The Channel Happy Hour

Things We Talk About:

• IPO Frenzy Hits Tech
• HP, Inc. Promotes Social Responsibility
• Pure Storage Acquires Portworx
• Catchpoint Buys Webpagetest.org
• Mullen Joins Insight Enterprises
• SentinelOne Automates DevSecOps
• RangeForce Adds Cybersecurity Training Service
• VMware Tweaks Kubernetes Portfolio
• Mirantis Adds Free Kubernetes Tier
• ServieNow Extends DevOps Reach Again
• NGINX Adds Service Mesh
• OutSystems Brings AI to Low Code Platform
• Spiceworks Ziff Davis Survey Sees Flat IT Spending

Things We Talk About:

• SolarWinds Survey Finds IT Happier
• Election Security Becomes Bigger Concern
• NVIDIA to Acquire Arm
• Puppet Acquires Chef
• StackRox Picks Up $26.5M in Funding
• Tintri Consolidates Channel Program
• Red Hat Opens Marketplace
• Puppet Partners with Replicated
• Nutanix Adds PaaS for Kubernetes

We chat with John O’Shea, newly appointed president for the Americas for Tech Data, about where the channel is headed next in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Things We Talk About:

• Worst and Not So Bad Disty Times
• Veritas Hires Channel Chief
• Actminds White Labels AI Service
• Netskope Launches Free Security Alert Service
• Security Compass Unfurls DevSecOps Platform
• AWS Fires Off Bottlerocket Linux Distro
• Lenovo Updates HCI Platform
• VMware Sees Java Apps Moving to Kubernetes
• Mendix Updates Low-Code Platform 

Things We Talk About:

• IT Vendors Weather COVID Storm
• Kaseya Acquires Graphus
• SaaS Alerts Launches MSP Platform
• Rancher Labs Donates Kubernetes Distro to CNCF
• GitLab Presses DevSecOps Case
• Enterprise IT Organizations Lean More on MSPs

We chat with Tim Nielsen, vice president of sales and solutioning for Otava, a provider of hosting platforms for IT services providers, about what it really takes to sell IT solutions in the post COVID-19 era.

Things We Talk About:

• Dell Hires New Channel Chief
• HPE Elevates Channel Chief
• TIBCO Names Channel Chief
• Lawyers Sue IBM Over Commissions Again
• Asigra Adds Multifactor Authentication
• Container Ecosystem Expands
• Red Hat Expands OpenShift Portfolio
• VMware Extends IT Automation Reach
• Sysdig Surfaces Container Security Issues
• Akamai Identifies Copycat Criminal Activity
• Reports Highlight Misconfiguration Issues

Things We Talk About:

• Dell Extends Flexible Payment Plan
• Slack Strengthen Cybersecurity
• Adaptive Shield Secures SaaS Apps
• Mirantis Acquires Lens IDE
• Nutanix Brings HCI to AWS
• Oracle Unfurls Managed JSON Database
• CircleCI Extends Salesforce Alliance

We chat with Zane Long, senior vice president for global channel sales for RingCentral, about why thanks to a new IGNITE program why the collaboration opportunity for partners in the age of COVID-19 goes way beyond video conferencing.

Things We Talk About:

• Second Half of 2020 Looks Cloudy
• Linux Foundations Adds Open Source Security Arm
• Harnes Acquires Drone CI Project
• VMware Brings Hybrid Cloud to Virtual Desktops
• Red Hat Updates Virtualization Platform
• Docker, Inc. Sees Increased Container Usage
• Kublematics Creates Operators Hub
• Microsoft Bows Service Mesh
• The Syndicate Group Creates Channel Board
• Digital Defense Adds MSP Program