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Unitrends rethinks channel philosophy with multi-tier program as part of higher margin strategy

July 6, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Unitrends rethinks channel philosophy with multi-tier program as part of higher margin strategy
Unitrends also promotes Clark Brown, who formerly managed their DMR relationships, to the channel chief role.

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Imanis Data upgrades machine learning Data Management Platform as it expands channel strategy

July 4, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Imanis Data upgrades machine learning Data Management Platform as it expands channel strategy
Imanis Data is looking for selected channel partners who want to emphasize data management rather than just backup, and who get that this requires selling to the C-suite.

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CTERA Networks expands portfolio with new ROBO-focused line of larger edge appliances

July 3, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on CTERA Networks expands portfolio with new ROBO-focused line of larger edge appliances
The new CTERA appliances triple the speed, double the capacity and quadruple the number of users supported over CTERA’s previous edge offerings, allowing them to position them as a full NAS replacement.

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Rubrik emphasizes new hybrid cloud capabilities with Rubrik Alta 4.2 release

June 13, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Rubrik emphasizes new hybrid cloud capabilities with Rubrik Alta 4.2 release
New cloud native capabilities will have particular value for Rubrik channel partners, who will be able to offer customers more strategic services rather than providing tactical implementation.

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Veritas beefs up SaaS governance portfolio with new Veritas SaaS Backup

May 30, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Veritas beefs up SaaS governance portfolio with new Veritas SaaS Backup
Veritas also announces two new sets of offerings for Office 365 and Google G Suite which feature Veritas SaaS Backup, and two existing products, Veritas Info.Map and Veritas EV.cloud.

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Commvault sees GDPR benefits in latest extension of Office 365 capabilities

May 30, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Commvault sees GDPR benefits in latest extension of Office 365 capabilities
Commvault is positioning both their Office 365 integration and their new Sensitive Data Governance offering as logical solutions to the issues created by the growing intersection of data protection and compliance.

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Zerto pledges to disrupt traditional backup with continuous data protection for long-term retention

May 28, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Zerto pledges to disrupt traditional backup with continuous data protection for long-term retention
Zerto 7, when it becomes available next winter, will add Elastic Journal continuous data protection that adds the capabilities offered by traditional backup to Zerto’s solution.

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Cohesity announces snapshot integration around Pure Storage FlashBlade

May 25, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cohesity announces snapshot integration around Pure Storage FlashBlade
While multiple backup vendors have snapshot integrations around Pure’s FlashArray//M array, integrations for the AI-focused Pure FlashBlade are rarer.

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Panzura partners with Veeam and achieves Veeam Ready certification

May 22, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Panzura partners with Veeam and achieves Veeam Ready certification
Panzura’s hybrid cloud NAS gains an additional use case with the certification, which will enable joint Veeam and Panzura solutions for cloud-native VM backup and DR in any public or private cloud.

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Veeam CEO says aggressive strategic partnering strategy central to recent – and future – growth

May 17, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Veeam CEO says aggressive strategic partnering strategy central to recent – and future – growth
Veeam CEO Peter McKay credited Veeam’s expansion of their strategic relationships as critical to their success in 2017, and indicated they plan significant further expansion here going forward.