Endpoint Security

Managed Services

Carbon Black, Secureworks, expand partnership around Secureworks Red Cloak behavioral analytics

October 11, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Carbon Black, Secureworks, expand partnership around Secureworks Red Cloak behavioral analytics
MSSP partnerships are critical to Carbon Black’s go-to-market, and their partnership with Secureworks, which is one of their oldest, has now been extended.

Security

Kaspersky Small Office Security beefs up protection for Very Small Businesses

September 20, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Kaspersky Small Office Security beefs up protection for Very Small Businesses
This is Version 6 of the low end of the Kaspersky business portfolio, which extends the use of functionality like System Watcher, makes improvements to the management console and the alerting system, and adds a search capability to find third party software that is in need of updates.

Security

FireEye adds machine learning as the fourth engine in Endpoint Security solution

July 31, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on FireEye adds machine learning as the fourth engine in Endpoint Security solution
FireEye has spent the last two years developing its own machine learning engine, which now complements signature, behaviour-based and intelligence-based engines in their endpoint offering.

Security

FireEye looks to further expansion in Canada with new channel solutions, consumption models

May 22, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on FireEye looks to further expansion in Canada with new channel solutions, consumption models
FireEye sells almost entirely through the channel, but has recently doubled down on channel enablement with a series of enablement initiatives that cover product, pricing models, and partner compensation.

Security

Nyotron building out channel for OS-Centric Positive Security solution that plays nice with other products

April 27, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Nyotron building out channel for OS-Centric Positive Security solution that plays nice with other products
It’s early days for Nyotron’s channel in North America, with only a tiny number of partners, and none in Canada, but the company is looking to change that.

Security

ESET sets sights on enterprise market with new cybersecurity offerings

April 18, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on ESET sets sights on enterprise market with new cybersecurity offerings
New offerings include a separate cloud sandbox solution and an endpoint detection and response product, the latter being a first for ESET. ESET Remote Administrator is also being replaced with a new enterprise grade management tool.

Cloud

Kaspersky Lab reaches for the public cloud with new Hybrid Cloud Security solution

April 18, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Kaspersky Lab reaches for the public cloud with new Hybrid Cloud Security solution
The new offering, the first from Kaspersky Lab to provide public cloud protection, will start with support for the AWS and Azure clouds.

Computers

HP touts digital enablement to top partners as key to strategy going forward

April 11, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on HP touts digital enablement to top partners as key to strategy going forward
HP celebrated a very strong year with their top partners at the company’s Executive Forum, outlining the direction of their strategy, and the role of the channel in it.

Security

Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business 11 features dynamic machine learning, EDR integration

April 11, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business 11 features dynamic machine learning, EDR integration
On the pure productivity side, Kaspersky Lab has upgraded its flagship product’s scalability, doubling the number of endpoints it can support per server, and more than doubling performance.

Channel Programs

Carbon Black announces formal Cb Integration Network technology partner program

March 28, 2018 Mark Cox 1
The formalization of the community-based integration network Carbon Black has always had is tied to the development of their new Predictive Security Cloud.