marketplace

Backup

Cohesity enables customers to run third party apps on Cohesity platform with SDK and App Exchange

February 26, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cohesity enables customers to run third party apps on Cohesity platform with SDK and App Exchange
Cohesity believes that their bringing compute to where the data sits will allow customers to illuminate previously Dark Data and put it to use in generating better business outcomes.

Channel Programs

CrowdStrike looks to new partner program to expand partner base and aid in market surge

February 5, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on CrowdStrike looks to new partner program to expand partner base and aid in market surge
CrowdStrike has also announced the CrowdStrike Store, which is very similar to the Salesforce AppExchange, and also extended to broaden their routes to market.

Cloud

Cloudistics looks to drive growth with Lenovo partnership and new tools

December 21, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cloudistics looks to drive growth with Lenovo partnership and new tools
Cloud software platform provider Cloudistics has had a strong year, both increasing their own channel significantly and entering into a new partnership with Lenovo. Their software now powers the Lenovo ThinkAgile CP Series, which has a joint go-to-market motion, and Cloudistics expects it will significantly expand their business, outside of North America in particular.

Cloud

CloudJumper strengthens integration with Microsoft on multiple fronts

November 12, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on CloudJumper strengthens integration with Microsoft on multiple fronts
CloudJumper announces that their Cloud Workspace Management Suite in now available on the Azure Marketplace. They also spotlighted their integration with Microsoft Windows Virtual Desktop at the IT Nation Connect event, and created a new position of VP Strategic Alliances, where the management of the Microsoft relationship is a critical element.

Cloud

PagerDuty continues to build out go-to-market model with AWS Marketplace availability

July 20, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on PagerDuty continues to build out go-to-market model with AWS Marketplace availability
The San-Francisco-based company with a strong Canadian connection has been moving beyond their direct model as they expand, introducing a channel program earlier this year, and now making themselves available for sale to AWS customers on that marketplace.

Data Centre

Cyxtera looks to next-gen data centre colo business with new CXD platform and two on-demand services

April 23, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cyxtera looks to next-gen data centre colo business with new CXD platform and two on-demand services
The first two services around the new Cyxtera Extensible Data Center Platform are on demand connectivity and compute, with the latter enabled through a partnership with Nutanix.

Big Data

Hitachi Vantara improves time-to-value for data scientists with new machine learning model management

March 7, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Hitachi Vantara improves time-to-value for data scientists with new machine learning model management
Pentaho machine learning capabilities have been extended with new model management functionality that reduces the amount of time data scientists need to spend manually rewriting algorithms.

Data Centre

Cloudistics formally launches Application Marketplace within Ignite Cloud Controller

March 2, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cloudistics formally launches Application Marketplace within Ignite Cloud Controller
Cloudistics is emphasizing its Application Marketplace to highlight its role in accelerating the deployment of complex applications, something that appeals greatly to partners and customers.

Backup

Veeam discusses why their $42.5 million N2WS acquisition is a very big deal

January 17, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Veeam discusses why their $42.5 million N2WS acquisition is a very big deal
N2WS, which Veeam has just bought, is a focused AWS cloud backup vendor. While they have gone to market through the AWS Exchange so far, they consider the product very channel-friendly for both resellers and MSPs.

Channel Programs

Cloudistics launches channel program with separate VAR, MSP and Technology Partner tracks

November 16, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cloudistics launches channel program with separate VAR, MSP and Technology Partner tracks
On the heels of signing a significant distribution deal with Ingram Micro, Cloudistics has launched a channel program to support their growing partner base.