VDI

Managed Services

Ottawa’s Tehama partners with IGEL, Teradici on secure virtual workspace solution for AWS

January 25, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Ottawa’s Tehama partners with IGEL, Teradici on secure virtual workspace solution for AWS
Tehama just came to market in the last year, and sees their differentiated solution as a logical one for service providers. They will be at MSP Expo in Fort Lauderdale next week to demonstrate it.

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Cloud

CloudJumper looks to expand their Cloud Workspace presence in Canada with master reseller agreement with TNG

January 17, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on CloudJumper looks to expand their Cloud Workspace presence in Canada with master reseller agreement with TNG
Burlington ON-based TNG is playing a key role in expanding CloudJumper’s presence in Canada, and thinks that the DaaS and WaaS markets in Canada are ready for strong growth this year.

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Mobility

ThinPrint partners with Stratodesk to bring enterprise plug and play printing to Citrix Workspace Hub

January 8, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on ThinPrint partners with Stratodesk to bring enterprise plug and play printing to Citrix Workspace Hub
The ThinPrint Hub collaboration, which also involves NComputing on the hardware side, is not designed exclusively for larger enterprises, but those will likely be the ones who see the most value in it.

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Cloud

BlackBerry partners with Awingu to add VDI enablement abilities to BlackBerry UEM and BlackBerry Access

November 19, 2018 Mark Cox 1
Awingu joins the BlackBerry Partner Program as an ISV, and their solution, which runs inside the BlackBerry Access browser, will be sold through BlackBerry, significantly expanding Awingu’s channel.

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Data Centre

HPE unveils high-density SimpliVity HCI solution for space-constrained environments

July 6, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on HPE unveils high-density SimpliVity HCI solution for space-constrained environments
The HPE SimplVity 2600, which is the first SimpliVity that is entirely software-optimized, is being pitched at the VDI market to start, but the company thinks its flexibility will eventually take it beyond that.

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Cloud

Bitdefender launches first cloud workload security platform integration with Nutanix Prism

May 11, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Bitdefender launches first cloud workload security platform integration with Nutanix Prism
Bitdefender and Nutanix expand their earlier integration with one at an API level which deepens Bitdefender’s capabilities in the Nutanix cloud.

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Data Centre

Pivot3 expands Zerto, VMware partnerships around increased enterprise use cases

February 21, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pivot3 expands Zerto, VMware partnerships around increased enterprise use cases
The introduction of their Acuity platform last year has deepened Pivot3 presence in the enterprise, which has in turn led them to strengthen their technology partnerships which address this space.

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Virtualization

IGEL North America CEO Ayres looks to disrupt end user computing market

February 7, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on IGEL North America CEO Ayres looks to disrupt end user computing market
IGEL kicked off its first North American customer event in North America emphasizing their goal of disrupting the end user space through their 100 per cent channel strategy.

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Cloud

Liquidware sees pure Desktop-as-a-Service beginning to emerge

January 9, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Liquidware sees pure Desktop-as-a-Service beginning to emerge
Liquidware sells entirely through channel partners, and uses a relatively small value channel because of their enterprise focus. Their solution works in any desktop environment, however, so they are on the lookout for potential new partners at Microsoft events.

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Virtualization

HP brings design flair to HP t310 G2 All-in-One Zero Client

January 5, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on HP brings design flair to HP t310 G2 All-in-One Zero Client
HP responds to a change in both use cases and user expectations with the redesign of their All-in-One Zero Client.

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Servers

Dell EMC makes HCI appliances available on PowerEdge 14th gen servers

December 1, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell EMC makes HCI appliances available on PowerEdge 14th gen servers
In addition to the souped-up servers, Dell EMC has also simplified the ordering process by which partners acquire these HCI appliances.

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Virtualization

NComputing relaunches VERDE with VERDE VDI 8.1 release

June 14, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on NComputing relaunches VERDE with VERDE VDI 8.1 release
Enhancements include IBM Bluemix support, which significantly strengthens VERDE as an MSP offering.

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Channel Programs

Workspot adds second partner program for Cloud Consultant partners

May 16, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Workspot adds second partner program for Cloud Consultant partners
SaaS-based Workspot is creating the new channel program specifically for cloud-focused partners, following the strong growth of their business this year around Microsoft Azure.

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Virtualization

Dell collaborates with Citrix on new XenDesktop VXRail solution

January 18, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell collaborates with Citrix on new XenDesktop VXRail solution
The offering with Citrix provides the same capabilities of the latest version of a VMRail VMware solution announced at last year’s Dell EMC World, and gives Dell partners an offering for their Citrix focused customers.

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Cloud

HPE, Atlantis kick off new hyper-converged infrastructure Citrix Ready program

January 9, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on HPE, Atlantis kick off new hyper-converged infrastructure Citrix Ready program
Citrix has announced the Citrix Ready HCI Workspace Appliance Program, with Atlantis and HPE collaborating with Citrix on the first offering in it, the HPE Intelligent Edge Workspace. It is a turnkey virtual workspace appliance with mid-market simplicity and pricing.

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Mobility

IGEL unveils tiny Linux thin client for specific BYOD use cases

December 14, 2016 Mark Cox 1
The IGEL UD Pocket measures 22.4mm x 12.2mm x 6mm, and weighs 3 grams.

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Virtualization

Dell refreshes mid-range thin client lineup with Wyse 5060

December 2, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell refreshes mid-range thin client lineup with Wyse 5060
The next-generation replacement for the Dell Wyse 5020 is 30 per cent faster than its predecessor.

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Partnerships

Atlantis Computing expands Citrix partnership, announces new one with Rancher Labs

October 25, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Atlantis Computing expands Citrix partnership, announces new one with Rancher Labs
The new Atlantis integration with Citrix brings its VDI infrastructure directly into Citrix management interfaces, while the new partnering with Rancher Labs integrates Atlantis’ management interface with theirs to better manage containers.

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Partnerships

Scale Computing, Workspot collaborate on simple, integrated SMB VDI solution

October 4, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Scale Computing, Workspot collaborate on simple, integrated SMB VDI solution
Both Scale and Workspot extend their partnering strategies to produce a simple turnkey VDI solution well timed with Citrix’s end of lifing of its VDI-in-a-Box offering.

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Channel Programs

With EMC integration pending, Dell channel business still trending

June 30, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on With EMC integration pending, Dell channel business still trending
Dell’s channel business did very well in the first quarter of their new year. At this stage though, there is still no definite clarity on the channel implications of assets entering Dell – and exiting it, with the SonicWALL divestiture.

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