Virtualization

Cloud

Citrix doubles down on need to move beyond virtualization at Citrix Summit

January 20, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Citrix doubles down on need to move beyond virtualization at Citrix Summit
Citrix reiterated the need for partners to move into Citrix Workspace, laying out the advantages for doing so, and indicating new support to help them align their business with where Citrix is going.

Cloud

Citrix adds intelligent feed and personalized workflows to Workspace

December 18, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Citrix adds intelligent feed and personalized workflows to Workspace
Citrix completes the integration of the Sapho technology acquired this year into Workspace, and while Citrix offers many integrations with key apps out of the box, they also provide an SDK which will provide a rich opportunity for partners.

Networking

VMware builds out intrinsic security strategy with VMworld announcements

November 5, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on VMware builds out intrinsic security strategy with VMworld announcements
The importance of recently-acquired Carbon Black to this vision was stressed, with Dell also announcing that Carbon Black is now the preferred endpoint security solution for Dell.

Cloud

VMware’s big bets and what they mean to partners

September 4, 2019 Robert Dutt Comments Off on VMware’s big bets and what they mean to partners
VMware Canada’s Peter Near discusses the company’s upcoming acquisitions of Pivotal and Carbon Black, its Tanzu strategy for embracing Kubernetes, and the cloud opportunity in Canada in this edition of the podcast.

VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger at VMworld 2018
Virtualization

VMs, containers better together, VMware says

August 26, 2019 Robert Dutt Comments Off on VMs, containers better together, VMware says
VMware announces plans to make Kubernetes a core part of its offerings — even introducing native support for the container technology to its vSphere flagship.

Cloud

IGEL sees all factors converging to create EUC explosion at VMworld

August 26, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on IGEL sees all factors converging to create EUC explosion at VMworld
End user computing vendor IGEL is back at VMworld this year, showing off joint IGEL-VMware solutions and customers, and emphasizing that Microsoft’s support of Windows Virtual Desktop, as well as their new collaboration with VMware, are creating massive new opportunities for IGEL and their channel.

Cloud

Liquidware enhances flagship Stratusphere solution as Windows Virtual Desktop heats up its market

July 23, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Liquidware enhances flagship Stratusphere solution as Windows Virtual Desktop heats up its market
Most of the improvements to Stratusphere are plumbing enhancements which may be more dramatic to Liquidware partners than to customers.

Cloud

IGEL adds to executive team to leverage triple digit North American growth

July 17, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on IGEL adds to executive team to leverage triple digit North American growth
The increase in big deals bringing in larger customers is a key reason behind the appointment of Brad Richards as IGEL’s first Chief Customer Officer.

Cloud

CloudJumper announces major new partnerships with IGEL, NVIDIA

July 16, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on CloudJumper announces major new partnerships with IGEL, NVIDIA
While the two major new alliances were the splashy announcements, CloudJumper also announced the release of version 5.3 of their Cloud Workspace Management Suite.

Backup

Veeam adds ability to restore from backups to Veeam Availability Orchestrator

May 22, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Veeam adds ability to restore from backups to Veeam Availability Orchestrator
Other enhancements improve documentation, role-based granularity, remote restore capability, and licensing improvements for VCSPs.