Automation

Networking

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

February 27, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on 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.

Cloud

OpsRamp launches smaller Unified Service Intelligence solution to attract new customers

February 27, 2018 Mark Cox 1
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.

Cloud

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

February 22, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on 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.

Backup

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

February 13, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on 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.

Cloud

Dell Technologies forecasts big jump in impact of emerging technologies

January 26, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on 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.

Cloud

Vena adds Revenue Performance Management to portfolio

December 20, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on 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.

Backup

Barracuda MSP launches Intronis Backup integration for ConnectWise Automate

November 7, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on 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.

Wendy Bahr, senior vice president of Cisco's Global Partner Organization
Channel Programs

Simpler is better: Cisco pares programs

November 7, 2017 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Simpler is better: Cisco pares programs
Cisco announces a reduction in the complexity of its partner programs, while pivoting profitability towards software and recurring revenues.

Managed Services

Atera increases automation, deepens Webroot partnership

November 3, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Atera increases automation, deepens Webroot partnership
Atera also provides 24/7 support for the first time, something that wasn’t a priority before because of confidence in the platform’s resilience.

Cloud

Riverbed announces automated integration between ZScaler and SteelConnect SD-WAN

November 2, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on 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.