Tag Archive for Automation

Cyxtera looks to next-gen data centre colo business with new CXD platform and two on-demand services

The first two services around the new Cyxtera Extensible Data Center Platform are on demand connectivity and compute, with the latter enabled through a partnership with Nutanix.

ESET sets sights on enterprise market with new cybersecurity offerings

New offerings include a separate cloud sandbox solution and an endpoint detection and response product, the latter being a first for ESET. ESET Remote Administrator is also being replaced with a new enterprise grade management tool.

New Citrix Replacement App highlights latest release of CloudJumper Workspace-as-a-Service platform

Other enhancements to Cloudjumper Cloud Workspace Management Suite 5.2 include the ability to provision a full software-defined data centre in either Azure or Google with a single click.

Mixed messages on accountant technology adoption in Sage survey

Sage is emphasizing the technology solution of the new Sage Business Cloud, and the softer skills of the Sage Practice Growth Plan to respond both to accountants’ concerns about the future and some of their ambivalences about technology in accounting.

Enhanced automation, bidirectional integrations highlight DFLabs 4.3 version of IncMan SOAR platform

DFLabs is moving to an all-channel model from a hybrid one, and the enhancements – all requested by customers – will make it easier for partners to sell the platform.

Morpheus Data continues partner acceleration with $250,000 Big Spiff

Morpheus Data, which sells entirely through channel partners, focuses on cloud cost optimization, cloud management, and DevOps automation, and is seeing strong momentum, including an uptick in seven-figure deals.

Enhanced partner managed services capability key to Fortinet strategy

Fortinet drives innovation theme to partners at their Accelerate event, and indicates some potential new opportunities looking ahead.

Fortinet Security Fabric enhancements include first steps towards vision of intent-based network security

At their Fortinet Accelerate 2018 event in Las Vegas, Fortinet outlined their strategic vision to deal with the challenges of digital transformation, including rudimentary tagging which will – eventually – let customers set policies for new items on the network using business language.

OpsRamp launches smaller Unified Service Intelligence solution to attract new customers

Unified Service Intelligence is a less complex version of the core OpsRamp solution, will play in the midmarket as well as the enterprise, and is intended mainly to expose new prospects to the platform.

HyperGrid pivots to ‘software-defined cloud’ vision as they release new version of HyperCloud platform

HyperGrid’s new version of HyperCloud adds new capabilities and services around workload placement, improves multi-tenancy further, and now provides support for Kubernetes as well as Docker.

Veritas adds cloud-based data protection for Azure and Google with CloudPoint 2.0

While CloudPoint 1.0 was all about snapshotting, 2.0 layers on additional data protection capabilities. It’s available now for Azure and Google, with AWS not that far off.

Dell Technologies forecasts big jump in impact of emerging technologies

From big picture developments like the emergence of fully orchestrated capabilities to manage workloads across public clouds, to more focused things like the growth of Augmented Reality headsets in business, Dell Technologies takes a stab at projecting the near-term adoption of futuristic technologies.

Vena adds Revenue Performance Management to portfolio

Vena expands beyond its corporate performance management software base with a new offering that addresses a key customer pain point, and which the company believes will significantly increase their bottom line.

Barracuda MSP launches Intronis Backup integration for ConnectWise Automate

Barracuda MSP builds on earlier integrations with LabTech/Automate with new automated deployment capabilities, as well as improvements to manageability.

Riverbed announces automated integration between ZScaler and SteelConnect SD-WAN

Riverbed and ZScaler partner again, this time on an integration around SteelConnect SD-WAN cloud networking that increases customer agility by automating ZScaler’s security capabilities within.

Dell makes PCaaS more flexible with new capabilities and AirWatch integration

Dell beefs up a PCaaS offering that existed long before its formal announcement in May, to provide more differentiation from their competitors in what is a tiny market today, but which they think is poised to grow significantly.