Cloud

Cloud

Infoblox delivers Infoblox 3.0 vision with integrated portal for cloud-first visibility and security

June 8, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Infoblox delivers Infoblox 3.0 vision with integrated portal for cloud-first visibility and security
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.

Cloud

Cisco heralds cloud strength with new UCS X-Series and new Intersight services

June 2, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cisco heralds cloud strength with new UCS X-Series and new Intersight services
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.

Channel Programs

Martello launches new partner program to support growing Microsoft 365 Digital Experience Monitoring business

June 2, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Martello launches new partner program to support growing Microsoft 365 Digital Experience Monitoring business
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.

Cloud

Salesforce introduces next-gen Commerce Cloud and Marketing Cloud at their Connections event

June 2, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Salesforce introduces next-gen Commerce Cloud and Marketing Cloud at their Connections event
Both enhanced platforms have similar objectives, of making the user experience even smoother, and providing more integrations to other Salesforce tools.

Backup

Big subscription push, deal reg overhaul, highlight Veeam 2021 channel Go-to-Market

June 1, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Big subscription push, deal reg overhaul, highlight Veeam 2021 channel Go-to-Market
Veeam also has some new competencies around Microsoft 365, Offsite Backup and MSP Backup in pilot now, with some more on the way.

Cloud

Cloudera signs North American partnership with Tech Data to expand downmarket with technologically sophisticated partners

June 1, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cloudera signs North American partnership with Tech Data to expand downmarket with technologically sophisticated partners
Cloudera is looking for skilled partners to take their platform to the lower part of the enterprise, and sees their data and analytics-focused hybrid cloud offering as an attractive differentiator.

Backup

Veeam CTO Danny Allan plots out path to top spot in data protection

May 28, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Veeam CTO Danny Allan plots out path to top spot in data protection
Veeam is now number two in the data protection space, but they have a focused strategy to get to the top spot by 2023.

Backup

Clumio adds second data protection solution to provide deeper visibility

May 27, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Clumio adds second data protection solution to provide deeper visibility
Clumio Discover, which is being offered as a free product, complements the core Clumio Protect offering, and is intended to steer non-Clumio customers to it.

Artificial Intelligence

TIBCO enhances and integrates Predict portfolio for improved hyperconverged experience

May 26, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on TIBCO enhances and integrates Predict portfolio for improved hyperconverged experience
The Spotfire, Streaming and Data Science solutions have been more deeply integrated on TIBCO’s platform, which improves customer time to value, and has channel partners enthusiastic.

Cloud

Guiding your customers through a subscription model for cloud services – Part 3

May 26, 2021 Avaya Guest Blog Comments Off on Guiding your customers through a subscription model for cloud services – Part 3
Avaya Canada’s Ian Purdell-Lewis on how solution providers can continue to drive customer transformation and value after the initial transition to the cloud.