Encryption

Security

Proofpoint emphasizes usability, visibility enhancements in SMB-focused Essentials solution

February 27, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Proofpoint emphasizes usability, visibility enhancements in SMB-focused Essentials solution
Proofpoint’s historical focus has been higher upmarket, but Essentials, which came originally from a 2013 acquisition, and has been substantially rebuilt from the ground up with an SMB focus, is a key part of their strategy as well.

Data Centre

Pivot3 bakes policy-based data-at-rest encryption into its HCI intelligence engine

December 11, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pivot3 bakes policy-based data-at-rest encryption into its HCI intelligence engine
Pivot3 enhances its security capabilities to provide the same native policy-based management for data at-rest that it has already been providing for performance and for data protection.

Internet of Things

Pulse Secure adds Industrial IoT capabilities to Pulse Policy Secure

December 5, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pulse Secure adds Industrial IoT capabilities to Pulse Policy Secure
Pulse Secure’s NAC solution has addressed the IoT market before, but for the first time they have added functionality specifically designed for Industrial IoT environments.

Big Data

MapR announces platform breakthroughs to deliver paradigm shift in automated analytics time-to-value

June 26, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on MapR announces platform breakthroughs to deliver paradigm shift in automated analytics time-to-value
MapR says these changes will let customers fundamentally reshape their use of analytics, which will also open up new opportunities for their channel partners.

Unified Communications

Sennheiser fills gap in unified collaboration headsets with high-end SDW 5000 Series

June 1, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Sennheiser fills gap in unified collaboration headsets with high-end SDW 5000 Series
Sennheiser is looking to their first unified communication and collaboration headset to further stimulate their Canadian business, which has already been showing strong momentum.

Backup

Asigra adds cybersecurity protection to 14th generation of their backup platform

May 15, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Asigra adds cybersecurity protection to 14th generation of their backup platform
The Asigra Cloud Backup Evolved platform targets ransomware Attack Loops, which corrupt backup data in order to prevent successful restores and force organizations to pay ransoms. It also adds a new management interface, GDPR compliance certification, and container support.

Cloud

NetApp now shipping newly-announced AFF A800 end-to-end NVMe enterprise platform

May 8, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on NetApp now shipping newly-announced AFF A800 end-to-end NVMe enterprise platform
NetApp becomes the first vendor to actually ship a NVMe fabric solution, with the AFF A800.

Hardware

Jabra launches new Engage wireless headset franchise for dense contact centre environments

April 30, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Jabra launches new Engage wireless headset franchise for dense contact centre environments
The Engage franchise, available in models which connect to two and five devices respectively, and in mono, stereo and lightweight convertible models, is designed for dense contact centre environments, and allows for connection of three times as many wireless headsets with no loss of quality.

Security

AppRiver expands Canadian customer, partner base by acquiring Ottawa’s Roaring Penguin

March 28, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on AppRiver expands Canadian customer, partner base by acquiring Ottawa’s Roaring Penguin
The Canadian acquisition is the first step in an AppRiver strategy to expand its presence further beyond the U.S, but it’s not purely about acquiring customers, as some of Roaring Penguin’s anti-spam technology will be integrated into AppRiver’s own offering.

Cloud

Strong channel opportunity in BlackBerry BRIDGE native integration of Microsoft apps within BlackBerry Dynamics

March 20, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Strong channel opportunity in BlackBerry BRIDGE native integration of Microsoft apps within BlackBerry Dynamics
BlackBerry BRIDGE integrates Microsoft Office 365 apps with BlackBerry Dynamics, bridging the two separate containers and encryption models, to provide enterprise security for Office 365.