Tag Archive for Managed Services

Pulse Secure combines VPN, NAC and EMM in new central policy manager

The Juniper spinoff previously had separate box-by-box management for the broad range of capabilities it offered, and being able to do everything now through one pane of glass becomes a competitive advantage.

Recent Premera attack proves breaches in healthcare will continue to skyrocket

Jim Bindon, director of Vertical Markets and SolutionsPath Engagement Service for Avnet Technology Solutions Americas

Avnet Technology Solutions’ Jim Bindon offers a rundown on the security threats faced in the healthcare industry, and how solution providers can help.

Liaison Technologies unveils first Data Platform-as-a-Service

Liaison has offered enterprise data integration and data management solutions for 15 years, but their new Alloy Platform features exceptionally agile micro-services architecture to handle modern data workloads and deliver the plumbing infrastructure which powers enterprise analytics.

OnX adds two IT Service Management offerings to its Managed Services division

OnX Managed Services is a fast-growing part of the solution provider’s business, which now accounts for almost 40 per cent of its earnings.

Tech Data Canada partners with Quatrro to extend partner access to Office 365 via CSP

Greg Myers, senior vice president of sales and marketing at Tech Data Canada.

Services relationship will help more resellers meet Microsoft’s support requirements to offer Office 365 via its Cloud Solution Provider program.

CompTIA to unveil new ultra-simple business model assessment tool

Unlike previous CompTIA tools in this area, this one is focused on business models rather than financials, and is designed to be extremely simple to use

Channel needs to walk fine line on innovation to win today’s SMB business

Today’s SMBs want to see evidence of innovation from their trusted advisors, but at the same time, solution providers should avoid falling into a false either-or trap – either you get on the cutting edge and change your business model, or you will be out of business soon.

Dimension Data Canada deepens western Canada presence with area sales director hire

Alberta’s oil-related problems are leading to more interest in cloud and managed services, which can be funded from operational budgets at a time when staff and capital budgets are being trimmed.

Alert Logic unveils new security suite to manage entire application stack

Cloud Defender combines existing Alert Logic solutions with new analytics and security services to provide a fully managed SIEM solution which addresses the entire stack rather than specific applications.

Internet of Things has strong potential for Canadian MSPs: AVG

AVG’s commercial market strategy is now based around MSPs, who the company thinks are well positioned to handle the additional management tasks that the Internet of Things is bringing.