Service Provider

Cloud

Ingram Micro brings platform businesses together under CloudBlue brand

May 2, 2018 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Ingram Micro brings platform businesses together under CloudBlue brand
Ingram Micro announces CloudBlue, a new brand for its cloud platform business, planning to ramp up its offerings for service providers and Cloud Marketplace customers alike.

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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.

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Hardware

Dell EMC unveils Virtual Edge hardware platform for SD-WAN

March 21, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell EMC unveils Virtual Edge hardware platform for SD-WAN
Dell EMC isn’t becoming an SD-WAN vendor, but they will go to market with software partners integrated with their customized x86 adaption in the form of a networking platform, which is the first using the new Intel Xeon D-2100 processor.

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Managed Services

OPAQ adds Palo Alto Networks as key partner on midmarket-focused security-as-a-service platform

February 22, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on OPAQ adds Palo Alto Networks as key partner on midmarket-focused security-as-a-service platform
Palo Alto Networks next-gen firewall offerings are now available as a service on OPAQ’s platform, in one of only two strategic relationships that OPAQ has.

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Channel Programs

Flexxible IT launches multi-tenant Citrix Cloud workspace solution

January 9, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Flexxible IT launches multi-tenant Citrix Cloud workspace solution
U.K.-based Flexxible is growing its presence in North America, and is also introducing their first partner program for North American partners at the Citrix Summit event.

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Cloud

eG Innovations offers native monitoring for Citrix in cloud environment in Enterprise 6.3 release

January 8, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on eG Innovations offers native monitoring for Citrix in cloud environment in Enterprise 6.3 release
While eG Innovations has a broad portfolio of offerings, half of their revenues are related to Citrix, so the lion’s share of the enhancements in this release are Citrix-related as well.

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Mark Hill, vice president of digitization, Cisco
Networking

Cisco eyes lower enterprise agreement limit

November 3, 2017 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Cisco eyes lower enterprise agreement limit
Cisco will soon lower limits on its Enterprise Agreement software sales as it “looks to move more enterprise and commercial business to the new structure.

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Security

Arbor Networks doubles down on SME market with appliance, VM and AWS DDoS options

October 18, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Arbor Networks doubles down on SME market with appliance, VM and AWS DDoS options
Arbor Networks has reached the SME space mainly through managed services until now, but is now offering alternatives in appliance, virtual, and AWS instance form factors.

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Cloud

IR makes updated UC assessment and testing solution available in the cloud

September 25, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on IR makes updated UC assessment and testing solution available in the cloud
Last year, IR introduced a network assessment and testing tool. It is being well received by Microsoft partners, and the new version is switching from software to a cloud-based tool.

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Cloud

Netgear looks to the cloud with new Insight solution for small business

September 19, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Netgear looks to the cloud with new Insight solution for small business
Netgear’s new smart cloud offering provides a free app and a free subscription for a basic version. New switches and APs are required though, and a paid version with unlimited device support and additional features will be available early next year.

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