Firewall

Cloud

Barracuda adds virtual and public cloud firewalls for MSPs

January 23, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Barracuda adds virtual and public cloud firewalls for MSPs
Barracuda thinks that adding these other MSP firewall options will let MSPs create strong services packages with high appeal to customers.

Cloud

Palo Alto Networks extends AWS relationship to enhance firewall scalability

December 5, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Palo Alto Networks extends AWS relationship to enhance firewall scalability
Palo Alto Networks sees its adaption to the new age of cloud security as fundamental, and has been doing what it can to keep its channel partners moving in tandem on this objective.

Mobility

Secure Mobile Access 12.0 upgrade is first SonicWall release as independent company

November 15, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Secure Mobile Access 12.0 upgrade is first SonicWall release as independent company
SonicWall wants more of its firewall-focused partners to sell the endpoint-focused SMA together with the firewalls, saying that they are a logical companion sale.

Security

SonicWALL leader Hutcheson lays out strategy going forward

August 31, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on SonicWALL leader Hutcheson lays out strategy going forward
The new SonicWALL will see big changes and small ones. The big changes are in how the company does business as it untangles from Dell, and it’s a process that they began well before the company was even sold. On the other hand, the new SonicWALL won’t be making significant shifts from its core markets, and partner base.

Cloud

SonicWALL announces technology preview of new Cloud Global Management System

August 30, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on SonicWALL announces technology preview of new Cloud Global Management System
Much of the new technology SonicWALL is previewing on their roadmap at PEAK16 is under media embargo. One element that is not though, is a major one. SonicWALL is announcing a technology preview of its Cloud GMS, which is scheduled for availability in Q4.

Managed Services

Auvik adds NetFlow analysis

June 7, 2016 Robert Dutt 1
Networking RMM vendor partners with Kentik to bring AuvikFlow NetFlow analysis to help MSPs answer common customer questions their networks.

Managed Services

Sophos launches partner program for MSPs

May 9, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Sophos launches partner program for MSPs
While Sophos has MSP partners, they have not had a program that provides support for their specific business model and requirements before now. MSP Connect is aligned with the ways MSPs sell, and provides rewards for upselling and cross-selling Sophos’ broad range of security services.

Networking

New Fortinet security fabric enhances intelligence, awareness

April 26, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on New Fortinet security fabric enhances intelligence, awareness
In addition to the new fabric itself, the security vendor announces two of its key components, a new 6000 level firewall and Fortinet’s new CP9 content processor for deep packet inspection.

Security

Fortinet, Hewlett Packard Enterprise introduce new bundle for enterprise and midmarket

March 3, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Fortinet, Hewlett Packard Enterprise introduce new bundle for enterprise and midmarket
The bundle enhances interoperability between Fortinet’s FortiGate Network Security Platform and the HPE Security Logger products, and will initially be piloted exclusively through Arrow to a limited number of partners, before being opened up later this year.

Security

New Dell SonicWALL Threat Protection Service to be major channel play

March 1, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on New Dell SonicWALL Threat Protection Service to be major channel play
The new service combines one sandbox Dell has used internally, and being productized for the first time, with two licensed third party sandboxes, on the principle that modern threats that try and evade sandboxes won’t be able to evade three different ones at the same time.