Azure

Cloud

New Equinix President and CEO Charles Meyers talks strategy going forward

September 12, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on New Equinix President and CEO Charles Meyers talks strategy going forward
Equinix names company veteran Meyers, most recently their President of Strategy, Services and Innovation, as President and CEO. He talks with ChannelBuzz about the opportunities he sees in the market, and how the company can best leverage them, including how their channel fits in.

Backup

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.

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.

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.

VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger at VMworld 2018
Cloud

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.