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Kaseya expands Canadian presence further beyond IT Glue with new hiring and data centres featuring other Kaseya products

September 17, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Kaseya expands Canadian presence further beyond IT Glue with new hiring and data centres featuring other Kaseya products
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
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Dell refreshes and enhances scale-out NAS solutions with new hardware, updated software and joint anti-ransomware solution with Superna

September 15, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell refreshes and enhances scale-out NAS solutions with new hardware, updated software and joint anti-ransomware solution with Superna
New PowerScale solutions continue, but do not quite complete, the retirement of the Isilon brand.

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Datto brings BCDR into Azure with Datto Continuity for Microsoft Azure

September 14, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Datto brings BCDR into Azure with Datto Continuity for Microsoft Azure
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.

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Barracuda announces major SASE, email and data protection solution enhancements at customer conference

September 14, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Barracuda announces major SASE, email and data protection solution enhancements at customer conference
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.

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Dell strengthens data protection portfolio with enhanced PowerProtect Data Manager and Power Protect appliances and expanded managed service

September 9, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell strengthens data protection portfolio with enhanced PowerProtect Data Manager and Power Protect appliances and expanded managed service
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.

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Arcserve rolls out new hyperconverged N-series through Nutanix partnership

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The new N-series, which also incorporates Sophos cybersecurity technology, is aimed at customers in the high midmarket and in the enterprise.

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Zerto adds more ransomware recovery options for greater flexibility in Zerto 9

July 29, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Zerto adds more ransomware recovery options for greater flexibility in Zerto 9
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.

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Optimism reigns in Datto MSP survey, with 93% saying it’s a good time to be an MSP

July 22, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Optimism reigns in Datto MSP survey, with 93% saying it’s a good time to be an MSP
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.

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Datto introduces ‘shrinkwrapped’ version of Virtual SIRIS software for greater deployment flexibility

June 14, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Datto introduces ‘shrinkwrapped’ version of Virtual SIRIS software for greater deployment flexibility
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.

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StorMagic, Zerto collaborate on HPE validated joint solution through HPE Complete program

June 7, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on StorMagic, Zerto collaborate on HPE validated joint solution through HPE Complete program
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.