Microsoft

McAfee brings SaaS ePO to the enterprise as part of new MVISION portfolio

July 18, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off

MVISION Endpoint layers McAfee endpoint protection over Windows Defender, using the latter to manage endpoint defense through ePO, while MVISION Mobile consolidates mobile device security into one console.

CloudJumper adds smooth ability to manage RDmi workloads with Cloud Workspace for Azure

July 18, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off

CloudJumper has had partners ask for this to reduce the complexity of working with Azure, and large integrators who had not worked with the company before see this as a way to make large Azure deployments more cost-effective.

Pax8 announces Professional Services Program to help MSPs fulfill and develop services capability

July 17, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off

Pax8 has introduced new Professional Services at partner request, both to perform services for MSPs who lack the necessary skills at a relatively low cost, and also to teach the MSPs how to repeat the service without assistance later.

Microsoft lays out FY19 vision, strategy and plans for execution at Inspire kickoff

July 16, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off

Consistency is the big strategic theme this year, following a massive restructuring a year ago, but Microsoft still had a to-do list for partners for the year ahead.

DH2i expands Microsoft, VMware, Red Hat relationships and adds new AWS and Docker partnerships

July 16, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off

The expansion of the DH2i-Microsoft relationship is around Linux, while the DH2i partnership with VMware now covers VMware’s cloud solutions as well as on-prem.

Quest sees strong channel role in new Quest on Demand Migration module

July 16, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off

Quest on Demand Migration has been sold since the end of March, but is being officially announced at Microsoft Inspire. All of the deals which have closed in the quarter plus since it has been available have gone through partners.

Cloudian makes complementary move partnering with Storage Made Easy on file sync-and-share solution for compliance

July 11, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off

The Cloudian partnership with Storage Made Easy adds an enterprise file sync-and-share capability to the core Cloudian offering. Cloudian and its channel partners will resell the joint solution.

Parallels adds enterprise features to RAS 16.5 to appeal to growing MSP market

July 11, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off

Some key changes involve Parallels responding to an opportunity created among Citrix and VMware customers by changes to their support and maintenance costs, as well as the End-of-Life of XenApp 6.5.

AMD touts software development as key in their hardware rebound

July 5, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off

Dr. Jeffrey Cheng, the chief software architect at AMD, was just named an AMD fellow. He talks with ChannelBuzz about AMD software’s role in the company’s recent turnaround.