Sonya Mazzaferro, who became Veeam Canada channel chief last year, discusses the changes that are ongoing at Veeam and what Canadian partners can expect to see going forward.
Axcient x360Recover has exceeded all the company’s sales expectations since its introduction a year ago, but its technology is relatively new, and the company believes a cloud distribution specialist like Pax8 will be best able to articulate ts value proposition to MSPs with reservations.
This latest extension of MSP360’s strategic partnership with Wasabi is scheduled to be followed up with others in the near future.
Kasten is one of the launch partners for the brand new AWS Marketplace for Containers Anywhere, announced on Monday, which will allow Kubernetes services to be provided on-prem as well as in the cloud.
The new channel program is designed to make things simpler, eliminating confusion by promising zero channel conflict, clarifying deal registration and establishing a minimum advertised price, and adding a new track for MSPs.
Storage vendor StorONE adds a new backup solution, which will be free to current customers, and while it is being touted for its ransomware protection, it has other benefits which significantly lower the cost of backup protection.
Immutable storage, a new and faster backup format, restore verification, consistency checks, and the addition of synthetic full backup for VMware are among the enhancements.
One of the new services, Cohesity DataGovern, is specifically focused on data exfiltration, the latest tactic being employed in ransomware by cybercriminals.
The two new services, which will be available in the first half of 2022, expand both HPE’s cloud services portfolio and as-a-service opportunities for their channel partners.
Clumio anticipates a significant market for this solution when it hits GA in December, because AWS S3 has become a large customer pain point, and theirs is the first solution on the market for it.
Kaseya, which provides IT infrastructure and security management solutions for MSPs and SMBs, has announced an expansion of their Canadian staff based in their Canadian office in Vancouver, as well as an expansion of data centre facilities in Ontario and Quebec. Kaseya’s physical presence in Canada until now has been principally based on its 2018…
New PowerScale solutions continue, but do not quite complete, the retirement of the Isilon brand.
Datto has sold its on-prem SIRIS BCDR solution for years, but their new solution for Azure gives them their first such solution on a public cloud, along with measures to protect customers from public cloud pitfalls like egress charges and data cost fluctuations.
Barracuda is also releasing a new survey at the event, showing how the danger level to customers from various threats, including ransomware, has increased significantly.
The new offerings are being announced in conjunction with the 2021 Dell Technologies GDPI survey, which shows considerable customer doubt about their ability to protect their data, particularly against ransomware.
The new N-series, which also incorporates Sophos cybersecurity technology, is aimed at customers in the high midmarket and in the enterprise.
The anti-ransomware enhancements include immutable protection in the public cloud, starting with AWS S3, a new instant restore capability from production, and automated VM protection.
While the effects of COVID on MSPs were mixed, coming out of COVID, competition has become the primary concern of MSPs, for the first time in the five year history of this survey.
Datto unveils a virtual version of their data protection software that is easier for partners to use, and with the Azure cloud version now in beta, expect to soon have the virtual and cloud deployment options together with their hardware, all manageable through the same pane of glass.
HPE brought the two vendors together to design a validated solution on HPE Proliant servers, which combines Zerto’s high resiliency with StorMagic’s lightweight software for edge deployments.
