Automation

Epicor promises both commitment and caution in move to the cloud

April 22, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off

At its customer event, ERP vendor Epicor laid out its plans to become a cloud-first company, to which it asserted a strong commitment – even though the transition is greatly complicated by multiple factors.

AVG simplifies platform in Managed Workplace 10.0 to emphasize MSP business goals

April 11, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off

The new version of AVG’s RMM platform reworks the platform around the MSPs business processes, greatly reducing installation time and building customizable customer service plans right into the RMM solution.

Riverbed responding to fundamental shift in deployment of IT services

April 7, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off

At Riverbed’s partner event, their Chief Strategy Officer outlined a complex and model-driven paradigm of how modern IT services are being transformed digitally, and his view of how the company and its partners need to respond. Interestingly, partners seemed to get it.

IndependenceIT unveils Cloud Workspace Suite 5.0 in its biggest update ever

March 29, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off

The move up from Version 4.2 includes the adoption of Azure Active Directory as the authentication of record, a new interface, Cloud Workspace Suite’s first app services, resource scheduling, server scaling and automatic server cloning.

Avaya urges partners to get their SDN fabric in front of customers

March 24, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off

At an event Wednesday, Avaya strongly urged its partners to look closely at their networking fabric and the middleware which enables its automation, saying that it provides a clear path to smart computing and a strong differentiator from competitors.

New Glue Networks Sales VP looks to expand company’s markets

March 21, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off

Alan Grahame looks to strengthen the Glue sales teams, including channel managers, expand their SaaS business, and continue to move their business beyond Cisco.

Better network visibility can add thousands to your MSP bottom line. Here’s how.

February 18, 2016 Guest Poster Comments Off

Auvik Networks’ Alex Hoff on how MSPs can build profitability by better understanding their clients’ networks.

LANDESK releases bundle of its Management, Security and Mobile Security suites

February 1, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off

Unified endpoints, increased automation, and enhancements to the Workspaces introduced last year are the main improvements to the suites.

Big Data

IT security making poor use of analytics, Big Data: HPE

January 21, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off

Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s third annual State of Security Operations Report finds that while security organizations are investing in analytics and Big Data, many are making preventable errors that give them a poor return on their investment.