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Cloud

FinancialForce previews upcoming PSA Services Estimation, Customer Success Operations Cloud at FinancialForce FFX Summit

June 24, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on FinancialForce previews upcoming PSA Services Estimation, Customer Success Operations Cloud at FinancialForce FFX Summit
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.

Cloud

Montreal’s Syntax bolsters North American SAP practice with acquisition of Toronto-based Illumiti

June 24, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Montreal’s Syntax bolsters North American SAP practice with acquisition of Toronto-based Illumiti
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.

Artificial Intelligence

HPE CEO Neri ties vision into new product announcements at HPE Discover

June 23, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on HPE CEO Neri ties vision into new product announcements at HPE Discover
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.

Cloud

Aruba makes multiple enhancements to ESP platform, unveils first rugged wired switches

June 22, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Aruba makes multiple enhancements to ESP platform, unveils first rugged wired switches
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.

Cloud

HPE GreenLake is focal point for HPE Discover announcements

June 22, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on HPE GreenLake is focal point for HPE Discover announcements
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.

Cloud

Splunk unveils Splunk Security Cloud cloud-based SecOps platform

June 22, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Splunk unveils Splunk Security Cloud cloud-based SecOps platform
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.

Cloud

Cloud distributor Sherweb brings LastPass password management solution to its MSPs through LogMeIn partnership

June 14, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cloud distributor Sherweb brings LastPass password management solution to its MSPs through LogMeIn partnership
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.

Cloud

New Citrix country manager for Canada pledges stronger focus on partners

June 11, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on New Citrix country manager for Canada pledges stronger focus on partners
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.

Cloud

Avaya introduces new Avaya Cloud Office capabilities for hybrid cloud workplace

June 10, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Avaya introduces new Avaya Cloud Office capabilities for hybrid cloud workplace
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.

Channel Programs

Nutanix expands Elevate Partner Program with new Service Provider tier

June 9, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Nutanix expands Elevate Partner Program with new Service Provider tier
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.