The Channel Happy Hour

Things We Talk About: Feds Crack Down on Security OpenSSF Funds Secure Open Source Code HelpSystems Acquires Digital Guardian New Relic Acquires Codestream Splunk Expands Scope of Observability Efforts Splunk Updates Partner Program Survey Sees Remote Revaluation

Things We Talk About: MSP Deals Surge CDW Acquires Sirius Google Previews Anthos for On-Premises IT NetApp to Unify Storage New Relic Adds Open Source Observability Platform Barracuda Networks See Spikes in RCE Attacks EfficientIP Revamps Channel Program LF Networking Expands Open Source Portfolio

Things We Talk About: Decryption Tool Controversy Erupts Qualys Adds Ransomware Assessment Tool BMC Acquires Streamweaver Quantum Computing Adds Channel Program ReleaseIQ Takes on Jenkins Chaos Vertica Launches IT Incident Database

Things We Talk About: IT Spending Outlook Improves Akamai Acquires Guardicore CloudBees Acquires Neuralprints Pure Storage Adds DBaaS for Kubernetes Red Extends Ansible Reach Sumo Logic Extends Observability Reach AWS Focuses on Public Sector Google Contributes $1M to Open Source Security U.S. Treasury Discourages Ransomware Payments

Things We Talk About: MSP Survey Surfaces Challenges Druva Accelerates Ransomware Recovery OpsRamp Extends AI Reach to Incident Management Docker Inc. Delivers Faster AWS Adds Managed NetApp Service Clubhouse Becomes Shortcut Nobl9 Adds Channel Program Google Publishes DevOps Report

Things We Talk About: IT Skills Shortage Worsens Security for Remote Work Lags Palo Alto Advances SASE Platform Software Supply Chain Attacks Spike JFrog Acquires Upswift New Relic Report Sees Observability Shift CNCF Advances Crossplane PlanetOne Adds Sales BI Tools for Partners ServiceNow Looks to Boost Employee Experience

Things We Talk About: Security Survey Surfaces Lack of Remote Confidence Palo Alto Unveils Secure WiFi 6 Access Point Dell Streamlines Data Protection Firemon Acquires DisruptOps Lenovo Extends Management Reach to the Edge SPX Becomes ISO Standard for SBOM Survey Highlights Rising Storage Cost Red Hat to Build Analytics Platform for Climate Change

Things We Talk About: Mendix Report Sees Low Code Rise Windows 11 This Way Comes SlashNext Applies AI to Combat Phishing DoJ to Train Cybersecurity Lawyers LogPoint Acquires SecBI Observe.AI Acquires Scope.AI Docker Tweaks License Model CNCF Advances OpenTelemetry Initiative Cradlepoint Unveils 5G Router Salesforce Applies AI to Sales Management

Things We Talk About: Biden Promises Security Guidelines HYCU Tool Assesses Ransomware Recovery Ability Cameyo Obviates VPNs AWS Sets MSSP Competency Hunters Picks Up $30M for XDR Platform IBM Allies with Equinix IBM Unveils AI Inference Engine Chip F5 Networks Makes Open Source Commitment The Rise of WebAssembly

Things We Talk About: COVID Variants Renew WFH Focus Report Identifies Consumerization of IT Security Issues Moderne Allies with Micronaut EdgeQ Melds AI and 5G Kentik Launches Open Source Networking Projects Acronis CEO Outlines Strategy Dataops Opportunity for MSPs Reaches a Zenith

Things We Talk About: Great Resignation Wave Will Hit Channel Foundation to Advance eBPF Formed Kong Takes Aim at Load Balancers Cisco Acquires Epsagon BettyBlocks Raises $33 Million Qualys Acquires TotalCloud Report Finds Rising Threats to APIs Ransomware is Good for MSP Business IBM Refreshes z/OS

Things We Talk About: The Primary Target Cloud Wars Enter Next Phase ServiceNow Acquires Swarm64 Sophos Acquires Refactr Report Surfaces Software Supply Chain Vulnerabilities Epiphany Systems Courts MSPs Kubernetes 1.22 Arrives TriggerMesh Previews Integration Language NVIDIA Lowers Barrier to AI Edge Computing Security Becomes an Issue

Things We Talk About Report: Internal IT Approaches Breaking Point Data Protection Vendors Court MSPs Red Hat Allies with Nutanix Red Hat Embraces Kafka WhiteSource Fixes Vulnerabilities in Code Shoreline Automates Repetitive Tasks Dell Makes Case for On-Premises IT

Things We Talk About: Report: Emerging Tech Makes a Mark AWS Delivers SAN via the Cloud Dremio Adds Managed Data Lake Service CloudFoundry Updates PaaS Environment Cofense Adds Cofense Protect MSP to Thwart Phishing Survey Surfaces Ransomware Damage Sysdig Acquires Apolicy Rapid7 Acquires Intsights Cyber CloudTruth Acquires Tuono Survey Sees DevOps Stagnation

Things We Talk About: IT Spending May Contract Ingram Micro Sale Closes Rapid7 Unifies Security Platform Sophos Acquires Capsule8 Zoho Launches BI Platform Microsoft Unfurls Cloud PC

Things We Talk About: Kaseya Security Nightmare Impact Barracuda Networks Acquires SKOUT HPE Acquires Zerto Cisco Updates Channel Program Gartner Estimates Cloud Provider Share Oracle Makes Cloud Case Red Hat Updates OpenShift Canonical Survey Surfaces Kubernetes Challenges

Things We Talk About: Survey Shows Remote Benefitting MSPs Splunk Unfurls Cloud Security Service Dynatrace Applies AI to Cybersecurity Cowbell Cyber Adds MSSPs to Insurance Program Intel Touts 5G Progress Salesforce Gets DevOps HPE Expands GreenLake Services PagerDuty Transforms IT Incident Management DigitalOcean Allies with MongoDB Ambassador Labs Adds Control Plane for Developers

Things We Talk About: Surveys Surface IT Mess Render Adds Autoscaling Platform Broadcom Adds VSM to Portfolio WSO2 Applies AI to API Management Red Hat Adds VM Migration Toolkit DataStax Embraces Pulsar Red Hat Survey Finds Widespread Container Security Issues Grafana Acquires k6 Survey: Partners Count More on Services Survey: Ransomware Victims Hit Again

Things We Talk About: Cisco Unfurls WebEx Suite Palo Alto Networks Discover Windows Container Attack Deloitte Acquires CloudQuest Nutanix Woos Service Providers CloudBolt Adds Cloud Cost Tool Morpheus Data Deepens Kubernetes Support HashiCorp Increases Terraform Appeal Lightbend Adds Serverless DevOps Platform Snowflake Opens Data Marketplace

We chat with Eric Tinker, newly promoted to senior vice president of commercial sales for Riverbed, about the opportunity network performance management is creating for channel partners.  

We chat with Bob Lord, senior vice president for worldwide ecosystems and blockchain at IBM, about the scope of the opportunities blockchain platforms are presenting partners.

Things We Talk About: Survey Finds Few Citizen Developers FBI Investigating Hundreds of Ransomware Cases Sumo Logic Extends Reach to Security GitLab Acquires UnReview NVIDIA Lays Bare of AI Ambitions GoodData Delivers Headless BI Platform Salesforce Strengthens CDP Hand Dremio Expands Data Lake Cisco Unveils HCI Platform SAP Revamps Compensation Deepgram Deepens AI Engagement

Things We Talk About: Report Details Failures to Remediate Calamu Technologies Raises $2.4M Broadcom Revamps Channel Program Augmentt Debuts SaaS Ops Platform for MSPs Panzura Unveils Global File Systems for MSPs Oracle Adds Arm-Based Cloud Service Databricks Unifies Data Science and Engineering Microsoft Strengthens Managed DevOps Hand AWS Expands Managed ECS Service

Things We Talk About: Cloud Consumption Evolves Security Spending to Soar Rubrik to Combat Ransomware ServiceNow Taps into Microsoft Security Pulseway Gives Voice to RMM Netlify Acquires FeaturePeek AWS Delivers App Runner Nobl9 Open Sources SLO Specification MuleSoft Embraces GraphQL SAS Flexes AI Ambitions Google Makes AI Case AI.redefined Names CEO

Things We Talk About: IT Spending Optimism Comes with Caveats VMware Gets a New CEO DataRobot Acquires Zepl ServiceNow Acquires LightStep ServiceNow Extends OT Reach NetApp Realigns Channel Program U.S. Flexes Ransomware Muscle Report Surfaces Docker API Mess

Things We Talk About: MSPs Need to Lead Observability Charge Splunk Unveils Unified Observability Platform New Relic Open Sources Observability Platform Oracle Revamps Cloud Analytics Service Microsoft Sets Actionable Goals Dell Adds Storage as a Service Civo Launches K3s Cloud Service Red Hat and IBM Launch Konveyor Loft Labs Open Sources Compliance Tool VMware Enlists Partners for Sustainability Aryaka Acquires Secucloud Cisco Partners with Box Survey Illuminates Dark Road to Hybrid Cloud

We chat with Mitel channel chief John Lindsley about the opportunities partners now have to advance collaboration and communications in 2021.

We chat with Chris Lamborn, head of global partner go to market and programs for NetApp, about how the relationship between NetApp and partners is evolving to better reflect where NetApp is now as a provider of IT platforms and services.

Things We Talk About: Channel Looks to the Second Half Red Hat Creates OpenShift Stack IBM Looks to Unify Cloud Services IBM Acquires Turbonomic Strata Identity Focuses on Identity Integration N-able Connects with Microsoft Intune Atlassian Expands Portfolio Reach

Things We Talk About: MSPs Gain Momentum Intel Signals Aggressive Push VMware Makes Digital Workspace Case HubSpot Adds Operations Hub Salesforce Goes Vertical Loft Labs Open Sources K8 Virtualization Software Trend Micro Revamps Channel Program Palo Alto Networks Integrates Asset Discovery WhiteSource Acquires Diffend HackerOne Adds Hackers to Security Workflows

Things We Talk About: Digital Transformations in Doubt Microsoft Acquires Nuance Communications NVIDIA Makes Case for GPUs, CPUs and DPUs Open Grid Alliance Forms Docker, Inc. Adds M1 Support Atrium Raises $13.5M 1Password to Automate Secrets Management The Trouble with DevOps

Things We Talk About: The Primary Target MSPs Double Down on Security Okta Adds Free Dev Edition to Service VMware Adds Container Scanning Tool Kubernetes 1.21 Arrives IBM Rolls Out Financial Services Cloud M-Files Acquires HubShare Digital Workspace Consortium Forms Samsung Revamps Partner Portal End Users Look to Rebel?

We chat with John Curtis, vice president and head of mobile for business to-business at Samsung Electronics America, about recent enhancements to the Samsung channel program at a time when mobile computing has become integral to digital business transformation initiatives.

Things We Talk About: Accenture Survey Surfaces New Channel Era Cisco Goes All in on Subscriptions VMware Goes All in on Subscriptions Too Microsoft Channel Chief Departs AlmaLinux Foundation Formed Free Software Foundation Implodes Oracle Adds Free Cloud Migration Services AWS Adds Mainframe Migration Competency Solvo Automates Cybersecurity Policy Creation CSA Survey Surfaces Cloud Security Confusion

Things We Talk About: SYNNEX Merges with Tech Data Red Hat Extends Alliance with AWS ServiceNow Acquires Intellibot Cisco Extends HashiCorp Alliance OpenJDK Binaries Group Formed Report Surfaces Cloud Native Skills Shortage Sonrai Security Deepens AWS Ties Salesforce Makes Virtual Selling Case Report Sees Rise of Work from Anywhere

Things We Talk About: Oracle Updates Cloud Data Warehouse NetApp Automates Apache Spark Deployments Informatica Deepens Ties to Nvidia JumpCloud Simplifies Mac Deployments Docker, Inc. Raises $23M IT Leaders Demand Security Transparency Sentry Simplifies Mobile App Monitoring Claroty Adds Channel Program

Things We Talk About: Edge Computing Spending to Reach $800B HPE Takes GreenLake to Distribution ServiceNow Gets Low Code Linux Foundation Looks to Secure Software Supply Chains VMware Cozies Up to NVIDIA KPMG Survey Sees AI Spike

We chat with Keith White, senior vice president and general manager for HPE GreenLake Cloud Services, about the role partners and distributors are playing in delivering managed services based on a cloud operating model.

Things We Talk About: Surveys Surfaces Channel Automation Divide Okta Acquires Auth0 Precisely Gets Acquired Airbyte Raises $5.2 million Yugabyte Raises $48M John McAfee Indicted Microsoft Expands Cloud Portfolio Value Stream Management Consortium Bows Microsoft Exchange Servers Under Attack Reblaze Unfurls Managed Reverse Proxy Service Scarf Tracks Open Source Software Consumption

Things We Talk About: VC Funds Pour into Channel Google and MongoDB Extend Partnership Siemens and IBM Extend Alliance Red Hat Extends VM Support SolarWinds Revamps APM Platform Sysdig Contributes Code to Secure Linux Google Underwrites Linux Security Laceworks Gets New CEO AppNeta Launches Channel Program AppDynamics Survey Finds IT in Distress

Things We Talk About: Docker Container Pulls Rise in Q4 CTO.ai Adds Development Platform for Kubernetes Solo.io Delivers Service Mesh Management Tool Python Turns 30 Calligo Acquires Decisive Data Apptio Acquires Targetprocess OutSystems Raises $150M Microsoft Makes Case for Secure Power BI Camunda Expands Channel Program LinearB Aligns with Clubhouse on Project Management

We chat with Tony Beller, senior vice president of the worldwide partner ecosystem at TIBCO Software, to determine what it takes to drive an integration deal in the age of the cloud.

Things We Talk About: Vivun Raises $35M for Pre-Sales Platform Microsoft Details Channel Contributions EraDB Launches Elastic Alternative IBM Revamps Storage Lineup Rewind Acquires BackHub Sauce Labs Acquires AutonomIQ Comparitech Details Credentials Value

We chat with Rolf Heimes, global head of business development at Talend, a provider of a data integration platform, about why the need to integrate data is creating bigger opportunities for channel partners in 2021. 

Things We Talk About: Accenture Study Sees IT Driving Growth ConnectWise Acquires Service Leadership Rapid7 Acquires Alcide Vendia Raises $15M to Disrupt Transaction Processing CloudBees Names New CEO CloudBolt Software Bridges DevOps and IT Divide vFunction Automates Microservices Conversions Linux Foundation Takes Control of Magma AppDynamics Partners with Cisco on Cybersecurity CNCF Graduates OPA HappyFox Brings AI to Slack

Things We Talk About: SAP Launches Digital Transformation Service Emotet Botnet Taken Down Demand for Managed Security Services Rises Exabeam Joins Snowflake Ecosystem ARMO to Simplify Microservices Security TetherView Launches Digital Bunker NVIDIA Launches Certification Program JFrog Partners with Docker, Inc.

Things We Talk About: GOP Criticizes Stimulus Plan Quali Picks Up $54M to Automate App Deployment Rewind Picks Up $15M for SaaS Data Protection Versa Networks Unfurls Channel Program Hitachi Vantara Launches Kubernetes Platform Red Hat Revamps Subscription for Developers Rookout Debugs Third-Party Code Stealthbits Adds Data Privacy Engine Fugue Adds Support for Container Runtimes

Things We Talk About: Managed Services Spending Recovers IBM Acquires Taos Veritas Acquires HubStor Intel Names Gelsinger CEO SAP Sales Chief Exits SurveyMonkey Allies with ServiceNow ThreatLocker Adds PAM Tool Akamai Revamps Channel Program Grafana Adds Free Monitoring Tool Slim.ai Streamlines Containers Sysdig Surfaces Container Usage

Things We Talk About: PC Sales Explode Red Hat Acquires StackRox F5 Networks Acquires Volterra Pax8 Raises $96M TIBCO Closes IBI Acquisition BMC Injects AI into Mainframe Management Tool Commvault Names Global Channel Chief Report Identifies $2T in Software Costs

Things We Talk About: Solarwinds MSP Becomes N-Able Again VMware Sues Nutanix Honeywell to Acquire Sparta Systems Dubber Acquires Speik Apple Suit Against Corellium Suffers Setback IBM Throws Weight Behind Crossplane IBM Integrates Kiali with Iter8 Channel Shows Surprising Resilience in 2020 M&A Frenzy Continues in the Channel

Things We Talk About: SolarWinds Breach Roils Channel Bugcrowd Report Finds More Vulnerabilities CentOS Rebellion Gets Launched IBM Extends Alliance with Samsung Vercel Picks Up $40M to Advance React Framework Nubix Raises Seed Funding for Tiny Containers Red Hat Adds Support for Windows Containers Armory Extends Spinnaker CD Platform LinearB to Automate Project Management Netlify Adds Technology Partner Program NVIDIA Joins AWS Marketplace