Networking

Networking

Extreme Networks buys Infovista’s Ipanema SD-WAN business to accelerate Infinite Enterprise strategy

August 11, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Extreme Networks buys Infovista’s Ipanema SD-WAN business to accelerate Infinite Enterprise strategy
Extreme sees Ipanema’s cloud-native SD-WAN technology as significantly fortifying their existing SD-WAN capabilities, and as strengthening their Infinite Enterprise strategy.

Cloud

Infoblox 3.0 accelerates partner journey towards a cloud-first hybrid future

July 27, 2021 Infoblox Guest Blog Comments Off on Infoblox 3.0 accelerates partner journey towards a cloud-first hybrid future
Anthony James, vice president of product marketing at Infoblox shares what it’s in the company’s Infoblox 3.0 strategy for partners in this guest blog.

Networking

Sophos continues to build out Adaptive Cybersecurity Ecosystem with Braintrace acquisition to add innovative network detection and response technology

July 26, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Sophos continues to build out Adaptive Cybersecurity Ecosystem with Braintrace acquisition to add innovative network detection and response technology
The deal comes on the heels of the Capsule8 acquisition earlier this month, which also further built out Sophos’ ACE technology.

Managed Services

Auvik Networks gears up for next stage of growth by being acquired, and receives $250 million in investment funding

July 16, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Auvik Networks gears up for next stage of growth by being acquired, and receives $250 million in investment funding
The funding and the acquisition both involve equity firm Great Hill Partners, but Auvik is stressing that while this will allow Auvik to solve a broader range of customer problems, and could lead to select acquisitions, they aren’t about to start buying up companies like chocolates.

Networking

Illumio strengthens Zero Trust Segmentation platform Illumio Core

July 14, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Illumio strengthens Zero Trust Segmentation platform Illumio Core
Enhancements in the new version include adding reducing the time it takes to protect against attacks, by providing more flexibility to automated security enforcement, by improving Intelligent Visibility and by adding new SuperClusters to scale up the number of supported workloads.

Channel Programs

Cisco makes major new enhancements to Integrator and Provider roles

June 30, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cisco makes major new enhancements to Integrator and Provider roles
Most of the changes require more partner investment in training in exchange for more rewards. The two new roles, Developer and Advisor, are still not quite ready, and are scheduled to go live in August.

Networking

Versa Networks plans to use new funding round to drive SASE expansion with new sales and marketing initiatives

June 30, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Versa Networks plans to use new funding round to drive SASE expansion with new sales and marketing initiatives
Versa began as an SD-WAN vendor, but has been rapidly transitioning into the SASE market, will spend much of the fresh $86 million raised on sales and marketing, in a market in which many customers still don’t really know what SASE is.

Networking

SMB-focused Untangle features new edge Threat Prevention option in new version of SD-WAN router

June 29, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on SMB-focused Untangle features new edge Threat Prevention option in new version of SD-WAN router
The new Threat Prevention capability, which comes through Webroot BrightCloud, is accompanied by a choice of packages with or without the capability, as well as deployment options which allows for data to be assessed at the edge.

Cloud

Aruba makes multiple enhancements to ESP platform, unveils first rugged wired switches

June 22, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Aruba makes multiple enhancements to ESP platform, unveils first rugged wired switches
The component of the news likely to turn the most head is the new AOS 10, which brings together WLAN and SD-Branch within a single operating system.

Networking

DH2i addresses SQL Server for Containers problem with Kubernetes through DxE for Containers

June 22, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on DH2i addresses SQL Server for Containers problem with Kubernetes through DxE for Containers
Microsoft gets a huge numbers of downloads for SQL Server containers, but its stateful containers have issues with stateless Kubernetes and kept them in DevTest environments. DxE for Containers was built to change that.