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Cloud

HotLink signs on Avnet as first distributor for VMware-focused cloud integration platform

February 1, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on HotLink signs on Avnet as first distributor for VMware-focused cloud integration platform
Avnet will also distribute the HotLink Disaster Recovery-as-a-Service offering in the U.S., and Canada, an offering that Hotlink thinks is exceptionally well-suited to the channel.

Channel Programs

Citrix outlines channel priorities for 2017 at Summit partner event

January 9, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Citrix outlines channel priorities for 2017 at Summit partner event
Citrix’s new global channel chief also indicates that some simplifications of the program are in the works to make it easier to do business with Citrix – but likely not until 2018.

Cloud

Cloud VDI vendor Workspot to offer Desktop as a Service 2.0 on Azure

December 5, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cloud VDI vendor Workspot to offer Desktop as a Service 2.0 on Azure
Workspot, which has been challenging Citrix and VMware with its simple to deploy cloud VDI offering, is announcing a version tightly integrated with Azure that they expect will become the flagship product.

Cloud

Palo Alto Networks extends AWS relationship to enhance firewall scalability

December 5, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Palo Alto Networks extends AWS relationship to enhance firewall scalability
Palo Alto Networks sees its adaption to the new age of cloud security as fundamental, and has been doing what it can to keep its channel partners moving in tandem on this objective.

Storage

Cohesity unveils new product for hyper-converged backup to AWS and Azure

November 23, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cohesity unveils new product for hyper-converged backup to AWS and Azure
Cohesity, which aims to consolidate all forms of secondary storage on a single platform, builds on cloud archiving and tiering in their spring release with a platform with full cloud capability.

Managed Services

Druva deepens channel, business development investments with new hires

November 22, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Druva deepens channel, business development investments with new hires
Druva also announced a new partnership with ConnectWise, part of their increased emphasis on building up their platform business.

Storage

Zerto Virtual Replication 5.0 extends continuous data protection journal

November 15, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Zerto Virtual Replication 5.0 extends continuous data protection journal
Other new features include Azure support, one-to-many replication capability and a mobile app to enable remote access to Zerto environments.

Channel Programs

Parallels beefs up RAS with changes to partner program and new software version

November 2, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Parallels beefs up RAS with changes to partner program and new software version
Parallels makes major changes to the partner program they inherited when they bought 2X and its Remote Application Server solution last year.

Cloud

NetApp adds new threads to their data fabric

November 1, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on NetApp adds new threads to their data fabric
NetApp announces a series of new and enhanced data services, as well as a refresh of several solutions aimed at the hybrid cloud.

Storage

Apcera formally announces its enterprise container management platform

November 1, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Apcera formally announces its enterprise container management platform
Apcera is now emphatically branding its platform as an enterprise-grade container management platform, believing that the container market has matured to the point where the platform’s purpose and assets will now be clear.