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Cloud

Intermedia adds free Envision analytics for partners to Unite platform

March 4, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Intermedia adds free Envision analytics for partners to Unite platform
Envision provides a Partner Dashboard showing all customers, and a QoS Dashboard that drills down into a single customer, with more analytics dashboards on the roadmap.

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Cloud

Ivanti introduces customizable new asset management solution with Ivanti Asset Manager Cloud

November 20, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Ivanti introduces customizable new asset management solution with Ivanti Asset Manager Cloud
Ivanti Asset Manager Cloud moves the functionality of the old Asset Central on-prem solution to the cloud, and adds new enhancements and customer design capabilities, although existing Asset Central customers will not be forced to migrate.

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Managed Services

ConnectWise lays out key business issues for MSPs, with roadmap of portal and platform changes to address them

November 9, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on ConnectWise lays out key business issues for MSPs, with roadmap of portal and platform changes to address them
At IT Nation Connect, ConnectWise Chief Product Officer Craig Fulton discussed metrics MSPs need to better understand and use, as well as changes that ConnectWise will be making in its platform to help them do that.

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Managed Services

ConnectBooster launches Partner Program around their automated invoicing solution

November 8, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on ConnectBooster launches Partner Program around their automated invoicing solution
ConnectBooster offers MSPs the functionality of their platform, plus the services of their affiliated companies, and has a referral component which will pay the MSP a recurring revenue if ConnectBooster sells the service to a customer

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Storage

Retuned Violin rolls out first of new products aimed at their target extreme performance market

October 2, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Retuned Violin rolls out first of new products aimed at their target extreme performance market
Violin System introduces its first new product since it resurrected from bankruptcy, a NVMe fabric, ultra-low latency offering aimed at the extreme performance market, which is now the focus of Violin’s efforts.

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Big Data

Information Builders gives WebFOCUS platform modernized UI to drive much greater adoption

September 10, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Information Builders gives WebFOCUS platform modernized UI to drive much greater adoption
Information Builders has enhanced the analytics capabilities in their platform, but the big news with this release is the UI changes, designed to make it much easier for a broader range of users to work with.

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Artificial Intelligence

Zoho bringing Zia AI tool into Zoho One suite highlights major upgrades

July 31, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Zoho bringing Zia AI tool into Zoho One suite highlights major upgrades
Other enhancements include a new unified dashboard and unified search feature for all 40 applications in Zoho One, as well as the 40th app – Backstage – an event management solution that is also sold separately.

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Distribution

Tech Data updates Canadian e-commerce site

June 19, 2018 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Tech Data updates Canadian e-commerce site
The new Tech Data Canada shopping site boasts new design and features, and sets the stage for greater integration across the distributor’s business in the future.

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Storage

Pure Storage goes all-in on NVMe with expanded FlashArray//X line

May 24, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pure Storage goes all-in on NVMe with expanded FlashArray//X line
While many customers are still on the fence about NVMe adoption in its early days, Pure Storage is making it easier for them to buy FlashArray//X now and upgrade later, by making the upgrade path simple, and changing pricing policies to encourage people to buy //X now.

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Backup

Dell EMC puts stake in the ground for the channel with three strategic imperatives

May 1, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell EMC puts stake in the ground for the channel with three strategic imperatives
At their Global Partner Summit kicking off their Dell Technologies World, Dell EMC delineated their channel strategy for the year ahead, and a lengthy list of program offerings designed to help execute it.

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Managed Services

BluVector targets midmarket customers, managed services partners with new release of malware detection offering

March 15, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on BluVector targets midmarket customers, managed services partners with new release of malware detection offering
BluVector, which spun out of Northrop Grumman last year, offers defense-grade network security, and uses a channel to reach midmarket customers.

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Security

Enhanced automation, bidirectional integrations highlight DFLabs 4.3 version of IncMan SOAR platform

March 12, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Enhanced automation, bidirectional integrations highlight DFLabs 4.3 version of IncMan SOAR platform
DFLabs is moving to an all-channel model from a hybrid one, and the enhancements – all requested by customers – will make it easier for partners to sell the platform.

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Cloud

Vena adds Revenue Performance Management to portfolio

December 20, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Vena adds Revenue Performance Management to portfolio
Vena expands beyond its corporate performance management software base with a new offering that addresses a key customer pain point, and which the company believes will significantly increase their bottom line.

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Cloud

SugarCRM moves up release cadence, introduces shareable dashboards in Fall ’17 release

October 25, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on SugarCRM moves up release cadence, introduces shareable dashboards in Fall ’17 release
The new release of the SugarCRM flagship product also modernizes the Email module and lets users drill down into the dashboards for more insights.

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Channel Programs

AppRiver adds lead generation module to free appMailer email marketing tool

October 17, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on AppRiver adds lead generation module to free appMailer email marketing tool
The enhanced appMailer platform also provides the ability to share lead generation campaigns through social media.

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Cloud

VIPRE makes move into the cloud with cloud endpoint security offering

October 3, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on VIPRE makes move into the cloud with cloud endpoint security offering
VIPRE Endpoint Security – Cloud Edition, is a built for the cloud solution, not its server product ported into the cloud.

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Security

More open, enhanced ArcSight highlights Micro Focus security enhancements

September 12, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on More open, enhanced ArcSight highlights Micro Focus security enhancements
An integration of ArcSight into the platform of Elastic was also announced, one of what Micro Focus says will be a new strategy of integrations with third parties. An integration between ArcSight and NetIQ Change Guardian, a legacy Micro Focus solution, will also be a portent of things to come internally.

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Big Data

Data Quality vendor Naveego enhances cross-system comparability in new release

August 28, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Data Quality vendor Naveego enhances cross-system comparability in new release
The new Naveego release enhances the ability to check data across different platforms, improves the dashboards, allows writing SQL against non-SQL data sets, and enhances data quality on large data sets.

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Cloud

Intermedia adds new automated marketing campaigns around ransomware, Office 365

August 2, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Intermedia adds new automated marketing campaigns around ransomware, Office 365
While many channel partners still don’t think marketing is worth their time and investment, Intermedia stresses that it has become vital to survival in the digital age.

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