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Rubrik Datos IO adds new Docker functionality, Azure support in major 3.0 release

September 12, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Rubrik Datos IO adds new Docker functionality, Azure support in major 3.0 release
The first release since Rubrik acquired Datos IO earlier his year also makes major enhancements to the platform’s scale-out architecture and performance.

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Internet of Things

Dell IoT Solution for Surveillance, IoT channel bundles announced at VMworld

August 28, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell IoT Solution for Surveillance, IoT channel bundles announced at VMworld
The IoT bundles are designed to give resellers an easy turnkey option, and encourage more of them to get into IoT. Nine bundles, each focused on a specific vendor, are scheduled for launch, with more coming down the road.

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Cloud

Dell EMC tinkers with cloud-enabled infrastructure solutions portfolio

August 28, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell EMC tinkers with cloud-enabled infrastructure solutions portfolio
There were few – actually no – major Dell EMC new product announcements made around their cloud infrastructure portfolio at VMworld. There were a lot of little ones, however, as well as some overarching messaging about focus and strategy.

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VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger at VMworld 2018
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At VMware’s 20th birthday party, CEO Gelsinger plots company’s next act

August 28, 2018 Robert Dutt Comments Off on At VMware’s 20th birthday party, CEO Gelsinger plots company’s next act
Kicking off VMworld in VMware’s 20th year, Pat Gelsinger outlines the company’s history of building bridges, and identifies the next bridge to cross.

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Backup

Arcserve stresses higher margins, stronger partner engagement in new channel program

August 21, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Arcserve stresses higher margins, stronger partner engagement in new channel program
Recruitment of new MSP partners, in a business where the cloud is constantly increasing in importance, is a top priority for Arcserve.

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Backup

Acronis extends Microsoft partnership around Azure to give customers and partners more choices

August 9, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Acronis extends Microsoft partnership around Azure to give customers and partners more choices
The deeper integration with the Azure cloud will let MSPs leverage Acronis for the Azure environment, instead of having to manage it themselves.

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Cloud

Google commits to hybrid cloud vision with ‘truly revolutionary’ Cloud Services Platform

July 24, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Google commits to hybrid cloud vision with ‘truly revolutionary’ Cloud Services Platform
At their Google Cloud Next 2018 event, in addition to their new platform, Google announced GKE On-Prem, a version of Google’s Google Kubernetes Engine for container management. They also announced Istio 1.0 is now available for production deployments, and the first service for it.

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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.

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Channel Programs

Pax8 announces Professional Services Program to help MSPs fulfill and develop services capability

July 17, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pax8 announces Professional Services Program to help MSPs fulfill and develop services capability
Pax8 has introduced new Professional Services at partner request, both to perform services for MSPs who lack the necessary skills at a relatively low cost, and also to teach the MSPs how to repeat the service without assistance later.

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Cloud

Microsoft lays out FY19 vision, strategy and plans for execution at Inspire kickoff

July 16, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Microsoft lays out FY19 vision, strategy and plans for execution at Inspire kickoff
Consistency is the big strategic theme this year, following a massive restructuring a year ago, but Microsoft still had a to-do list for partners for the year ahead.

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Channel Programs

OpenText opens up private cloud to partners and unveils new MSP pricing model

July 11, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on OpenText opens up private cloud to partners and unveils new MSP pricing model
Prime Unlimited is an optional flat rate per-user price for OpenText managed services, while Prime Protect is a standard support package for partners.

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Partnerships

German software-defined archiving company iTernity sees strong expansion potential in strategic HPE alliance

July 4, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on German software-defined archiving company iTernity sees strong expansion potential in strategic HPE alliance
ITernity has many ISV integrations, and a 100 per cent channel strategy, but its participation in the HPE Complete program to drive business through HPE and their channel is critical to their strategy.

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Cloud

‘Lead With the Cloud’ seminal message to NetApp partners going forward

June 28, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on ‘Lead With the Cloud’ seminal message to NetApp partners going forward
NetApp’s cloud business is still fairly small, but their offerings will roll out in force this year, and NetApp wants customers to lead with them – a strategic decision that would have seemed bizarre not long ago, but is now central to the new NetApp.

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Cloud

Pulse Secure Access solutions now certified for Microsoft Azure cloud

June 25, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pulse Secure Access solutions now certified for Microsoft Azure cloud
Pulse Secure’s flagship access joins their vADC in the Azure cloud, broadening their hybrid cloud strategy which already had a fuller AWS presence.

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Cloud

HPE to start out new GreenLake Hybrid Cloud on direct model

June 19, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on HPE to start out new GreenLake Hybrid Cloud on direct model
HPE has announced an exciting extension of their Pointnext Services with HPE GreenLake Hybrid Cloud. Channel partners will have to wait a while to get their hands on the new offering however, since HPE wants to establish a smooth motion for the service itself before opening it up to the channel.

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Cloud

Archive360 reorganizes solution offerings around more flexible modular structure

June 18, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Archive360 reorganizes solution offerings around more flexible modular structure
The Archive360 Archive2Azure platform now has eight modules, which are purchased separately, allowing customers to tailor their solution to their organization’s specific needs.

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Big Data

AtScale brings their Data Lake middleware to Amazon, Microsoft and Google cloud marketplaces

June 12, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on AtScale brings their Data Lake middleware to Amazon, Microsoft and Google cloud marketplaces
AtScale allows organizations to use their familiar BI tools like Tableau and Excel to process Big Data at extreme speeds. The new cloud marketplace initiative is aimed mainly at departments of enterprises.

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Cloud

Nexsan announces new cloud transfer capability for on-prem Assureon secure archiving

June 5, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Nexsan announces new cloud transfer capability for on-prem Assureon secure archiving
Assureon Cloud Transfer is Nexsan’s first cloud offering, but the company is pledging that it won’t be the last.

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Cloud

Security, compliance and usability are enhancements in Pulse Connect Secure 9.0 release

May 23, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Security, compliance and usability are enhancements in Pulse Connect Secure 9.0 release
Features likely to be of significant interest to the partner community include new Android on-demand capability, as well as deployment capability on AWS as well as Azure.

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Cloud

Pivot3 fills out HCI cloud strategy for partners by adding new capabilities, plus Azure and Google support

May 22, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pivot3 fills out HCI cloud strategy for partners by adding new capabilities, plus Azure and Google support
Pivot3 is stressing that while other HCI vendors have intelligent hybrid cloud strategies, they have one that is in production today.

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