Partnerships

Artificial Intelligence

New Redis Labs Chief Business Development Officer views channel as key to expanding AI and machine learning Go-to-Market

February 19, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on New Redis Labs Chief Business Development Officer views channel as key to expanding AI and machine learning Go-to-Market
Taimur Rashid, who joins Redis from Microsoft, talks with ChannelBuzz about his plans to expand the company’s business in the AI space, which he said is still very small compared to its total potential.

Partnerships

Illusive launches automated detection and response program with vendor partners to further shorten threat response time

January 28, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Illusive launches automated detection and response program with vendor partners to further shorten threat response time
Deep integrations with vendors like Crowdstrike, CyberArk, Palo Alto Networks, and Azure’s Active Directory and Sentinel make automation more precise, and let analysts move to immediate response instead of doing further investigation.

Cloud

GitLab expands partnership with IBM to IBM Cloud Pak

January 14, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on GitLab expands partnership with IBM to IBM Cloud Pak
Today, DevOps lifecycle platform provider GitLab is announcing the expansion of their strategic alliance with IBM that expands GitLab into the IBM cloud with GitLab Ultimate for IBM Cloud Paks. GitLab, which defines itself as
Backup

BackupAssist partners with Wasabi for new low cost cloud backup offering

January 6, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on BackupAssist partners with Wasabi for new low cost cloud backup offering
On the heels of the latest release of Version 11 of their BackupAssist Classic offering, BackupAssist announces a new integration with Wasabi with their flagship BackupAssist Classic, which complements an existing integration with BackupAssist ER.

Hyper-converged

StorMagic expands HPE relationship with Edgeline validation

November 23, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on StorMagic expands HPE relationship with Edgeline validation
StorMagic, which has a Go-to-Market partnership with HPE for their HCI software, has extended that from the initial ProLiant focus earlier this year to the edge-focused HPE Edgeline servers

Cloud

BetterCloud names Innova Solutions as first partner in new top level SaaSOps Practice Partner tier

November 20, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on BetterCloud names Innova Solutions as first partner in new top level SaaSOps Practice Partner tier
Innova, which had previously focused more on public cloud management, sees the new SaaSOps practice area as a way for them to stay ahead of the trend towards SaaS.

Cloud

McAfee announces native AWS integrations with new CNAPP platform

November 18, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on McAfee announces native AWS integrations with new CNAPP platform
McAfee’s Cloud Native Application Protection Platform is still in beta, but is announcing a series of major integrations with AWS services to streamline deployment and management.

Cloud

Zoho extends enterprise strategy with new partnership with Tata Consultancy Services

November 18, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Zoho extends enterprise strategy with new partnership with Tata Consultancy Services
Large GSIs are a critical part of Zoho’s push into larger enterprise deals, and they believe the TCS partnership will be a fruitful one in Canada.

Backup

Cohesity partners with AWS to deliver Data Management as-a-service offering

October 14, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cohesity partners with AWS to deliver Data Management as-a-service offering
Cohesity DataProtect Backup as a Service will be the first service within the new offering when it launches near the end of the year, although it will not initially be available in the AWS Canada region.

Cloud

Nutanix, Microsoft partner around hybrid solution using Nutanix Clusters on Azure

September 8, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Nutanix, Microsoft partner around hybrid solution using Nutanix Clusters on Azure
Nutanix follows up their recent partnership with AWS with a second major cloud infrastructure partnership, designed to emphasize the importance of the company’s focus now on hybrid cloud infrastructure.