Cloud

Networking

Video: Juniper CEO on turnaround

February 16, 2016 Guest Poster Comments Off on Video: Juniper CEO on turnaround
Juniper CEO Rami Rahim on how the networking vendor is turning its business around, and why the near future looks good.

Distribution

Six ways you can profit from the digitalization of healthcare

February 12, 2016 Guest Poster Comments Off on Six ways you can profit from the digitalization of healthcare
Avnet Technology Solutions’ Michael Stephens weighs in with ways solution providers can be successful in the growing market for digitalization in the healthcare field.

Big Data

Microsoft touts innovative nature of new Dynamics AX, native to Azure

February 11, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Microsoft touts innovative nature of new Dynamics AX, native to Azure
Microsoft Dynamics AX went into the cloud in its last release, but the newest one is completely native to Azure, designed to fully leverage the hyperscale cloud for the first time.

Uncategorized

Intermedia adds backup to SecuriSync file sharing for converged offering

February 11, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Intermedia adds backup to SecuriSync file sharing for converged offering
SecuriSync had backup technology before that Intermedia considered to be better than their standalone backup offering. Now the backup has been further rounded out, and SecuriSync has been upgraded to a formally converged offering, at the same price as the old file sharing service.

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.

Cloud

Kaseya unveils cloud PSA tools in next-gen Business Management Solution platform

February 9, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Kaseya unveils cloud PSA tools in next-gen Business Management Solution platform
Technology from the newly announced acquisition of PSA provider Vorex upgrades Kaseya PSA tools, and propels a takeaway offer aimed at customers of competing solutions.

Barat Dickman, vice president and general manager of unified communications and collaboration at Westcon-Comstor.
Cloud

Comstor launches video-as-a-service offering

February 1, 2016 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Comstor launches video-as-a-service offering
Westcon’s Comstor group teams with Polycom to offer cloud-based video-as-a-service that solution providers can offer under its GoldSeal services label.

Cloud

Cloud security vendor iSheriff launches all-in-one iSheriff Complete for SME market

January 29, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cloud security vendor iSheriff launches all-in-one iSheriff Complete for SME market
iSheriff thinks that even in an ultra-competitive security market, their next-generation delivery architecture, strong technical solution and distinctive use of the channel in their go-to-market model positions them well in today’s cloud universe.

Cloud

HEAT Software looks to new MSP platform to spur massive increase in MSP partners

January 29, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on HEAT Software looks to new MSP platform to spur massive increase in MSP partners
HEAT has not had an out-of-the-box offering designed for MSPs to date, and is remedying that with HEAT MSP Cloud, which adds new features and capabilities specifically for MSPs to the core HEAT cloud service management offering.

Cloud

New Panzura console interface designed to make it easier to manage global cloud storage

January 28, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on New Panzura console interface designed to make it easier to manage global cloud storage
The new CloudFS Console provides a Google Maps view of all controllers and connectivity between them, and is intended to further Panzura’s vision of having customers use cloud storage as their primary storage, by making it easier to use.