Virtualization

Cloud

Cameyo unveils first partner program, signs on D&H as new partner

September 23, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cameyo unveils first partner program, signs on D&H as new partner
Increased demand for digital workspace solutions in the Work From Home era has led Cameyo to both launch a partner program and D&H to sign on to take it to their partners and their SMB customer base.

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Cloud

Liquidware targets Work From Home market with new Stratusphere release

July 31, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Liquidware targets Work From Home market with new Stratusphere release
More metrics which help identity and remedy issues in home environments have been added, and enhancements have been made to process optimization, dashboarders and the API builder. New vendor integrations have been added – with more on the way.

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Backup

Scale Computing targets new customers with Resilience offering for home-based workforce

July 16, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Scale Computing targets new customers with Resilience offering for home-based workforce
The new offering is a bundle of existing components, adding Acronis Backup and a choice of partner VDI offerings to the Scale HC3 platform, but it is purpose-built for organizations looking to protect home-based workforces.

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Cloud

IGEL looks to expand technology partner ecosystem with IGEL Ready program

July 15, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on IGEL looks to expand technology partner ecosystem with IGEL Ready program
IGEL has over 90 integration partners already, but this has been managed through an ad hoc system where IGEL developers did almost all the integration work. The new program will allow strategic partners to be more involved in this, allowing IGEL to have many more partners, and ensuring the integrations stay current.

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Big Data

New NVIDIA vGPU release targets Work From Home audience

June 30, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on New NVIDIA vGPU release targets Work From Home audience
This release now provides 120Hz VSync support at resolutions up to 4K, which improves both VR and AR capabilities, and also facilitates collaborate real time rendering of high level graphics from employees distributed in home locations.

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Computers

HP stresses Working From Home capability with new Chromebook releases

May 5, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on HP stresses Working From Home capability with new Chromebook releases
HP announces three new Chromebooks, one aimed at each of three distinct user types.

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Software

Droplet Computing brings ‘offline DaaS’ containerized solution to Canada

May 4, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Droplet Computing brings ‘offline DaaS’ containerized solution to Canada
Droplet has partnered with Prianto Canada to build its Canadian channel for their cross-platform containerized application delivery offering.

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Managed Services

Goliath Technologies appoints new head of sales to continue channel expansion

April 24, 2020 Mark Cox 1
Karen Armor comes to Goliath looking to continue their channel’s recent growth by segmenting the channel more effectively and increasing enablement resources, including the hire of a channel manager.

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Backup

New integrations with Google Cloud, AWS Storage Gateway highlight Zerto 8.0

March 24, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on New integrations with Google Cloud, AWS Storage Gateway highlight Zerto 8.0
Zerto is also emphasizing that several enhancements around the public clouds and VMware will be of particular interest to MSP partners.

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Data Centre

VMware looks to modernize applications and infrastructure with portfolio redo

March 10, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on VMware looks to modernize applications and infrastructure with portfolio redo
Highlights include a major rearchitecture of vSphere to work seamlessly with Kubernetes, and VMware Cloud Foundation 4, with Tanzu, an evolution of the Pivotal Application Service.

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