Networking

Networking

Pivot to NDR space pays off big for ExtraHop in $900 million sale to VCs

June 9, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pivot to NDR space pays off big for ExtraHop in $900 million sale to VCs
The purchase by Bain Capital Private Equity and Crosspoint Capital Partners won’t affect ExtraHop’s status as a standalone company, but it will mean more R&D money to expand into natural adjacencies, and more opportunities for channel partners.

Networking

Dell makes announcements around 5G and scalability to help service providers capture edge opportunities

June 9, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell makes announcements around 5G and scalability to help service providers capture edge opportunities
The two big news pieces here are the delivery of an open cloud-native telecom ecosystem and a new Dell Technologies open telecom ecosystem lab.

Cloud

Infoblox delivers Infoblox 3.0 vision with integrated portal for cloud-first visibility and security

June 8, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Infoblox delivers Infoblox 3.0 vision with integrated portal for cloud-first visibility and security
Infoblox 3.0 is a vision and a strategy, not a new product set, but it’s an important vision and strategy, which provides an integrated cloud-native management console for their on-prem and cloud products alike.

Networking

Palo Alto Networks makes five enhancements to Prisma Cloud to eliminate blind spots and reduce false positives

June 8, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Palo Alto Networks makes five enhancements to Prisma Cloud to eliminate blind spots and reduce false positives
The changes, which are focused on the Prisma Cloud’s Cloud Security Posture Management module, primarily deal with long-standing issues that the industry has not addressed well because they are difficult.

Cloud

Cisco heralds cloud strength with new UCS X-Series and new Intersight services

June 2, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cisco heralds cloud strength with new UCS X-Series and new Intersight services
Cisco’s ‘Future Cloud’ event today also introduces multiple additional cloud capabilities, including Cisco Service Mesh Manager, the expansion of Cisco Cloud ACI into GCP, and a new ThousandEyes integration with the Cisco Catalyst  8000 Edge Series for SD-WAN and Cisco Nexus 9000 switches.

Channel Programs

Martello launches new partner program to support growing Microsoft 365 Digital Experience Monitoring business

June 2, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Martello launches new partner program to support growing Microsoft 365 Digital Experience Monitoring business
The rapid growth of Microsoft 365 has pushed Martello’s business, which once was largely focused around Mitel, in a Microsoft direction, so they have remade their partner program to support the business they see as the future of the company.

Networking

Extreme Networks kicks off Connect Virtual event with major AI expansion through ExtremeCloud IQ CoPilot

May 26, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Extreme Networks kicks off Connect Virtual event with major AI expansion through ExtremeCloud IQ CoPilot
Extreme also announced the Extreme 9000 series, a new carrier grade product, and senior leadership changes which include Canadian market lead Paul Semak being promoted to SVP of Americas sales, adding the U.S. to management of Canada and Latin America.

Networking

Aruba announces first enterprise grade WiFi 6E solution

May 25, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Aruba announces first enterprise grade WiFi 6E solution
Aruba says the 600 Series of APs, which will be available in Q3, will provide partners with a key first mover advantage in a market that it likely grow very quickly.

Cloud

Palo Alto Networks deepens Zero Trust Network Security with five new or enhanced features and firewalls

May 20, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Palo Alto Networks deepens Zero Trust Network Security with five new or enhanced features and firewalls
The new product is new machine-learning based firewalls, aimed at both datacentres and branch offices, and giving Palo Alto Networks its first sub-$1000 models, in a move explicitly designed to challenge Fortinet’s dominance in that part of the market.

Cloud

New VMware Canada country manager Claude Reeves lays out his plans

May 18, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on New VMware Canada country manager Claude Reeves lays out his plans
Reeves who came from Red Hat to take over VMware in Canada last month following Sean Forkan’s move to another position, discusses how he intends to drive VMware’s business in Canada.