Cloud

Equinix looks to expand interconnect business with second Montreal data centre

The new MT2 International Business Exchange data centre will also have energy efficiency advantages that will let temperatures be maintained at 27 Celsius, instead of the much cooler temperatures of the past.

New unified VMware Partner Connect Program goes live

The third version of this partner program since its inception in 2000, this one is focused on moving from three separate partner programs to a single one which includes four different business models where the points from them can all be combined.

Virtana brings in HPE and Sun veteran Leslie Maher as channel leader

Maher has spent her whole career at very large companies, but often in growth-focused project areas which she thinks well suits the needs of a smaller company like Virtana.

Generative AI announcements take centre stage at Salesforce TrailBlazer DX developer event

Salesforce outlined their strategy around Generative AI at their TrailBlazer DX developer event, which includes new product and partnering and ecosystem strategy.

Cradlepoint transforms partner program to emphasize MSPs

The entire program has been formalized to assist global expansion and develop 5G opportunities, but changes have been made to MSP enablement in particular to drive this segment forward.

HPE enhances SASE offering with cloud security through acquisition of Axis Security platform

The acquisition will let HPE rejig their Aruba SASE offering so that all the components are made by HPE, instead of several of them coming from strategic partnerships, which is the case now.

Asigra makes early entry into broad SaaS-based application market

Asigra’s new SaaSBACKUP platform is designed to back up a virtually endless number of apps, with customer able to provide protection to the ones it wants, protection many still do not know is not provided by the software itself.

Aptum sees strong channel opportunities in new Multi-Tenant Cloud Solution

Aptum’s new private multi-tenanted cloud service is now available in the US, UK, and Canada, and Aptum is emphasizing how it provides a stronger level of support than their competitors.

Quest enhances KACE Cloud to allow full automated endpoint patching and management for all devices in the cloud

The new changes to KACE Cloud reflects what Quest believes to be a completely modernized approach to patch management, where customers select the patches they want and use KACE’s catalogue rather than Windows to schedule and maintain them.

Rob Rae resurfaces as Community and Ecosystems CVP at Pax8

After his abrupt disappearance from Datto last fall following its acquisition by Kaseya, Rob Rae turned up this week as Corporate Vice President of Community and Ecosystems at Pax8.

HYCU unveils R-Cloud to provide broad protection of numerous SaaS apps

While specific apps to provide core Microsoft and Google office product are becoming more common, they are far from ubiquitous and most apps have no or tiny amounts of software protection for them.

AWS teams up with MLSE for SportsX innovation program, building on augmented reality pilots

MLSE and AWS demonstrated the further extension of a partnership they announced last year, to provide new types of mixed and augmented reality capabilities around basketball and hockey, with further capabilities for these as well as the other sports that make up the MLSE empire on the way.

Redis looks to drive Redis Enterprise business with restructured and formalized Global Partner Program   

Redis’s previous partner program was informal and lacking in structure, and has been replaces with a better organized one designed to better enable partners to sell their Redis Enterprise solution in particular.

OVHCloud combines their bare metal servers with public cloud to drive up deployment speed

The new metal instances fferings are available now in both Canada and Latin America, but the French-headquartered company’s products are not yet available in the U.S, although they are ramping up their presence in Canada, and the U.S. as well as APAC are on the drawing board for future expansion.

HPE adds support for data storage servers to cloud-native Alletra portfolio with Alletra 4000 series

The latest in HPE’s cloud-native Alletra line comes in two models, a 1U one designed for extreme use cases and a 2U that fits a broader range of use cases.

IBM rethinks partnering approach with new IBM Partner Plus program

The new program is designed to enhance partner enablement as an increasingly broad partner ecosystem pursues IBM’s strategic focus on the hybrid cloud and AI.