Application Delivery

Cloud

Kemp expands automation and predictive analytics beyond ADC as part of branding reorientation around customer experience

February 20, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Kemp expands automation and predictive analytics beyond ADC as part of branding reorientation around customer experience
Kemp extends the automation it provided previously, including adding the ability to provide alerts about other part of the stack than their vADCs.

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Cloud

Kemp sees use beyond sales in new TCO calculator to assess applicability of consumption-based licensing for customers

January 21, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Kemp sees use beyond sales in new TCO calculator to assess applicability of consumption-based licensing for customers
Kemp has introduced a new TCO calculator that shows customers the difference in costs between metered, perpetual, and competitive licensing options, and is emphasizing its use as an educational tool that shows more than cost savings, illustrating how the alternatives apply in different kinds of scenarios, and whether consumption-based licensing is a good fit for a specific customer.

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Cloud

Pulse Secure introduces full-featured vADC Community Edition to turn developers into fans

January 17, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pulse Secure introduces full-featured vADC Community Edition to turn developers into fans
Pulse Secure has had free ‘try before you buy’ products before, but this new Community Edition has all the features of the full version, and with no time limit on use. The only limitations are that its scalability is limited to smaller applications, and it lacks the full management and Pulse Secure support.

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Networking

Kemp strengthens application delivery and load balancing interconnect with improved analytics, platform support

December 12, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Kemp strengthens application delivery and load balancing interconnect with improved analytics, platform support
Kemp makes enhancements that leverage the load balancer’s position to provide much deeper analytics about applications, including the ability to assess application health and pre-emptively remediate problems.

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Cloud

Pulse Secure looks to channel to lead creative disruption in growth of Virtual ADC business

August 20, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pulse Secure looks to channel to lead creative disruption in growth of Virtual ADC business
Pulse Secure is seeing strong momentum in its virtual ADC business this year, with the growth of cloud applications, and is looking to both cloud-focused partners and their traditional partners broadening out their business to continue the trend.

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Cloud

Pulse Secure Access solutions now certified for Microsoft Azure cloud

June 25, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pulse Secure Access solutions now certified for Microsoft Azure cloud
Pulse Secure’s flagship access joins their vADC in the Azure cloud, broadening their hybrid cloud strategy which already had a fuller AWS presence.

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Mobility

New Pulse Secure release of virtual Application Delivery Controller adds analytics, improves application visibility

March 21, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on New Pulse Secure release of virtual Application Delivery Controller adds analytics, improves application visibility
The new analytics capability is the first stage of a Pulse Secure project which by next year, is intended to provide systematic linkages to orchestration and automation.

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Channel Programs

BlackBerry focused on moving expanding channel to new secure workflow-focused vision

November 16, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on BlackBerry focused on moving expanding channel to new secure workflow-focused vision
The BlackBerry channel back in its mobile device heyday was mainly telcos. Now, as they move broadly into security software they are expanding their channel, but also trying to focus it squarely on BlackBerry’s vision of the future.

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Mobility

Dell expands VDI Complete Solutions with Horizon apps, new graphics accelerators

August 29, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell expands VDI Complete Solutions with Horizon apps, new graphics accelerators
The new Dell VDI announcements, like the previous day’s Dell EMC announcements at VMworld, all focus on the deepening relationship and more effective integration between Dell EMC and VMware since the merger.

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Citrix CEO Kirill Tatarinov
Cloud

Citrix eyes unified cloud workspace

May 25, 2017 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Citrix eyes unified cloud workspace
Citrix announces Workspace Service, which brings its multi-device application and document access products together under a cloud sign-on.

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Cloud

IndependenceIT rebranded workspace automation platform hits general release

July 12, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on IndependenceIT rebranded workspace automation platform hits general release
The new IndependenceIT cloud management platform now uses Azure Active Directory for its authentication of record. Changes permitting multi-tenanted application delivery will also allow partners to push many more app services out, to the point the company’s licensing policies are being changed to accommodate this.

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Cloud

KEMP 2.0 releases KEMP360 application delivery framework

May 11, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on KEMP 2.0 releases KEMP360 application delivery framework
The new two-component application infrastructure monitoring and management solution is aimed at the enterprise, where the former SMB-focused vendor has been increasingly looking for new business.

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Cloud

Appcito adds Nutanix as partner in push beyond the public cloud

March 11, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Appcito adds Nutanix as partner in push beyond the public cloud
The multi-cloud application delivery solutions vendor has been focused mainly on public cloud infrastructure providers, but they are broadening out into the enterprise, and see Nutanix, with its strong presence in private and hybrid clouds, as a key route to market there.

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Mobility

Citrix reworks NetScaler T1000 by integrating ByteMobile technology

February 22, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Citrix reworks NetScaler T1000 by integrating ByteMobile technology
The new NetScaler T1000 incorporates the ByteMobile optimization software within the NetScaler appliance for improved mobile traffic handling.

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Jim Bindon, director of vertical markets for the Americas at Avnet Technology Solutions
Sponsored Content

Flash Storage – Just what the doctor ordered

November 18, 2014 Guest Poster Comments Off on Flash Storage – Just what the doctor ordered
In this sponsored blog, Avnet Technology Solutions’ Jim Bindon shares why flash storage is a hot topic for solution providers in the healthcare vertical.

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Servers

HP adds new cartridges to Moonshot portfolio

October 23, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on HP adds new cartridges to Moonshot portfolio
New Moonshot apps for application delivery, video transcoding, and a Web infrastructure-in-a-box solution for Web hosters, allow HP to target more custom markets with Moonshot.

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Tim FitzGerald Avnet
Cloud

Avnet adds four new Amazon-powered cloud services

November 27, 2012 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Avnet adds four new Amazon-powered cloud services
Two backup offerings, hosted SharePoint, and Web hosting on the way from the distributor

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Patty Gray, Westcon's VP of global vendor relationships
Distribution

Westcon looks to ramp up F5 business as first global distributor

July 31, 2012 Robert Dutt 1
The networking-focused VAD sees the vendor’s emerging security focus as an opportunity to grow

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Barbara Spicek Brocade
Channel Programs

Brocade points partners at Ethernet fabric opportunities

January 26, 2011 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Brocade points partners at Ethernet fabric opportunities
New specializations and certifications also open doors for application delivery partners

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