Partnerships

Partnerships

Digital Defense integration adds comprehensive vulnerability assessment capability to McAfee ePO

September 12, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Digital Defense integration adds comprehensive vulnerability assessment capability to McAfee ePO
The certified integration through the McAfee Security Innovation Alliance provides major new revenue opportunities and thought leadership advantages to joint McAfee and Digital Defense channel partners.

Backup

Lenovo adds Veeam to price list as part of strengthened partnership

September 12, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Lenovo adds Veeam to price list as part of strengthened partnership
Lenovo’s enhanced relationship with Veeam is but one part of a much broader initiative they are announcing Thursday at their Lenovo Transform event.

Partnerships

Qumulo File Fabric software now available on Dell PowerEdge servers

August 15, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Qumulo File Fabric software now available on Dell PowerEdge servers
Qumulo adds to their relationship with HPE from 2017, which made their software available on HPE Apollo servers with a new relationship with Dell EMC, which will see their massively scalable software become available on Dell PowerEdge servers.

Backup

Cohesity drives major cloud push from new AWS Storage Competency Partner designation

August 14, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cohesity drives major cloud push from new AWS Storage Competency Partner designation
Cohesity says that the achievement of the AWS Storage Competency validation will assist them significantly on the technology front, as well as in sales and in marketing.

Backup

Acronis extends Microsoft partnership around Azure to give customers and partners more choices

August 9, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Acronis extends Microsoft partnership around Azure to give customers and partners more choices
The deeper integration with the Azure cloud will let MSPs leverage Acronis for the Azure environment, instead of having to manage it themselves.

Cloud

Network-as-a-Service startup Meta Networks formally announces Symantec strategic partnership

August 7, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Network-as-a-Service startup Meta Networks formally announces Symantec strategic partnership
In addition to their first formal strategic partnership, Meta Networks is also on the verge of being able to announce their first channel program, and their first channel partners.

Partnerships

Pure Storage highlights Cisco momentum with new Oracle Data Warehouse solution, and AIRI integrations

July 24, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pure Storage highlights Cisco momentum with new Oracle Data Warehouse solution, and AIRI integrations
Pure Storage channel chief Michael Sotnick also highlighted strong company momentum in the Canadian market.

Cloud

PagerDuty continues to build out go-to-market model with AWS Marketplace availability

July 20, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on PagerDuty continues to build out go-to-market model with AWS Marketplace availability
The San-Francisco-based company with a strong Canadian connection has been moving beyond their direct model as they expand, introducing a channel program earlier this year, and now making themselves available for sale to AWS customers on that marketplace.

Partnerships

DH2i expands Microsoft, VMware, Red Hat relationships and adds new AWS and Docker partnerships

July 16, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on DH2i expands Microsoft, VMware, Red Hat relationships and adds new AWS and Docker partnerships
The expansion of the DH2i-Microsoft relationship is around Linux, while the DH2i partnership with VMware now covers VMware’s cloud solutions as well as on-prem.

Artificial Intelligence

Commvault beefs up AI search capability with Lucidworks partnership

July 6, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Commvault beefs up AI search capability with Lucidworks partnership
The Commvault technology integration with Lucidworks will open up new conversations with partners where they can lead around search, and build their connections to a broader array of executive contacts beyond backup.