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Object First targets edge locations and smaller businesses with new Ootbi Mini immutable storage appliance

October 10, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Object First targets edge locations and smaller businesses with new Ootbi Mini immutable storage appliance
The Ootbi Mini broadens the market for Object First storage to ROBOs and smaller businesses, while also adding a honeypot feature and a beta for fleet managers which should appeal to MSPs in particular.

Artificial Intelligence

MinIO adds  native Apache Iceberg support to its AIStor exascale object store with new Tables feature.

October 10, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on MinIO adds  native Apache Iceberg support to its AIStor exascale object store with new Tables feature.
The company says this key new capability establishes MinIO as the on-prem exascale AI Data Store for secure, sovereign, scalable enterprise AI.

Channel Communities

New Halcyon channel chief Dave Pawlowski wants partners to brand Halcyon as go-to for ransomware protection

October 9, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on New Halcyon channel chief Dave Pawlowski wants partners to brand Halcyon as go-to for ransomware protection
Pawlowski, Halcyon’s newly appointed Worldwide Vice President of Channels and MSSP, lays out his plans to make Halcyon a dominant player specifically in the anti-ransomware space, partnering rather than competing with EDR companies, and getting channel partners and distribution  more involved.

Channel Communities

Hitachi Vantara, Red Hat partner to combine Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization with Hitachi Vantara VSP One

October 9, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Hitachi Vantara, Red Hat partner to combine Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization with Hitachi Vantara VSP One
In the latest installment of an alliance between Red Hat and Hitachi Vantara, the companies announced a new solution that combines Hitachi Vantara’s VSP One with Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization, to make it easier for customers to adopt a unified, hybrid cloud platform.

Agent

SolarWinds adds operational resilience to AI Agent

October 8, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on SolarWinds adds operational resilience to AI Agent
SolarWinds is making several news announcements today, but the strengthening of AI Agent is the most significant of the lot.

Artificial Intelligence

Zendesk introduces major new AI capabilities in their Resolution Platform to empower customer service, employee service and contact centre teams

October 8, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Zendesk introduces major new AI capabilities in their Resolution Platform to empower customer service, employee service and contact centre teams
The enhancements to services which had been around previously, in addition to others which were just acquired or developed in-house, strengthen the Resolution Platform with stronger AI agents, better employee Service, and Contact Center as-a-Service with smarter automation, better collaboration, and deeper insights.

Artificial Intelligence

Newly promoted Jim Taylor lays out RSA strategy changes around innovation

October 3, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Newly promoted Jim Taylor lays out RSA strategy changes around innovation
Taylor detailed in some detail what he plans to do, and why he thinks RSA is well positioned to succeed in his role going forward.

Agent

VDURA names Garth Gibson Chief Technology and AI Officer to reinvent storage stack for AI era

October 1, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on VDURA names Garth Gibson Chief Technology and AI Officer to reinvent storage stack for AI era
Garth Gibson, who has a well-regarded history around AI and HPC, discusses his vision about where VDURA and technology in general are going, as well as the likely impact on VDURA’s channel partners.

Artificial Intelligence

High-performing partners innovating to shape future of the channel: IDC

September 29, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on High-performing partners innovating to shape future of the channel: IDC
A new study from IDC and commissioned by Sage shows that the channel is being redefined by a new wave of high performing partners who are scaling faster, adopting AI sooner, and winning with AI and specialization even though a geo like Canada tends to lag.  

Agent

Equinix unveils Distributed AI Infrastructure to power Agentic AI and next wave of AI innovation

September 26, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Equinix unveils Distributed AI Infrastructure to power Agentic AI and next wave of AI innovation
At their first AI Summit, Equinix introduced Fabric Intelligence with real-time awareness and automation for AI and multicloud workloads to enable faster inferencing and edge-to-cloud connectivity