Automation

Backup

Cohesity announces new Microsoft integrations at Ignite event

September 25, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cohesity announces new Microsoft integrations at Ignite event
Cohesity says a new integration with Office 365 Exchange Online, support for the new Azure Data Box, and new failover and failback capabilities for Azure DR should make it easier to sell joint Azure-Cohesity solutions, which have shown strong recent momentum.

Software

French ITIM vendor Centreon launches North American operation with Toronto office and 100 per cent channel strategy

September 20, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on French ITIM vendor Centreon launches North American operation with Toronto office and 100 per cent channel strategy
Centreon will be selling completely through channel partners in North America, seeing this as a key way to build up their presence in a crowded ITIM space filled with legacy vendors they believe can be toppled.

Backup

Imanis Data adds more machine learning functionality to Hadoop and NOSQL-focused Data Management Platform

September 19, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Imanis Data adds more machine learning functionality to Hadoop and NOSQL-focused Data Management Platform
Key enhancements include a new RPO-driven backup capability and the first automated Any-Point-In-Time Recovery capability for NoSQL databases.

Managed Services

IT Glue announces multiple new integrations, new IT Glue Academy at GlueCon

September 18, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on IT Glue announces multiple new integrations, new IT Glue Academy at GlueCon
New features include GlueFiles, and Flags, while new integrations include Office 365, and ones with vendors Cisco Meraki, Auvik and Syncro. A contest was also announced to spur automation ideas.

Managed Services

Proofpoint adds anti-phishing capabilities to automated email protection solution with new CLEAR solution

September 5, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Proofpoint adds anti-phishing capabilities to automated email protection solution with new CLEAR solution
The new capabilities come from the Proofpoint acquisition of Wombat Security earlier this year, and significantly beef up what had been Proofpoint’s TRAP automation platform.

Software

Agiloft touts agility of business process software requiring no coding to channel

August 3, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Agiloft touts agility of business process software requiring no coding to channel
Agiloft sold direct for two decades, but they have committed to building out a channel, and made their third straight appearance at CompTIA’s ChannelCon event, this year emphasizing the value of their no-code technology.

Backup

Rubrik deploys Radar SaaS service on Polaris platform for easy recovery from ransomware

July 25, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Rubrik deploys Radar SaaS service on Polaris platform for easy recovery from ransomware
While anti-ransomware measures to date have largely focused on trying to keep it out, Radar focuses on quickly assessing the damage and then recovering from it as quickly as possible.

Storage

Addition of InfoSight predictive analytics to HPE 3PAR highlights new 3PAR enhancements

July 24, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Addition of InfoSight predictive analytics to HPE 3PAR highlights new 3PAR enhancements
In addition to completing the full integration of the analytics capabilities HPE acquired last year with Nimble, HPE also expanded their tools and integrations to automate 3PAR in the cloud, DevOps, virtualization and container environments.

Security

McAfee brings SaaS ePO to the enterprise as part of new MVISION portfolio

July 18, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on McAfee brings SaaS ePO to the enterprise as part of new MVISION portfolio
MVISION Endpoint layers McAfee endpoint protection over Windows Defender, using the latter to manage endpoint defense through ePO, while MVISION Mobile consolidates mobile device security into one console.

Cloud

CloudJumper adds smooth ability to manage RDmi workloads with Cloud Workspace for Azure

July 18, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on CloudJumper adds smooth ability to manage RDmi workloads with Cloud Workspace for Azure
CloudJumper has had partners ask for this to reduce the complexity of working with Azure, and large integrators who had not worked with the company before see this as a way to make large Azure deployments more cost-effective.