The latest Pax8 ConnectWise integration has optimized their interface within ConnectWise Manage to reduce the clicks in ordering, updating and linking cloud subscriptions.
The enhancements, which include support for Oracle RMAN and SQL, as well as the Hyper-V and Nutanix Acropolis hypervisors, strengthen the Rubrik enterprise play.
Breqwatr, which makes an easy-to-deploy private cloud appliance, and sells through an all-channel model, now has an OEM deal with Pure which is significantly expanding their addressable market.
A Softchoice survey finds that while customers accept Office 365 as a way of licensing software, many aren’t moving their infrastructure into the cloud.
The framework lets developers write new apps to the Palo Alto Next Gen security platform, and allows for these to be consumed as cloud-delivered security apps.
HPE formally announces its project to extend HPE Synergy to the full hybrid IT environment, which is still known by its internal code name, and which is still in the tech preview stage, but should reach beta in the fall. The company hopes it will be ready to sell by December.
In another of multiple executive moves announced by Sage, Nancy Harris, former Canada Managing Director at Sage, is also formally announced as North America Managing Director, a role she has been executing for some time.
A pair of announcements creates both a new fund to stimulate Salesforce cloud consultant partners, and a new programmatic initiative to work with this group and provide further assistance like MDF funding.
Epicor’s top technology execs discuss where the industry and the company are headed on the technology front, and Epicor’s strategy to differentiate itself.
Citrix announces Workspace Service, which brings its multi-device application and document access products together under a cloud sign-on.
Lisa Pope, Epicor’s new VP of Sales for the Americas, wants to recruit some top partners away from their competition, but also knows that for that to happen, more things need to change in how Epicor manages its channel.
Compared to the new Epicor ERP solution, which was just released to GA, Prophet 21 is less far along the development path, but the changes visible now from older versions are still significant.
Enhancements to the new release feature the option of a dedicated tenancy cloud deployment model, and enhanced visibility and control from January’s DocStar acquisition.
The AnywhereApp provides a high level of customization in a secure, end-to-end management solution for any device, anywhere.
Epicor has embarked on a process of modernizing both itself and its products to stimulate growth in a cloud world, and while the CEO acknowledged there had been some rough patches, he asked his customers for patience.
UK-based Flexxible IT has been focused on Europe, but has opened a US office with ex-Appsense channel chief Jim Airdo running the North American business.
Veeam is also close to announcing the appointment of a new Canadian channel leader, which they think will help enlist some major new partners.
Toronto-based SaaS CPM vendor Vena used its first ever user event to extend its support to Office 365, and establish their Vena Exchange, a vetted library for customers to share Excel best practices templates.
The final day of VeeamON saw Veeam announce a new DR tool for Azure, management pack enhancements for better visibility, and improvements to Backup for Office 365.
Jeff Goldstein, Veeam’s VP of Sales in Canada, has overseen significant changes in Veeam’s Canadian operations, on a strategy to meet an extremely high objective of 62 per cent growth in 2017.
