business continuity

Managed Services

Open Mesh acquisition gives Datto networking services purpose-built for MSPs, SMBs

January 31, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Open Mesh acquisition gives Datto networking services purpose-built for MSPs, SMBs
Datto makes a play for the cloud networking managed services market, which it says is full of enterprise-focused offerings that have ill-served MSPs and aren’t well suited to the SMB market.

Storage

StorageCraft buys Exablox for creative synergies around DR and business continuity

January 19, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on StorageCraft buys Exablox for creative synergies around DR and business continuity
The acquisition follows a successful distribution agreement last October through which Exablox resold StorageCraft ShadowProtect software.

Channel Programs

Digital Transformation will lead the channel in 2017

January 3, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Digital Transformation will lead the channel in 2017
Dell EMC’s global channel chief outlines his view of key channel trends for the year ahead, and what partners need to do to take advantage of them.

Mobility

Secure Mobile Access 12.0 upgrade is first SonicWall release as independent company

November 15, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Secure Mobile Access 12.0 upgrade is first SonicWall release as independent company
SonicWall wants more of its firewall-focused partners to sell the endpoint-focused SMA together with the firewalls, saying that they are a logical companion sale.

Lee Schor, vice president of sales for the Americas at Storagecraft
Channel Programs

Upmarket momentum leads to new Storagecraft partner program

October 6, 2016 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Upmarket momentum leads to new Storagecraft partner program
Storagecraft’s new partner program introduces partner tiers as the company sees more demand from larger partners serving larger customers.

Cloud

Zerto expands HPE relationship to provide DR on HPE Helion CloudSystem

September 14, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Zerto expands HPE relationship to provide DR on HPE Helion CloudSystem
Zerto, which sells entirely through partners, is expanding its routes to market with this deal, which it expects will be only the first of multiple such major initiatives.

Cloud

Artisan Infrastructure gets new name (Neverfail) new WaaS acquisition (Vertiscale)

August 1, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Artisan Infrastructure gets new name (Neverfail) new WaaS acquisition (Vertiscale)
Artisan Infrastucture’s broadening beyond its original wholesale infrastructure-as-a-service necessitated a new name change, particularly with more new offerings on the roadmap.

Cloud

Artisan Infrastructure unveils Neverfail HybriStor Data Protection Virtual Appliance

February 10, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Artisan Infrastructure unveils Neverfail HybriStor Data Protection Virtual Appliance
Using patent-pending data optimization and dedupe technology from an acquisition, HybriStor brings enormous scalability and performance to object-based storage.

Managed Services

New Datto offerings strengthen business continuity play

August 4, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on New Datto offerings strengthen business continuity play
Datto also reported a significant increase in support from key Canadian partners, part of the ramifications from their recent increased investment in the Canadian market.

Data Centre

Accelerite acquisition of Convirture gives partners end-to-end management solution

June 17, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Accelerite acquisition of Convirture gives partners end-to-end management solution

Adding Convirture’s day to day operations management capability to Accelerite’s disaster recovery focus provides a single pane of glass with a consolidated view of the management of the multiple clouds and internal virtualization technologies in modern hybrid data centres.