At the company’s PartnerWorld event, IBM CEO Gini Rometty outlines the three platforms of the company’s architecture for supporting business decisions.
Big Data, Cloud
IBM chief sees architectural battle looming
by Robert Dutt •
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Backup
Acronis extends Office 365 backup functionality to on-prem Backup 12 solution
by Mark Cox •
Acronis’ on-prem product in their hybrid cloud architecture now has the same feature set as their cloud offering.
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Channel Programs, Security
SmartFile enhances channel program in push to expand enterprise channel business
by Mark Cox •
Tyler Snetselaar has been named Director of Strategic Alliances and Channel Partnerships, as SmartFile looks to expand its channel presence, especially among systems integrators serving the enterprise.
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Security
Anti-phishing firm KnowBe4 looks to gear up channel
by Mark Cox •
About five per cent of the company’s partner business is in Canada today, but they have a push panned in the Canadian market in 2017.
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Networking, Security
SimpleWan moves beyond wholesale with launch of Master Agent channel
by Mark Cox •
SimpleWan, which makes an offering that combines several different security and network monitoring functions, has found that the increasingly converged market warrants their development of a new channel to address customer purchasing habits.
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Managed Services, Security
Secure Now offers MSPs Breach Prevention Platform for white-labelled security
by Mark Cox •
NY-based MSP Secure Now developed a HIPAA-focused security offering for the health care industry in 2009, and has now added a new offering aimed at the more general market, targeting SMBs, and sold only through partners. Canadian partners are being eagerly sought.
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Cloud, Unified Communications, Voice
Actiance sees big benefits in Skype for Business certification
by Mark Cox •
Apart from the typical benefits from certified status of Microsoft’s validation with customers, Microsoft’s policies of encouraging partnerships is generating new business for Actiance from other Microsoft vendor partners, and developing a higher value-add channel for them.
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Cloud, Software
Archive360 moves beyond mailboxes with Azure archive solution to migrate gray data
by Mark Cox •
Archive2Azure leverages technology from the company’s flagship solution to migrate Office 365 mailbox archives, but is a fundamentally different type of solution, designed for the rest of the data beyond the mailboxes, so companies can get rid of their legacy on-prem storage completely.
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Channel Programs, Cloud, Software
Archive360 targets Microsoft VARs seeking compliant archive migration with channel program
by Mark Cox •
Archive360 says many migrations avoid email archives, and leave much services revenue on the table. Their solution is easy to use, and fully compliant with legal and regulatory requirements.
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Sponsored Content, Virtualization
Top Three Cloud Client-Computing Trends for 2016
by Mark Cox •
In 2016 and beyond, we believe VDI use cases will expand as cost and complexity continues to diminish, and security concerns continue to rise. Here are the top three cloud client-computing trends partners need to know.
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Mobility, Security
Vancouver’s Absolute adds audit functionality with Endpoint Data Discovery feature
by Mark Cox •
The new functionality allows organizations to set policies to define sensitive data, know exactly where this data is on specific endpoints, and take remedial action if its security is endangered.
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Data Centre, Networking
Riverbed responding to fundamental shift in deployment of IT services
by Mark Cox •
At Riverbed’s partner event, their Chief Strategy Officer outlined a complex and model-driven paradigm of how modern IT services are being transformed digitally, and his view of how the company and its partners need to respond. Interestingly, partners seemed to get it.
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Storage
HDS upgrades data protection, security capabilities of HCP Anywhere platform
by Mark Cox •
Hitachi Data Systems continues to expand the functionality of its platform introduced in 2013 as a sync ‘n’ share variant of its Hitachi Content Platform with new and enhanced features.
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Managed Services, Security
IAM startup IDdriven launches Identity-as-a-Service solution
by Mark Cox •
IDDriven has designed a SaaS offering that is full featured while also simple to use, and which they will be selling through a channel that they are looking to grow.
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Cloud, Storage
IBM, Actiance deepen relationship to bring cloud-based data governance to Big Blue
by Mark Cox •
Actiance has previously worked with IBM’s Lotus group on specifically IBM-related tools, but the new deal covers IBM Information Lifecycle Governance and encompasses the entire Actiance platform.
