Tag Archive for Google

Cloud software suite provider Zoho looks to add to differentiated value – and values

Zoho, which has expanded its CRM application into a suite of over 40 applications that sells for $30 per user per month, is proud of some elements of their business and product set that they acknowledge are somewhat offbeat.

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.

Palo Alto Networks expands Google partnership to leverage Google Cloud AI capabilities

As part of the enhanced relationship with Google, Palo Alto Networks will now run their Application Framework and GlobalProtect cloud service in the Google Cloud, as they believe its analytics capabilities are the best fit for these applications.

Elastifile deepens Google partnership with first fully managed scale-out file storage service for GCP

The new managed service, operated by Elastifile, but with a Google UI and Google billing of the customer, is the product of a deep collaboration between the two companies.

Lastline releases new Email Defender-Cloud product to channel partners

Network security vendor Lastline has developed a new type of platform for them, around email management, and after a short period where they took it to market themselves, in case bugs which turned out to be non-existent turned up, they have now released it to their channel partners.

ElastiFile emphasizes ability to control costs in public cloud with 3.0 release

ElastiFile 3.0 introduces ClearTier, which facilitates the creation of an integrated file/object namespace, and greatly lowers costs by allowing file systems to be stored in object.

VMware on track for Canadian launch with AWS in first quarter 2019

VMware Canada country manager Sean Forkan

As it launches its VMware on AWS infrastructure offering Australia, VMware sets a target Canadian launch for the first quarter of 2019, and the Canadian team says the timing is ideal for market maturity and demand.

Looker upgrades their platform’s machine learning with highly complementary Google Cloud BigQuery ML integration

The integration between Looker and BigQuery ML unites all elements of data scientist workflows, so they can do all their work without having to Leave Looker.

Google commits to hybrid cloud vision with ‘truly revolutionary’ Cloud Services Platform

At their Google Cloud Next 2018 event, in addition to their new platform, Google announced GKE On-Prem, a version of Google’s Google Kubernetes Engine for container management. They also announced Istio 1.0 is now available for production deployments, and the first service for it.

Sumo Logic lights up Google Cloud Platform with expanded application, TensorFlow integrations

The Sumo Logic expansion of their GCP capabilities brings their GCP support up to the same level as their support for AWS and Azure, making it easier for partners to effectively provide a full multi-cloud strategy.

BetterCloud expands Google partnership with real-time activity-based alerts for Google

The key technology piece here is BetterCloud adding the ability to set policies for alerts without the need for triggers. The new offering is also important, however, as a public reaffirmation of their relationship with Google.

‘Lead With the Cloud’ seminal message to NetApp partners going forward

NetApp’s cloud business is still fairly small, but their offerings will roll out in force this year, and NetApp wants customers to lead with them – a strategic decision that would have seemed bizarre not long ago, but is now central to the new NetApp.

Liquidware strengthens DaaS appeal with new ability to save direct to object-based cloud storage

Liquidware also thinks that the capability to save directly to the AWS, Microsoft and Google object storage clouds, which is a first in this space, will also appeal to customers with a hybrid desktop computing strategy, who are not yet ready for a full move to DaaS.

DataStax makes major enhancements to Apache Cassandra with DataStax Enterprise 6

DataStax, which was the driver in building Apache Cassandra, makes major changes to the platform for the first time in their commercial product, to make it more enterprise-friendly by dramatically upgrading performance and removing manual work.

Elastifile partnership with Google brings their enterprise-grade scalable filer to Google Cloud Launcher

Elastifile, which already has a very close relationship with AWS, deepens their partnership with Google in a way that sees them become the first shared file system on the Google Cloud Launcher.

Acronis partners with Google Cloud, with integrations coming soon

Support for the Google Cloud will be integrated into each Acronis solution at their next release, and Acronis will release a specific backup for Google’s G Suite before the first half of the year ends.