Mobility

Mobility

Masergy moves portfolio beyond the branch with SD-WAN Work From Anywhere

October 14, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Masergy moves portfolio beyond the branch with SD-WAN Work From Anywhere
SD-WAN Secure Home is designed to extend Masergy’ SD-WAN to home offices, while SD-WAN On the Go is a software client for mobile users needing secure access – which can also be used as a low-cost home office solution.

Channel Programs

Unified BlackBerry partner program brings new reseller focus from Cylance

October 7, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Unified BlackBerry partner program brings new reseller focus from Cylance
BlackBerry introduced its new partner program at its BlackBerry Security Summit, while emphasizing the importance of partners to the Go-to-Market strategy going forward.

Mobility

BlackBerry looks to displace signature-based solutions with new Cyber Suite

October 7, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on BlackBerry looks to displace signature-based solutions with new Cyber Suite
The BlackBerry Cyber Suite includes two brand new offerings, BlackBerry Protect Mobile and BlackBerry Persona Desktop, a UEBA solution. It also includes the existing BlackBerry Protect Desktop and BlackBerry Optics EDR.

Mobility

Cradlepoint gears up for Canadian 5G push with first Canadian country manager

July 20, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cradlepoint gears up for Canadian 5G push with first Canadian country manager
Jason Falovo, who was the first Meraki employee in Canada, comes to Cradlepoint, to leverage their expertise in cellular as 5G begins its rise in Canada.

Mobility

BlackBerry looks to expand downmarket by introducing AtHoc Managed Service

June 25, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on BlackBerry looks to expand downmarket by introducing AtHoc Managed Service
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.

Computers

Panasonic reintroduces new 10-inch rugged Android tablet to TOUGHBOOK lineup

June 24, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Panasonic reintroduces new 10-inch rugged Android tablet to TOUGHBOOK lineup
In addition to the new tablet, which fills a void in the portfolio, Panasonic is also announcing their Android productivity+ suite of support solutions.

Mobility

Versa Networks unveils hardware-free solution to deliver secure SD-WAN to Work From Homers

June 10, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Versa Networks unveils hardware-free solution to deliver secure SD-WAN to Work From Homers
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.

Big Data

Splunk announces new machine learning enhancements to core platform solutions

May 27, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Splunk announces new machine learning enhancements to core platform solutions
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.

Computers

HP stresses Working From Home capability with new Chromebook releases

May 5, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on HP stresses Working From Home capability with new Chromebook releases
HP announces three new Chromebooks, one aimed at each of three distinct user types.

Mobility

Guardsquare looks to revolutionize mobile application threat intelligence with ThreatCast

April 28, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Guardsquare looks to revolutionize mobile application threat intelligence with ThreatCast
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.