Security

Managed Services

Barracuda strengthens MSP capabilities with Barracuda RMM and Barracuda CloudGen Access for MSPs

March 11, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Barracuda strengthens MSP capabilities with Barracuda RMM and Barracuda CloudGen Access for MSPs
Barracuda rebrands an improved version of the Managed Workplace RMM product they acquired from Avast in 2019 as Barracuda RMM, and delivers the multi-tenanted version of CloudGen Access they promised when ZTNA vendor Fyde was acquired in November.

Channel Programs

Channel program enhancements highlight news at Fortinet Accelerate

March 10, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Channel program enhancements highlight news at Fortinet Accelerate
Fortinet’s big product news, the launch of FortOS 7.0, actually took place a month ago, although its importance meant it was strongly emphasized at the event, but their channel announcements, including new specializations and the expansion of consumption-based billing to new products, were new.

Security

Not all cybercriminals are sophisticated

March 9, 2021 ESET Guest Blog Comments Off on Not all cybercriminals are sophisticated
Some perpetrators of online crime and fraud don’t use advanced methods to profit at the expense of unsuspecting victims and to avoid getting caught, ESET’s Jake Moore explains

Managed Services

French email security firm Vade Secure charts aggressive expansion strategy in North America

March 8, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on French email security firm Vade Secure charts aggressive expansion strategy in North America
Vade Secure, which has over a billion mailboxes under management, mainly through ISP partnerships that also give them data for a very strong filter, came into the North American market last year, and is targeting SMB-focused MSPs.

Podcasts

New Year’s Podcast Series: James Chalmers of Kaspersky Lab Canada

March 3, 2021 Robert Dutt Comments Off on New Year’s Podcast Series: James Chalmers of Kaspersky Lab Canada
James Chalmers, territory channel manager for Canada at Kaspersky Lab joins the podcast to take a look back at 2020 and preview what’s to come in 2021.

Security

Infocyte moves to fill gap in market with simple to use Microsoft 365 Security Module.

March 2, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Infocyte moves to fill gap in market with simple to use Microsoft 365 Security Module.
Infocyte adds a Microsoft 365 protection solution to their platform to fill what partners had said was the biggest gap in the need for a solution that was both effective and easy to use.

Backup

Expanded Sophos, Nutanix and Oracle integrations highlight Arcserve UDP 8.0

March 2, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Expanded Sophos, Nutanix and Oracle integrations highlight Arcserve UDP 8.0
The big theme around this release is expanded protection against ransomware, which is the focus of the new Sophos integration, but the release also contains major expansions of partnerships with Nutanix and Oracle.

Channel Programs

Appgate emphasizes education, evangelization of techs in new Sentinel Partner Program

March 2, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Appgate emphasizes education, evangelization of techs in new Sentinel Partner Program
Appgate’s first partner program since their spinoff from Cyxtera last year is explicitly focused on empowering and rewarding solution architects and sales engineers, to make them advocates of the company’s SDP technology.

Security

Hunters signs Benchmark to bring its open XDR platform to Canada

March 2, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Hunters signs Benchmark to bring its open XDR platform to Canada

Benchmark’s strength in the Canadian market is in the Greater Toronto Area and Ottawa, and that dovetails nicely with Hunters’ expansion strategy, which is focused on building up business on the eastern side of the continent first.

Networking

Infoblox unveils invite-only Cloud Specialization program to spur SaaS sales

February 26, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Infoblox unveils invite-only Cloud Specialization program to spur SaaS sales
Infoblox’s new program includes 30 picked partners who have already made a SaaS commitment, and will pair them with Infoblox experts and provide them with increased support to boost their SaaS business.