Emerging Technology Hub
Ignition smashes into CASB market with Bitglass deal
Bitglass signs up first distributor following UK launch earlier this year
Through GDPR-tinted glasses
With this year's InfoSec Europe the last before GDPR's implementation, channel partners explain to Tom Wright how vendors gave their products a marketing makeover ahead of its implementation next May
Voice assistant robot sales come to life
Driven by advances in AI, sales of voice-based assistant robots made up nearly half of total service robot sales last year, according to TrendForce
Maxta launches in UK to take on Nutanix and VMware with 'unique' channel model
Maxta provides a hyperconverged solution through life-time licences that never have to be renewed
Security vendor ZoneFox appoints Distology for channel push
ZoneFox looks to continue partner recruitment as it moves to two-tier model
Selling without a sales force
A number of emerging technology resellers are breaking from the norm by employing only technical staff. Tom Wright asks what's behind the trend, and how it is possible for a reseller to function without any salespeople
Ironscales phishing for partners following UK launch
Israeli vendor offers phishing remediation solutions
Microsoft-backed Aqua Security launches in the UK
Aqua Security looks to take lion's share of emerging container security space
How to launch a ransomware attack in less than an hour
With ransomware arguably the number-one cyber threat to businesses of all sizes, Ignition Technology's CTO Paul Risk set out to discover just how easy it is to profit from the notorious malware. Tom Wright reports
Security vendor TrapX targets UK Cisco and Palo Alto Networks partners
TrapX on the hunt for UK partners as it shifts from direct to channel model
Too disruptive? Cato Networks hits back at concerns its technology could alienate channel
Vendor whose goal is to converge networking and security in one solution responds to suggestions that its next-generation technology could be too disruptive for some resellers
Scottish security start-up ZoneFox on the prowl for UK partners
User behavioural analytics vendor set for London office and partner recruitment drive after securing Series A funding
Illusive looks to stamp out 'tens of thousands' of false positives with deception technology
Cybersecurity deception vendor recently launched in the UK and has 10 channel partners
Palo Alto Networks wields LightCyber in $105m acquisition
Behavioural analytics vendor to be integrated into Palo Alto's security platform
GuardiCore looks to crack UK datacentre security market
GuardiCore offers a platform for datacentre security
RSA Conference: It's like the Wild West out there
With the number of vendors in the cybersecurity space increasing at an unprecedented rate, what should the channel be on the look out for this year?
SentinelOne set to pour recent funding into UK channel
Antivirus vendor raised $70m in Series C funding last month
PAM vendor Osirium overhauls channel as UK demand increases
Osirium partners with Distology and begins hunt for UK resellers
Commvault returns fire at emerging vendors presenting 'alternative facts'
Commvault claims emerging vendors in the space offer nothing that Commvault does not already have in its arsenal
Forcepoint joins CASB feeding frenzy with Skyfence buy
Following the acquisitions of cloud access security brokers Elastica, CloudLock and Palerra, Forcepoint has got in on the act by acquiring one of its OEM partners
Sophos snaps up end-point security vendor Invincea for $100m
Acquisition will bolster Sophos' machine-learning technology, says CEO Kris Hagerman
Rubrik claims backup rivals are looking for a 'Rubrik killer'
Rubrik WEUR sales director Alex Raistrick says traditional backup and recovery vendors are scared of its offering as it hunts down their market share.
Carbon Black sets sights on UK security resellers
Security vendor looking to expand partner ecosystem by adding UK-based resellers
HyperGrid targets MSPs with hyper-converged consumption model
Hyper-converged vendor offers cloud functionality for on-premise infrastructure solutions