Analytics

New Masergy global channel chief touts analytics approach to channel management

January 24, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off

William Madison, the new global channel chief at Masergy, credits the company’s analytics-based remodelling of their partner program as a major key to their success in the last year.

Enhancing upstream, downstream alliances top priority for new eFolder Channel Chief Bystrak

January 23, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off

Jason Bystrak, who officially joins eFolder from Ingram Micro in another week, wants to leverage his experience to build out both a stronger system of vendor strategic alliances, and a focused distribution strategy, to extend eFolder’s reach and position them as a logical challenger to Datto.

Adobe steps up Experience Cloud Big Data support with Hadoop support

January 19, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off

Extension of Federated Data Access connectors to Hadoop will be significant in the high end of the market, and for Adobe channel partners who work in that space.

Extreme Networks introduces first new solution from Zebra acquisition with ExtremeLocation

January 18, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off

The new Extreme Networks retail offering is a location-based platform that gives retailers real time analytics data about customers, and lets them manage associates’ interactions with them as well.

One Identity sees Balabit acquisition providing huge boost to channel efforts

January 17, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off

One Identity was already using Balabit’s Privileged Session Management capability in their PAM solution, but the acquisition assists them further on several technology fronts. Balabit’s significant channel is also seen as critical to One Identity’s own channel growth.

Looking Ahead to the Business Trends Shaping 2018—And Beyond

December 15, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off

Nancy Teixeira, VP of Scale-up and Enterprise, Sage, discusses some key trends that businesses will have to prepare for in 2018.

Accelerite broadens Big Data analytics platform beyond developers with ShareInsights 2.0

December 12, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off

The Accelerite BI analytics program has undergone a major revamp since its original version to make it easier to use, which in turn will broaden its usage and make it easier to collaborate.

New AWS services resonate with Canadian customers, channel partners

December 7, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off

AWS made such a flurry of announcements at last week’s re:Invent event that it was sometimes difficult to keep track. Canadian partners and customers at the event did, however, have pretty clear ideas about what they liked.

Preempt expands threat platform capabilities around identity, behavior and risk

December 7, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off

Preempt, which has recently added some major security reseller partners, and is moving to a 100 per cent channel strategy, has enhanced its platform with both new and enhanced features.