The Channel Happy Hour

This Week We Talk About

IBM Brings Blockchain to the IT Services MixPulseway Adds Patch Management Service for ApplicationsU.S. Army Looks to Advance Intrusion DetectionBeyondTrust Pushes Just-In-Time Compliance via PartnersAppRiver Adds Encryption Software to PortfolioHarness Picks up $60M for DevOpsSauce Labs Acquires ScreenerVMware Goes Deep on KubernetesDiamanti Updates Bare Metal Kubernetes ApplianceSalesforce Infuses More AI into Sales CloudAre There Really Only Two Clouds?

We are joined by Greg Praske, Co-Founder and CEO for ARG, a provider of managed services, and Mike Shonholz, Chief Revenue Officer for ARG.  We talk about MSPs and what the future may hold.

This week we talk about:

Cybercriminals Target the Channel

Mueller Report Details Russian Cybersecurity Strategy

Automation Anywhere Looks to Build RPA Ecosystem

Former SAP Cloud Exec Joins Google

CloudBees Buys Electric Cloud

Salesforce Simplifies Building of AI Models

Zoho Adds Marketing Hub to Zoho One

Verint Launches AI Blueprint

Mendix Brings Low-Code to Kubernetes

Cisco Extends Alliance with Dimension Data

Red Hat Publishes Open Source Adoption Report

What We Talk AboutHPE to Sell Nutanix as a Managed ServiceFortinet Extends Security FabricSophos Provides Cybersecurity Visibility into the CloudTripwire to Rely on Channel for GrowthTech Data Adds Blue Cat for DNS AppliancesGoogle Rebrands Hybrid CloudAtos and CloudBees Launches Managed DevOps ServiceGoogle Extends Partnership with TigeraGoogle Extends Partnership with Robin.ioxMatters Adds Flow Designer to Meld DevOps and ITILIt’s the Best and Worst of Times for the Channel

This week we talk about:

Intel Ushers in Data-Centric Computing Era

Intel Strengthens Hardware Security

Aruba Expands Reach into IoT Security

ConnectWise Adds Security Operations Center

Oracle NetSuite Launches SuiteLife for Partners

VMware Plans to Overhaul Channel Program

SAP Restructuring Drives High Profile Exec Departures

Rackspace Outlines Alternative Cloud Strategy

VMware Doubles Down on Automation

Pivotal Beta Tests Automation Framework

Zoho Goes Toe to Toe with Salesforce

This week we talk about:Adobe Looks to the Channel to Drive Big Data StrategyMicrosoft Takes Down Some Malware Bad GuysCyber X Raises $18M to Secure Industrial NetworksTech Data Embraces Robotic Process AutomationDid Pulseway Hook Up with Kaseya?Kubernetes 1.14 Arrives on WindowsArrcus Extends Modern NOS PlatformFormulus Black Advances In-Memory ComputingWhat Makes Cloud Computing So Damn Hard?

This week we talk about:VMware Preps Ambitious End-to-End IT Service for Channel PartnersCybersecurity Skills Gap Becomes AcuteEfficientIP Enhances Channel ProgramZoho to fire up AU cloud, double channelDell Partners Add Over 60,000 Logos in Fiscal 2019Docker Turns 6Gravitational Simplifies Kubernetes DeploymentsOracle Extends App PortfolioHave We Achieved Managed Services Critical Mass?

Here are this week’s top headlines:F5 Networks to Acquire NGINXEU Payment Services Directive LoomsDFLabs Brings SOAR to Managed Security Service ProvidersCohesity Signs Reseller Agreement with CiscoIT Glue Extends Integrations for Documentation PlatformVectra Gets a New Channel ChiefNVIDIA to Acquire MellanoxContinuous Deployment Foundation FormedIs It Taking Too Long to Sell Solutions?

This week we talk about:

Juniper Acquires Mist Systems

VMware Unveils Service Defined Firewall

PagerDuty Creates DevSecOps Ecosystem

SonicWall Details SMB Security Strategy

Hitachi Ventara Extends Channel Alliance with Cisco

Digital Ocean Opens App Store

SAP Names Chief Partner Officer

ITIL Gets Agile

Where the Demand for DevOps Expertise Is

Customer Success Platforms Emerge in the Cloud

Professional Services Firms Targeting SMB customers with IT services?

This week we talk about:

Thoma Bravo Creates 70+ Millionaires at ConnectWise

Symantec Looks to Build Cybersecurity Ecosystem

Splunk Fine Tunes Approach to the Channel

Lastline Partners with SYNNEX

DataBank Hires a Channel Chief

VMware Gets DevOps Religion and Opens Up to Kubernetes

Rancher Labs Preps Lightweight Kubernetes

Operators to Transform IT Management

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