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.
Jason Chung-Tung and Giovanni Stea from Cisco Canada’s Internet of Things team discuss the nature of the IoT opportunity for solution providers in Canada and tee up an upcoming educational event.
Pure has also expanded the FlashArray portfolio with the //C40 R3, a new entry level offering aimed at that part of the market that typically buys hybrid arrays.
SNP, a German software vendor that makes automated transformation software for SAP environments, is expanding its presence in North America, and transitioning from its former direct model to do that.
Blancco, which has been transitioning to a channel-first model, has added the AWS Marketplace to their distribution relationship with Carahsoft. It will apply in both the U.S. and Canada.
HYCU enters a very crowded Office 365 backup market, but believes that the capabilities within their Protégé platform and some design features to address specific market needs, will provide them needed differentiation.
Avaya Canada channel chief Miles Davis discusses how the vendor and its partners transformed in 2020 and provides a preview of what’s to come in 2021 in this edition of the ChannelBuzz.ca Podcast.
WatchGuard enhances their existing UTM and MFA capabilities on Cloud Platform, while adding ThreatSync’s threat correlation service to the platform, which will have even greater import when Panda’s technology is added to it later this year.
While COVID initially proved negative for IoT projects, Intel says that trend has turned around, and they are actively encouraging and supporting partners in developing or expanding IoT practices.