8, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Kaspersky Lab integrates three offerings into unified Kaspersky Threat Management and Defense
Kaspersky Lab sees its combination of solutions and a service as a highly differentiated offering to protect customers against targeted attacks.

Virtualization

IGEL North America CEO Ayres looks to disrupt end user computing market

February 7, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on IGEL North America CEO Ayres looks to disrupt end user computing market
IGEL kicked off its first North American customer event in North America emphasizing their goal of disrupting the end user space through their 100 per cent channel strategy.

Virtualization

IGEL opens Canadian office with ex-Wyse country manager Ken Shipman at helm

February 7, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on IGEL opens Canadian office with ex-Wyse country manager Ken Shipman at helm
Ex-Citrix hand Michael Berman becomes IGEL’s first Sales Engineer in Canada, joining Shipman in the Toronto office. Compugen is named as the first Canadian-based IGEL Platinum partner.

Backup

Commvault channel changes signal doubling-down on commitment to partners

February 7, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Commvault channel changes signal doubling-down on commitment to partners
New global channel chief Owen Taraniuk pledges more global expansion, more expanded strategic partnerships like the one announced last year with Cisco, and changes that will make it easier for partners to become proficient with Commvault.

Distribution

D&H Canada looks to infrastructure for 2018 growth

February 6, 2018 Robert Dutt Comments Off on D&H Canada looks to infrastructure for 2018 growth
With its new advanced solutions group, D&H Canada believes serves and storage are going to take over from PCs as the distributor’s growth champions in 2018.

Channel Programs

Expanded channel, partner program are priorities for first TmaxSoft channel chief

February 6, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Expanded channel, partner program are priorities for first TmaxSoft channel chief
Moses Mathuram has responsibility for strategy involving all types of TmaxSoft partners, but thinks the reseller channel in particular can be leveraged better, and that adding distribution is a way to do it.

Servers

Dell EMC brings AMD back to the enterprise with new servers aimed at edge, IoT and HPC use cases

February 6, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell EMC brings AMD back to the enterprise with new servers aimed at edge, IoT and HPC use cases
The new AMD EPYC processors, which were announced last June, make their first appearance in three new Dell EMC 14th Gen servers aimed at more demanding use cases.

Security

SonicWall reveals new Capture engine that proved effective against Meltdown

February 6, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on SonicWall reveals new Capture engine that proved effective against Meltdown
The SonicWall Capture Cloud Real-Time Deep Memory Inspection was added as a fourth Capture Cloud engine some months back, and is now being made public because of its ability to block the Meltdown exploit.

Backup

Zerto launches multi-cloud resilience platform with Zerto Virtual Replication 6.0

February 6, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Zerto launches multi-cloud resilience platform with Zerto Virtual Replication 6.0
ZVR 6.0 extends bi-directional replication that Zerto had introduced in their previous release. Another highlight of 6.0 is a new management portal for Cloud Service Providers.

Podcasts

New Year’s Podcast Series: Mark Collins of Cisco Canada

February 5, 2018 Robert Dutt Comments Off on New Year’s Podcast Series: Mark Collins of Cisco Canada
Cisco Canada channel chief Mark Collins shares his thoughts on 2017 in review, and offers a preview of what’s to come from the networking giant in 2018.