Enterprise

Cloud

Datadog responds to Azure momentum with new support for Azure Resource Manager

July 11, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Datadog responds to Azure momentum with new support for Azure Resource Manager
Enterprise-focused cloud monitoring service Datadog also supports the rest of the Microsoft stack, and assisted by select channel partners, aspires to be a one-stop shop to monitor the Microsoft ecosystem.

Data Centre

Nutanix looks to move forward by disrupting itself

June 22, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Nutanix looks to move forward by disrupting itself
At its .NEXT event, Nutanix has been stressing that the company needs to reinvent itself, moving beyond its hyper-converged base, despite the considerable risks in its larger objective of becoming a platform company that can redefine the datacentre’s private cloud.

Security

Data breach costs climb again despite security tech advances: IBM study

June 17, 2016 Mark Cox 1
While advances in technology today provide a stronger opportunity than ever to disrupt attacks, that requires having the right systems in place. Siloed systems, and limited use of the new technologies hurt here. So does the failure of many companies to have a proper incident response plan, which can cut breach costs significantly.

Data Centre

HPE, Docker look to future with major strategic alliance

June 8, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on HPE, Docker look to future with major strategic alliance
The two companies announced a broad range of Docker ready HP servers, which will be available in Q4, and a broad range of Docker integrations and other solutions for HPE, which are available now.

Cloud

Avaya adds Oceana to customer engagement portfolio

June 7, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Avaya adds Oceana to customer engagement portfolio
Built on top of the Avaya Breeze engagement platform, Oceana is designed to deliver on industry promises of next-gen customer engagement, and while it is much more of an enterprise play than mid-market, should be a useful tool for partners who play in the enterprise space.

Mobility

PowWow looks to revolutionize mobile applications with new platform, CEO, channel focus

May 27, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on PowWow looks to revolutionize mobile applications with new platform, CEO, channel focus
PowWow’s platform for turning legacy apps into native Mobile ones with relative ease has just been upgraded, and the company is looking to increase its channel business through a select partner channel.

Channel Programs

SAP Canada contemplates major drop to Large Enterprise line to provide more partner support

May 19, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on SAP Canada contemplates major drop to Large Enterprise line to provide more partner support
SAP Canada is thinking about dropping its one billion dollar threshold defining the direct space to the 500-600 million range, but is emphasizing that the idea wouldn’t be to take more business direct, but to make SAP direct resources available to assist partners in the upper half of the SME space.

Cloud

KEMP 2.0 releases KEMP360 application delivery framework

May 11, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on KEMP 2.0 releases KEMP360 application delivery framework
The new two-component application infrastructure monitoring and management solution is aimed at the enterprise, where the former SMB-focused vendor has been increasingly looking for new business.

Cloud

EMC refines enterprise cloud strategy with Virtustream Storage Cloud

May 3, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on EMC refines enterprise cloud strategy with Virtustream Storage Cloud
The new Web-scale object storage platform will extend on-prem EMC storage and backup applications into the cloud, and continue the trend of requiring the assistance of more channel partners than had been the case when Virtustream was acquired.

Cloud

Hosted workspace vendor CloudJumper spins off from nGenx with unique licensing

May 3, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Hosted workspace vendor CloudJumper spins off from nGenx with unique licensing
CloudJumper thinks its option of a concurrent user licensing model will be particularly popular in larger enterprise accounts, because rather than a license for each named user, it requires only licenses for the maximum number using the offering at the same time.