Anthony James joins us on the podcast to discuss the Infoblox 3.0 cloud-first networking strategy and what it means for solution providers.
Cloud, Podcasts, Sponsored Content
Inside the Infoblox 3.0 vision
by Robert Dutt •
Cloud
Cloud, Managed Services, Virtualization
Nerdio announces integration with new Windows 365 to expand MSP choice in Microsoft virtual platforms
by Mark Cox •
Nerdio also announced a new integration with Teradici’s PCoIP, although this one is focused on Nerdio for Enterprise, which is not an MSP product.
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Cloud, Data Management
Datadobi enhances training resources with new DatadobiDriven portal
by Mark Cox •
The new portal reflects the increase in Datadobi’s offerings beyond their original DobiMigrate, and the need to provide partners and customers with training around the newer solutions.
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Artificial Intelligence, Cloud, Software
Zoho introduces self-service Business Intelligence Platform
by Mark Cox •
Zoho’s new platform combines an enhanced version of their existing Zoho Analytics solution with Zoho DataPrep, a new offering which provides data cleansing capabilities.
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Cloud, Sponsored Content
How to capture a bigger piece of the cloud market
by Mitel Guest Blog •
Scott Peterson, Mitel’s SVP of the Americas, offers some advice on how solution providers can capture a bigger part of the cloud market in this guest blog.
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Speed up business transformation with Microsoft 365
by Sherweb Guest Blog •
Alexandre Laflamme of Sherweb shares some thoughts on how solution providers can help their clients improve their strategy and speed up their business transformation with Microsoft 365.
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Cloud, Software
FinancialForce previews upcoming PSA Services Estimation, Customer Success Operations Cloud at FinancialForce FFX Summit
by Mark Cox •
FinancialForce’s CEO also noted that the company has reinvigorated its channel focus in the last year, which is playing a role in accelerating their momentum.
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Cloud, Software
Montreal’s Syntax bolsters North American SAP practice with acquisition of Toronto-based Illumiti
by Mark Cox •
Syntax, an enterprise cloud ERP solutions provider, was primarily an Oracle specialist before a 2019 acquisition gave them a strong SAP presence in Europe and Asia, and now with the acquisition of Illumiti, whose business is mainly in the U.S. and Canada, they make a similar upgrade to their North American capabilities.
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Artificial Intelligence, Cloud, Data Centre
HPE CEO Neri ties vision into new product announcements at HPE Discover
by Mark Cox •
HPE’s CEO discussed how the new announcements around HPE Lighthouse, Project Aurora, Silicon on-Demand and compute as-a-service drives HPE’s vision forward, and also commented on their just announced acquisition of DeterminedAI.
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Cloud, Networking
Aruba makes multiple enhancements to ESP platform, unveils first rugged wired switches
by Mark Cox •
The component of the news likely to turn the most head is the new AOS 10, which brings together WLAN and SD-Branch within a single operating system.
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Cloud, Data Centre, Partnerships
HPE GreenLake is focal point for HPE Discover announcements
by Mark Cox •
HPE kicked off its Discover event with a flurry of announcements around HPE GreenLake, including GreenLake Lighthouse, Project Aurora, Silicon-on-Demand, a new Compute Cloud Console – and eight new services.
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Cloud, Security
Splunk unveils Splunk Security Cloud cloud-based SecOps platform
by Mark Cox •
While Splunk started out as an on-prem company, they see the cloud as the future, and while customers aren’t being forced to move to the new cloud, it does become Splunk’s primary security offering.
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Cloud, Distribution, Security
Cloud distributor Sherweb brings LastPass password management solution to its MSPs through LogMeIn partnership
by Mark Cox •
Cloud distributor Sherweb has announced another new vendor partnership which will make a third-party solution available through Sherweb to their MSP partners. It is LogMeIn’s LastPass password management solution, which offers both single sign-on and multi-factor authentication.
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Cloud, Virtualization
New Citrix country manager for Canada pledges stronger focus on partners
by Mark Cox •
Citrix’s recent introduction of Elite Force Academy, designed to impart ongoing solution selling skills, is part of the company’s strategy to modernize partner skillsets for Citrix Workspace and the cloud.
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Cloud, Unified Communications
Avaya introduces new Avaya Cloud Office capabilities for hybrid cloud workplace
by Mark Cox •
One additional change is that to satisfy data residency requirements in certain markets, Avaya Cloud Office customer data is now stored in-country by default, in select markets, which include Canada and the U.S.
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Channel Programs, Cloud, Hyper-converged
Nutanix expands Elevate Partner Program with new Service Provider tier
by Mark Cox •
The service provider program, which was announced last fall with the Elevate program and is going live now, has two tiers, and is accompanied by a promo offer that runs through next January.
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Cloud, Networking, Security
Infoblox delivers Infoblox 3.0 vision with integrated portal for cloud-first visibility and security
by Mark Cox •
Infoblox 3.0 is a vision and a strategy, not a new product set, but it’s an important vision and strategy, which provides an integrated cloud-native management console for their on-prem and cloud products alike.
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Cloud, Networking
Cisco heralds cloud strength with new UCS X-Series and new Intersight services
by Mark Cox •
Cisco’s ‘Future Cloud’ event today also introduces multiple additional cloud capabilities, including Cisco Service Mesh Manager, the expansion of Cisco Cloud ACI into GCP, and a new ThousandEyes integration with the Cisco Catalyst 8000 Edge Series for SD-WAN and Cisco Nexus 9000 switches.
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Channel Programs, Cloud, Networking
Martello launches new partner program to support growing Microsoft 365 Digital Experience Monitoring business
by Mark Cox •
The rapid growth of Microsoft 365 has pushed Martello’s business, which once was largely focused around Mitel, in a Microsoft direction, so they have remade their partner program to support the business they see as the future of the company.
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Cloud, Software
Salesforce introduces next-gen Commerce Cloud and Marketing Cloud at their Connections event
by Mark Cox •
Both enhanced platforms have similar objectives, of making the user experience even smoother, and providing more integrations to other Salesforce tools.
