Private Cloud

Backup

Canonical sees huge boost to OpenStack from Bootstack integration with Trilio backup and recovery solution

May 23, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Canonical sees huge boost to OpenStack from Bootstack integration with Trilio backup and recovery solution
Canonical believes that bringing Trilio directly into Ubuntu will have a profound impact on OpenStack enterprise adoption, making OpenStack much more attractive to the private cloud market and allowing its cost advantages over Vmware to have more resonance.

Backup

Commvault adds Office 365 indexing and discovery to their Azure Stack Integration

April 23, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Commvault adds Office 365 indexing and discovery to their Azure Stack Integration
The Commvault enhancement allows the indexing and searching of OneDrive for Business documents saved on Azure Stack hybrid clouds, something that will have strong relevance for compliance use cases.

Cloud

Palo Alto Networks to enhance full range of protection for full range of public clouds

February 15, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Palo Alto Networks to enhance full range of protection for full range of public clouds
Improvements to Palo Alto Networks’ Next-Generation Security Platform will extend inline, API-based and host based are protections for all three major public clouds.

Security

SonicWall brings three new solutions into beta trials

February 1, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on SonicWall brings three new solutions into beta trials
SonicWall Capture Client, SonicWall Network Security virtual next-generation firewalls and the SonicWall virtual web application firewall are all scheduled for release in Q2.

Channel Programs

Avaya seeing rebound in business for Canadian channel

February 1, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Avaya seeing rebound in business for Canadian channel
Avaya’s restructuring issues in 2017 had an impact in the midmarket in Canada which is served by the channel. Those problems have disappeared, and Avaya is bullish about its Canadian channel business moving forward.

Storage

Retuned Violin looks to play sweet music by focusing on roots in new strategy

January 22, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Retuned Violin looks to play sweet music by focusing on roots in new strategy
Violin Systems CEO Ebrahim Abbasi talks with ChannelBuzz about his plans to return the all-flash pioneer to relevance and long-term success following their late-2016 Chapter 11.

Channel Programs

ZeroStack remakes channel program for those looking to transition businesses to hybrid cloud

January 22, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on ZeroStack remakes channel program for those looking to transition businesses to hybrid cloud
The new ZeroStack channel program is aimed at attracting both VARs and MSPs who want to add a cloud component to their business, but don’t know how to do it.

Cloud

Channel needs to make its decisions on cloud in 2018: Palo Alto Networks

December 22, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Channel needs to make its decisions on cloud in 2018: Palo Alto Networks
Palo Alto Networks Canadian country manager Rob Lunney emphasizes that both the opportunities and dangers of the cloud for the channel are greater than ever, and partners need to be proactive in adjusting their business models to the future.

Cloud

SugarCRM moves up release cadence, introduces shareable dashboards in Fall ’17 release

October 25, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on SugarCRM moves up release cadence, introduces shareable dashboards in Fall ’17 release
The new release of the SugarCRM flagship product also modernizes the Email module and lets users drill down into the dashboards for more insights.

Cloud

Kaspersky makes upgrades to Kaspersky Private Security Network

September 7, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Kaspersky makes upgrades to Kaspersky Private Security Network
The private version of the Kaspersky Security Network, aimed mainly at regulated organizations, broadens reputation-based analysis, adds whitelisting capability, and improves third-party integration.