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Pax8 adds five new vendors to linecard

November 9, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off

Cloud distributor Pax8 continues to expand and grow its vendor roster, adding Acronis and Dropsuite in the business continuity space, and IRONSCALES, Passportal and Proofpoint for different things within security.

Office 365 protection enhancements, new blockchain-based service highlight Acronis Data Cloud 7.8 update

November 6, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off

Acronis has also added improved their ransomware protection and added runbooks to their disaster recovery orchestration, democratizing the process so it can be done without professional services. Previously announced Azure and Google Cloud integrations are also part of this release.

Pax8 strengthens backup portfolio with addition of Singapore-based Dropsuite to line card

October 29, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off

Pax8 bolsters MSP choices in email archiving and Office 365 backup with Dropsuite, while emphasizing that they have some technology and pricing features that partners should find attractive.

Major new Azure integration highlights NetApp cloud announcements

October 23, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off

NetApp is touting the new Azure NetApp Files as a huge extension of their Microsoft relationship, which gives them a level of integration with their Azure cloud that Microsoft has not done before with anyone. Other announcements include the General Availability of NetApp Cloud Insights, NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP, and new ONTAP support for NetApp HCI.

Lastline releases new Email Defender-Cloud product to channel partners

October 17, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off

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.

Cohesity announces new Microsoft integrations at Ignite event

September 25, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off

Cohesity says a new integration with Office 365 Exchange Online, support for the new Azure Data Box, and new failover and failback capabilities for Azure DR should make it easier to sell joint Azure-Cohesity solutions, which have shown strong recent momentum.

Microsoft Ignite Preview: Security, AI and the Edge

September 24, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off

Microsoft is making literally dozens of announcements at the event, with Microsoft Authenticator, which the company says will end the era of passwords, and a new Microsoft Search at the top of all 365 apps likely to catch the most headlines.

SolarWinds MSP head Pagliuca emphasizes spirit of partnership in Empower keynote

September 19, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off

SolarWinds SVP and GM Pagliuca kicked off the company’s event in Scottsdale by emphasizing the centrality of partnership between the company and its MSP partners, while talking about what MSPs need to do to be successful and giving them some nuggets about new things they can expect this year.

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

September 18, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off

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.