Internet of Things

Trend Micro deepens strategic partnering initiatives in intensified Internet of Things strategy

Trend Micro recently made multiple announcements around different elements of their IoT strategy, with a new program that leverages and publicizes Trends vulnerability research to provide IoT device makers with risk assessment services before they go to market being particularly important.

HPE upgrades Edgeline IOT devices with new storage capacity, and announces validations of their ability to run uncompromised apps at the edge

HPE has beefed up their edge IoT devices with more storage capacity, and announced validation of the ability of these devices to run high capacity solutions at the edge, by software vendors ranging from industry titans to high-flying startups

Extreme Networks launches new machine learning-powered Smart OmniEdge solution

Extreme Networks believes that the addition of AI and simplicity to the edge, the unification of campus and distributed architectures, and the choice that customers now have between an appliance and as-a-service, will make it easier for partners to have conversations with customers about business problems rather than networking challenges.

Splunk stresses simplicity for smaller logos with no- or low-cost Insights for Infrastructure

Insights for infrastructure is aimed at the sub-$500 million segment, and while not an exclusive channel play, the channel will be an important part of the go-to-market strategy. It will also be available to MSPs, albeit in the single-tenant version that is standard for Splunk.

Aruba enhances new Mobile First Architecture, and announces non-traditional partners around it

While the new partners in the ArubaEdge Technology Partner Program are decidedly non-traditional, Aruba also says they will open up new opportunities to traditional partners, in the same way the entry of voice-based telco partners in the early days of convergence created massive opportunities for the IT channel.