Data Lake

Big Data

Palo Alto Networks unveils ‘super-EDR’ capability with Cortex platform and key Cortex XDR application

February 27, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Palo Alto Networks unveils ‘super-EDR’ capability with Cortex platform and key Cortex XDR application
Cortex is the next-generation of Palo Alto Networks’ Application Framework, with the ability to create a much deeper data lake and analyze it more effectively. The newly announced Traps 6.0 endpoint solution contributes to this, as it now gathers data like an EDR solution for the first time.

Big Data

Major new channel synergies anticipated from Qlik acquisition of Attunity

February 21, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Major new channel synergies anticipated from Qlik acquisition of Attunity
While Attunity’s smaller channel, which is principally SI’s, will realize more significant and elastic capabilities through Qlik, Qlik’s legacy channel, which is much larger, will reap new data integration capabilities. This is something Qlik sees as vital because of where they believe the analytics market is headed.

Cloud

Attunity unveils new solutions to automate the data pipeline to Azure

February 14, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Attunity unveils new solutions to automate the data pipeline to Azure
For channel partners, Attunity’s new level of automation of the data pipeline to the Azure cloud frees them from migration processes that took months, and lets them provide more strategic services to customers.

Big Data

New Pentaho-Hitachi Content Platform integration strengthens, simplifies Pentaho use of unstructured data

December 5, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on New Pentaho-Hitachi Content Platform integration strengthens, simplifies Pentaho use of unstructured data
The new Pentaho 8.2 release also makes hybrid cloud data management easier, and adds new and updated ecosystem support, including their first with the Jupyter Notebook open-source web application.

Backup

Commvault launches ‘know your data’ solution with Commvault Activate

October 15, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Commvault launches ‘know your data’ solution with Commvault Activate
Commvault has had their Activate solution for discovery of data available for a while, but is formally launching it now, as a core component of their simplified four product area portfolio, and says that it will be a strong product for channel partners.

Big Data

Splunk enhances analytics scalability, allows separate scaling of compute and storage and enables LOB users in new platform release

October 2, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Splunk enhances analytics scalability, allows separate scaling of compute and storage and enables LOB users in new platform release
Splunk’s announcements at the outset of their Spunk .conf18 event include significant new updates of their Splunk Enterprise and Splunk Cloud platforms

Servers

Supermicro ships top-performing 1U all-flash storage server optimized for Samsung NF1 NVMe storage

September 6, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Supermicro ships top-performing 1U all-flash storage server optimized for Samsung NF1 NVMe storage
Supermicro and Samsung will jointly promote the new server aggressively because of its specific customization for the new Samsung SSDs.

Security

Gigamon adds ability to address data retention security issues as well as data acquisition with ICEBRG acquisition

July 24, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Gigamon adds ability to address data retention security issues as well as data acquisition with ICEBRG acquisition
ICEBERG, a startup, was still in the direct selling stage and selling to larger companies, but Gigamon will fully open the SaaS offering up to partners, including MSP partners to take this lower in the market.

Security

Optiv continues to build out Canadian presence, adding three new executives

June 25, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Optiv continues to build out Canadian presence, adding three new executives
Debbie Heiser has moved to a new position, as vice president, Canadian services delivery, while Daina Proctor has been appointed as a regional director for the National Capital Region and Western Canada. Osman Baig is now a regional director for Optiv in Toronto.

Big Data

AtScale brings their Data Lake middleware to Amazon, Microsoft and Google cloud marketplaces

June 12, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on AtScale brings their Data Lake middleware to Amazon, Microsoft and Google cloud marketplaces
AtScale allows organizations to use their familiar BI tools like Tableau and Excel to process Big Data at extreme speeds. The new cloud marketplace initiative is aimed mainly at departments of enterprises.