The new managed service is the direct result of the pandemic, with customers outside of AtHoc’s traditional large organization market asking BlackBerry to stand up a service for them.
In addition to the new tablet, which fills a void in the portfolio, Panasonic is also announcing their Android productivity+ suite of support solutions.
Versa emphasizes that since Versa Secure Access requires no hardware, it is easy for home-based employees to install, and works even when the devices are mobile.
Splunk Data Stream Processor, Machine Learning Toolkit and Splunk Connected Experience get major updates, while Splunk reiterates how their Google partnership and new Remote Work Insights App fit into their strategy.
HP announces three new Chromebooks, one aimed at each of three distinct user types.
Belgian-headquartered Guardsquare recently opened a North American office in Boston, and sees the new ThreatCast capability as a key factor in expanding their business on this side of the Atlantic.
MobiledgeX has facilitated integrations between developers and device makers and large mobile operators, and the new release of their platform is designed to enable enterprises to do the same thing.
Inkscreen has traditionally focused on BlackBerry and MobileIron, and while these companies remain critical to them, they have expanded their integrations to most other EMM vendors, and have now made changes to their channel program to reflect this.
Ivanti looks to reverse past errors by introducing a Chief Customer Officer and a focus on making customers happy rather than end-of-lifing their products. That will see renewals centralized in a new business unit. That change to channel policy is accompanied by another in which the company will focus on far fewer partners.
The big one in terms of thought leadership is VR Classroom 2, although updates of core Chromebook and Yoga solutions and a new Chromebook tablet will put more money in partners’ pockets.
While Intercept X was available on most mobile devices previously, the branding has been made consistent, which should help partners with synchronized sales.
Aruba is emphasizing that the enhancement to SD-Branch, their integration of their SD-WAN products with Aruba Central management, has multi-faceted advantages for channel partners.
For the channel, major announcements around the X1 Fold notebook and the Yoga 5G will initially be more about showing customers a cutting edge than selling them a product, but some less splashy Smart Office announcements will bring a more direct return.
In addition to a new premium family in Dell’s Latitude commercial laptop line, other commercial market products being introduced around CES include new monitors and an updated XPS 13.
Pulseway expects strong MSP support for their new cloud backup option, which has different pricing for workstations and servers, and is fully integrated into the RMM for maximum ease of use.
Devolutions has had password management capabilities before that were designed for small business users, but Password Hub was designed from scratch to provide an enterprise grade level of protection for up to 1000 users.
The number of BlackBerry UEM suites is being reduced from five to three, with both security and productivity elements being enhanced, and partner services opportunities increased.
HP targets mobile power users with a solution whose software allows remote access to access pooled workstation power from almost any device.
The new capability lets MSP techs use phones and tablets for all but the most heavy duty tasks, through a built-in feature in both the iOS and Android mobile apps.
SOTI Insight, the new analytics capability, is intended to be just the start of what will provide customers with a broad range of granular use cases.
