With its managed service provider (MSP) partner program, SecureAuth aims to exploit the burgeoning demands from service providers by delivering to their clients an identity enforcement platform that is both scalable and has the ability to streamline cloud, virtual private networks, on-premise, or mobile resources. Essentially, MSPs will be able to market SecureAuth technology usingRead more >>

Box has debuted two initiatives for affiliated certified resellers and solution providers, aiming to streamline the adoption of their cloud content management solution, which caters for companies in a variety of weight-classes. According to Tiffani Bova, a Gartner analyst speaking to value added resellers and service providers, “the transition between eras is never smooth, butRead more >>

ManageEngine have established Desktop Central as a means to enhance USB device restriction capabilities, audit software, and inform key decisions regarding licensing procurements or renewals. Desktop Central, ManageEngine’s desktop management technology, has recently been supplemented by Software Metering and USB device policy compliance. According to ManageEngine director of product management Mathivanan Venkatachalam, the augmentation meansRead more >>

In reply to Network Attached Storage (NAS) market prospects expected to reach $6 billion by 2014, Gridstore has unveiled a new comprehensive partner ecology for the small to medium business (SMB) industry. The four tiered partner development strategy aims to half the standalone cost of NAS for SMBs and Value Added Resellers (VARs) using theRead more >>

Acronis’s new campaign aims to encourage access to its VMware virtualization, in response to an industry opportunity it reckons will grow by 50% this year. Acronis and VMware have extended their channel partner program by initiating go-to-market strategies that target small and medium sized businesses (SMBs) in the realm of virtualization and migration. This meansRead more >>

Connectwise, purveyor of automation services for managed IT service providers, has finally finished binding its destiny to Axcient’s backup and business continuity platform. Axcient, a data protection specialist for managed service providers (MSPs) operating in the small to medium business (SMB) ecosystem, will benefit from Connectwise’s integration and automation abilities for their partners. The latter’sRead more >>

VSS monitoring has launched their new planet-wide partner program in partial response to a Frost and Sullivan prediction, which suggested that the network monitoring market opportunity will swell to $1 billion by 2013, with expected telecommunications and video growth pegged at a rampant 50%. This venture, the VSS Monitoring Channel Partner Network, will provide alliesRead more >>

Dell SecureWorks and Qualys have synthesized their skill-sets in a bid to provide Vulnerability Management Services (VMS) to the global market using the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model. “QualysGuard’s features and Qualys’ commitment to customer security and global reach align nicely with Dell SecureWorks’ strategy to offer comprehensive security services with flexible pricing for organizations of allRead more >>

Dell, fourth in line in the total disk storage systems market, has supplemented its storage solution suite with additions to its EqualLogic, Compellent and Powervault ranges, aiming to cash in on big data’s market fertility. Compellent and Powervault are now enabled by new Fibre Channels, whilst EqualLogic benefits from network-attached storage (NAS) and unified storageRead more >>

Informatica recently launched the INFORM Channel Program, a venture aiming to recruit partnerships which will extrapolate the corporation’s penetration into uncharted markets. “The need for comprehensive data integration solutions has never been so vast or urgent,” says Harry Gould, Informatica’s Senior Vice President of Alliances. A more intimate alliance with Informatica would revolve around streamliningRead more >>