Licensing

Storage

Formulus Black launches software stack to vastly increase power of In-Memory compute

March 20, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Formulus Black launches software stack to vastly increase power of In-Memory compute
Formulus Black is a software rethinking of technoloigy originally developed by its predecessor company, Symbolic IO, designed to make DRAM non-volatile, inexpensive and usable for storage.

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Backup

Rubrik to offer lower prices and more customer flexibility with new Rubrik Go subscription licensing

March 15, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Rubrik to offer lower prices and more customer flexibility with new Rubrik Go subscription licensing
Rubrik Go is being presented as an option for customers, but the company thinks there’s no reason why a net-new customer who hasn’t already invested in perpetual licenses would want to buy any other way.

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Backup

Datrium shifts licensing default to software model with Datrium Forward

March 12, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Datrium shifts licensing default to software model with Datrium Forward
Datrium moves from their original licensing model to a new framework designed to provide customers with maximum portability and flexibility.

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Managed Services

IaaS provider OrionVM adds UTM provider WatchGuard to their cloud platform

February 26, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on IaaS provider OrionVM adds UTM provider WatchGuard to their cloud platform
OrionVM, which only sells through channel partners, continues to build out what they regard as a highly sophisticated platform, which can compete effectively against the large hyperscalers on margin because all the elements of their stack are built internally rather than licensed.

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Cloud

Kemp expands automation and predictive analytics beyond ADC as part of branding reorientation around customer experience

February 20, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Kemp expands automation and predictive analytics beyond ADC as part of branding reorientation around customer experience
Kemp extends the automation it provided previously, including adding the ability to provide alerts about other part of the stack than their vADCs.

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Backup

Arcserve steps up disaster recovery capabilities in third generation of appliance series

February 5, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Arcserve steps up disaster recovery capabilities in third generation of appliance series
The enhanced DR capabilities and a doubling of effective capacity will allow Arcserve to position the new appliances a little higher upmarket than before.

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Operating Systems

IGEL introduces flexible software-based licensing option with their new IGEL 11 OS

January 31, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on IGEL introduces flexible software-based licensing option with their new IGEL 11 OS
IGEL believes that their new software licensing, on top of their strong momentum in the space, will soon make them the leader in the total number of thin client systems shipped –although only the hardware ones count in the analyst numbers.

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Cloud

Kemp sees use beyond sales in new TCO calculator to assess applicability of consumption-based licensing for customers

January 21, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Kemp sees use beyond sales in new TCO calculator to assess applicability of consumption-based licensing for customers
Kemp has introduced a new TCO calculator that shows customers the difference in costs between metered, perpetual, and competitive licensing options, and is emphasizing its use as an educational tool that shows more than cost savings, illustrating how the alternatives apply in different kinds of scenarios, and whether consumption-based licensing is a good fit for a specific customer.

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Networking

Kemp strengthens application delivery and load balancing interconnect with improved analytics, platform support

December 12, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Kemp strengthens application delivery and load balancing interconnect with improved analytics, platform support
Kemp makes enhancements that leverage the load balancer’s position to provide much deeper analytics about applications, including the ability to assess application health and pre-emptively remediate problems.

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Cloud

Ivanti introduces customizable new asset management solution with Ivanti Asset Manager Cloud

November 20, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Ivanti introduces customizable new asset management solution with Ivanti Asset Manager Cloud
Ivanti Asset Manager Cloud moves the functionality of the old Asset Central on-prem solution to the cloud, and adds new enhancements and customer design capabilities, although existing Asset Central customers will not be forced to migrate.

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Cloud

Liquidware expands Stratusphere capabilities and adds consumption-based pricing option as Desktop-as-a-Service market escalates

November 20, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Liquidware expands Stratusphere capabilities and adds consumption-based pricing option as Desktop-as-a-Service market escalates
Microsoft shipping their turnkey Windows Virtual Desktop in the spring, where Liquidware is a go-to-market partner, is likely to increase partner opportunities around services.

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Managed Services

IT Glue adds new functionality around custom SSL Branding, Office 365 licensing, and their Mobile App

November 13, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on IT Glue adds new functionality around custom SSL Branding, Office 365 licensing, and their Mobile App
The Custom SSL branding overcomes an issue where browsers give insecure warnings when the customer accesses IT Glue documents. Initially, the branding is just for public documents, but will eventually cover everything.

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Backup

Commvault successfully completes reorientation of go-to-market resources towards channel

October 12, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Commvault successfully completes reorientation of go-to-market resources towards channel
Scott Strubel, Commvault’s vice president of worldwide channels discusses the impact of the recent changes to Commvault’s channel operations, and what still remains to be done.

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Managed Services

IT Glue announces multiple new integrations, new IT Glue Academy at GlueCon

September 18, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on IT Glue announces multiple new integrations, new IT Glue Academy at GlueCon
New features include GlueFiles, and Flags, while new integrations include Office 365, and ones with vendors Cisco Meraki, Auvik and Syncro. A contest was also announced to spur automation ideas.

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Big Data

Splunk stresses simplicity for smaller logos with no- or low-cost Insights for Infrastructure

May 4, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Splunk stresses simplicity for smaller logos with no- or low-cost Insights for Infrastructure
Insights for infrastructure is aimed at the sub-$500 million segment, and while not an exclusive channel play, the channel will be an important part of the go-to-market strategy. It will also be available to MSPs, albeit in the single-tenant version that is standard for Splunk.

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Backup

Commvault continues to build out channel exec team with addition of Scott Strubel

April 30, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Commvault continues to build out channel exec team with addition of Scott Strubel
Strubel discusses his return to the channel, how the expanded Commvault executive structure will provide more assistance to partners, and what he intends to accomplish in his new role.

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Managed Services

Addigy adds MDM to their cloud-based MacOS management platform

April 17, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Addigy adds MDM to their cloud-based MacOS management platform
Addigy has filled a specific role in the market, providing multi-tenanted Mac management, but now, propelled by iPad demand, they have expanded that to all Apple devices with a new unified MacOS management platform.

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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.

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Servers

Dell EMC, Nutanix, collaborate on new XC Core licensing and support model

March 6, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell EMC, Nutanix, collaborate on new XC Core licensing and support model
Nutanix also announced a pair of incents, one of which is explicitly around XC Core sales, and the other, covering all Nutanix sales, introduces a five per cent rebate for bringing new customers to Nutanix.

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Cloud

Tech Data looks to grow Oracle business by adding Oracle universal cloud credits to StreamOne

February 16, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Tech Data looks to grow Oracle business by adding Oracle universal cloud credits to StreamOne
Oracle introduced universal cloud credits for their IaaS and PaaS services last fall to both assist on-prem customers transition to the cloud and expand their market. Tech Data making the credits available on their StreamOne marketplace is designed to help here, and is likely to add new partners to Oracle’s channel.

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