Pulse Secure

Mobility

Pulse Secure extends Zero Trust capabilities adding SDP integration to VPN

February 22, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pulse Secure extends Zero Trust capabilities adding SDP integration to VPN
Pulse Secure believes that the less familiar Software Defined Perimeter architecture market has reached a critical point in market acceptance.

Channel Programs

New Pulse Secure partner program reworks philosophy to emphasize mutual commitment

January 24, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on New Pulse Secure partner program reworks philosophy to emphasize mutual commitment
The new channel program is much deeper and more fully built out than the original one designed when the company spun out of Juniper, as Pulse Secure wants its program to enable more committed and better trained partners – as well as reduced numbers of them.

Cloud

Pulse Secure introduces full-featured vADC Community Edition to turn developers into fans

January 17, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pulse Secure introduces full-featured vADC Community Edition to turn developers into fans
Pulse Secure has had free ‘try before you buy’ products before, but this new Community Edition has all the features of the full version, and with no time limit on use. The only limitations are that its scalability is limited to smaller applications, and it lacks the full management and Pulse Secure support.

Internet of Things

Pulse Secure adds Industrial IoT capabilities to Pulse Policy Secure

December 5, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pulse Secure adds Industrial IoT capabilities to Pulse Policy Secure
Pulse Secure’s NAC solution has addressed the IoT market before, but for the first time they have added functionality specifically designed for Industrial IoT environments.

Cloud

Pulse Secure looks to channel to lead creative disruption in growth of Virtual ADC business

August 20, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pulse Secure looks to channel to lead creative disruption in growth of Virtual ADC business
Pulse Secure is seeing strong momentum in its virtual ADC business this year, with the growth of cloud applications, and is looking to both cloud-focused partners and their traditional partners broadening out their business to continue the trend.

Cloud

Pulse Secure adds new features, extends firewall integrations in Pulse Policy Secure 9.0

July 24, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pulse Secure adds new features, extends firewall integrations in Pulse Policy Secure 9.0
New features in Pulse Policy Secure include the improvement of Pulse Profiler, the addition of MacOS device support and improved vulnerability assessment capabilities, but from a channel point of view, the most important thing like is likely the deepening of integrations with the major firewall vendors.

Cloud

Pulse Secure Access solutions now certified for Microsoft Azure cloud

June 25, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pulse Secure Access solutions now certified for Microsoft Azure cloud
Pulse Secure’s flagship access joins their vADC in the Azure cloud, broadening their hybrid cloud strategy which already had a fuller AWS presence.

Cloud

Security, compliance and usability are enhancements in Pulse Connect Secure 9.0 release

May 23, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Security, compliance and usability are enhancements in Pulse Connect Secure 9.0 release
Features likely to be of significant interest to the partner community include new Android on-demand capability, as well as deployment capability on AWS as well as Azure.

Cloud

Pulse Secure adds cloud and virtual Pulse Secure Appliances

April 10, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pulse Secure adds cloud and virtual Pulse Secure Appliances
The expansion of the PSA appliances beyond their original form factor will open up new opportunities for Pulse Secure partners, particularly around LAN security regarding contractors and partners, which has become a subject of major concern, and where cloud and virtual models offer more flexibility for some use cases.

Partnerships

Pulse Secure, Fortinet announce technology, go-to-market integration

March 28, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pulse Secure, Fortinet announce technology, go-to-market integration
The deal goes beyond the technology integration and makes Pulse Secure and Fortinet strategic partners. The go-to-market element will see the two companies proactively identify a cadre of strong mutual partners, and use them to drive the solution to market.