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Veritas, Pure Storage extend collaboration with new integrations

October 9, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Veritas, Pure Storage extend collaboration with new integrations
The new integrations, around primary storage, analytics and long-term data retention, further enhance a partnership that began a year ago.

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Backblaze adds option to extend backups beyond 30 days in Backblaze Cloud Backup 7.0

October 8, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Backblaze adds option to extend backups beyond 30 days in Backblaze Cloud Backup 7.0
Options are now available for a year of backup protection, as well as one that provides protection forever.

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Acronis introduces program to provide free usage for new MSPs

October 4, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Acronis introduces program to provide free usage for new MSPs
Acronis will provide six months of free service to partners who sign up to attend the Acronis Cyber Summit, with three months to new MSPs who sign up after the event later this year.

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Cohesity unveils SmartFiles intelligent NAS solution

October 1, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cohesity unveils SmartFiles intelligent NAS solution
Cohesity says that SmartFiles’ leveraging of capabilities added to the Cohesity DataPlatform in version 6.3 provides unique benefits from any other NAS solution on the market.

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Arcserve, Sophos target ransomware with new alliance to harden Arcserve appliances

September 25, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Arcserve, Sophos target ransomware with new alliance to harden Arcserve appliances
The integrated solution, which brings Sophos’ Intercept X deep learning technology onto Arcserve appliances, will be sold through the Arcserve channel.

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Rodney Foreman lays out plan to make Cobalt Iron the Nutanix of data protection

September 25, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Rodney Foreman lays out plan to make Cobalt Iron the Nutanix of data protection
Nutanix’s former global channel chief is now CRO at SaaS-based data protection startup Cobalt Iron, and thinks the company and its all-channel model can do in enterprise data protection what Nutanix did in HCI.

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Backblaze celebrates tenth anniversary of storage pod with new Tiger Bridge integration

September 24, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Backblaze celebrates tenth anniversary of storage pod with new Tiger Bridge integration
The new Backblaze integration with Tiger Bridge is designed to solve a pain point for businesses and MSPs who want to tier their data in Veeam to the cloud at low cost.

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Data Domain disappears as Dell rebrands next-gen appliances as DD Series

September 24, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Data Domain disappears as Dell rebrands next-gen appliances as DD Series
While the Data Domain OS and technology remains core to the solution, Dell EMC has rebranded the portfolio to the PowerProtect DD Series as they release its next generation.

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Deeper integration with strategic partners highlights Zerto 7.5 GA release

September 24, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Deeper integration with strategic partners highlights Zerto 7.5 GA release
Enhanced relationships with Microsoft, VMware and HPE bring new capabilities to the Zerto platform, particularly around security.

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Axcient looks to automate distribution of leads to motivated MSP partners with new Lead Generation Program

September 12, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Axcient looks to automate distribution of leads to motivated MSP partners with new Lead Generation Program
The goal, which is partially realized at this point, is for Axcient’s Partner Success team to leverage the new Axcient Marketing Portal to provide an automated process to distribute the number of leads that has been steadily increased since Axcient opened up their trial program.