Security

Cloud

Announcement of McAfee CASB Connect Program highlights cloudy RSA for McAfee

April 19, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Announcement of McAfee CASB Connect Program highlights cloudy RSA for McAfee
Building on their cloud momentum after the integration of Skyhigh and their Security Cloud, McAfee also announced container support for their cloud workload security offering, and released a survey tracking trends in cloud usage.

Security

ESET sets sights on enterprise market with new cybersecurity offerings

April 18, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on ESET sets sights on enterprise market with new cybersecurity offerings
New offerings include a separate cloud sandbox solution and an endpoint detection and response product, the latter being a first for ESET. ESET Remote Administrator is also being replaced with a new enterprise grade management tool.

Cloud

Kaspersky Lab reaches for the public cloud with new Hybrid Cloud Security solution

April 18, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Kaspersky Lab reaches for the public cloud with new Hybrid Cloud Security solution
The new offering, the first from Kaspersky Lab to provide public cloud protection, will start with support for the AWS and Azure clouds.

Channel Programs

Netsurion integrates EventTracker channel program with their own in partner expansion push

April 18, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Netsurion integrates EventTracker channel program with their own in partner expansion push
Netsurion is looking to an integrated solution set of SD-WAN with SIEM and firewall security to significantly expand their TAM into new verticals, and is seeking to significantly expand their partner base to strengthen them in these new markets.

Managed Services

Passportal creates Community Department to engage in MSP education and enablement

April 16, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Passportal creates Community Department to engage in MSP education and enablement
Mike Byrne, who has done this kind of work in the past at multiple companies, has joined Passportal as the Director of Community.

Cloud

Inside the Ingram Micro Partner Experience tour [Podcast]

April 13, 2018 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Inside the Ingram Micro Partner Experience tour [Podcast]
The ChannelBuzz.ca brings you a series of interviews with the main players from Ingram Micro Canada’s kickoff of its Partner Experience tour for 2018.

Channel Programs

Security vendor Ziften reboots partner program to better leverage strategic Microsoft relationship

April 13, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Security vendor Ziften reboots partner program to better leverage strategic Microsoft relationship
The program’s highlight is a fast track program to recruit high skill – not necessarily top tier – Microsoft partners by providing them with the Ziften program’s top tier benefits for a year.

Stu Bradley, vice president of fraud and security intelligence at SAS
Security

SAS rolls out fraud business unit

April 12, 2018 Robert Dutt Comments Off on SAS rolls out fraud business unit
SAS says its new division, which brings together all of its offerings fighting fraud and money laundering, will allow it to good deeper, faster.

Security

Absolute introduces GDPR readiness assessments for compliance laggards

April 12, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Absolute introduces GDPR readiness assessments for compliance laggards
It’s only six weeks until the GDPR is scheduled to become operative, and Absolute has found that so many organizations are still so unprepared that even at this late date, it behooves them to introduce new readiness assessments – which their partners will be able to leverage.

Security

Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business 11 features dynamic machine learning, EDR integration

April 11, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business 11 features dynamic machine learning, EDR integration
On the pure productivity side, Kaspersky Lab has upgraded its flagship product’s scalability, doubling the number of endpoints it can support per server, and more than doubling performance.