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Cohesity lets vulnerabilities be scanned in backups with new CyberScan application

August 1, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cohesity lets vulnerabilities be scanned in backups with new CyberScan application
Cohesity CyberScan is facilitated by advances in their 6.3 release earlier this year, and their partnership with Tenable through the Cohesity Marketplace.

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Asigra partners with Zadara to offer MSPs OPEX backup appliance

July 30, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Asigra partners with Zadara to offer MSPs OPEX backup appliance
Asigra believes the new offering will appeal to MSPs looking to get away from brokerage and get more control over their customers, without having to invest in a data centre.

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StorageCraft targets low end of SMB with OneXafe Solo plug-and-play appliance

July 24, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on StorageCraft targets low end of SMB with OneXafe Solo plug-and-play appliance
While the original OneXafe 4000 is a midmarket and small enterprise product, the Solo 300 is an entry level offering aimed at SMBs, and offering an MSP play.

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Rubrik expands partner program with RASP specialization for support partners

July 23, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Rubrik expands partner program with RASP specialization for support partners
The Rubrik Authorized Support Partner specialization launches as a pilot program, and is primarily focused on Europe, with Insight the only North American launch partner.

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Commvault enhances solution provider incents, simplifies processes in partner program revamp

July 15, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Commvault enhances solution provider incents, simplifies processes in partner program revamp
In addition to the solution provider changes, improvements to distributor benefits were also announced.  Changes to the other two tracks, service providers, and Global System Integrator and alliance partners, will be announced later this year.

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StorCentric acquires Retrospect, which will become a separate subsidiary like Drobo and Nexsan

June 25, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on StorCentric acquires Retrospect, which will become a separate subsidiary like Drobo and Nexsan
Retrospect, which started out as Dantz and whose products have been around for 30 years, will be paired with Drobo, as both are heavily focused on the sub-150 seat market.

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Storage Guardian announces formal release of Dropbox BDR solution

May 31, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Storage Guardian announces formal release of Dropbox BDR solution
Storage Guardian’s Extended Protection for Dropbox provides end customers with deeper and more durable protection than Dropbox Business offers, and provides Storage Guardian’s channel with more granular services they can add on top of Dropbox

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StorageCraft enhances ShadowXafe features for MSP market in new release

May 30, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on StorageCraft enhances ShadowXafe features for MSP market in new release
The major enhancements to this new release of ShadowXafe, an MSP-friendly billing and invoicing model, and network tunnelling to simplify management of large numbers of devices, are aimed at strengthening it in the MSP market.

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MSP-focused cloud monetization vendor HyAlto adds Veeam support as they build out ecosystem

May 23, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on MSP-focused cloud monetization vendor HyAlto adds Veeam support as they build out ecosystem
HyAlto, formerly known as AirVM, has retooled its business model to simplify and more effectively monetize cloud services management for MSPs, and has announced support for the Veeam cloud as they build out their ecosystem.

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Veeam announces new ‘with Veeam’ strategic program

May 22, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Veeam announces new ‘with Veeam’ strategic program
The new program differs from Veeam’s established Alliance programs in having a broader objective of building out a Veeam ecosystem where they are embedded in others’ solutions.