Here we go again! As I do each week, I am really enjoying bringing our readers a quick round-up of the blog coverage I didn’t manage to get to during the week prior.
In addition, here at SMB Nation, we are already gearing up for our annual fall event to be held Oct. 10-12 in Las Vegas at the Rio! We have designed a brand new Web site specifically for this event, which you must check out today. For additional information on the new Web site, our cool XP Migrations video produced by Bigger Brains, and our fall conference, check out our blog post here. Hurry up, and get your registration in, as we are less than two months away from this event!
As for live events, this week brings a whole slew of them in our industry, and yours truly is out in about in my home state of New Jersey, attending the ChannelPro SMBForum at the Renaissance Hotel in Iselin, NJ. If you are in the area and plan to be here, stop on by our booth and say hi!Please take some time to peruse a few snippets of information that we didn’t get a chance to bring you last week….let us also know if there was something we might have missed, which is not mentioned in this entry…because as you know…we love news!
1.) Datto Raises $25 Million in Growth Equity Round Led by General Catalyst Partners: Datto last week closed $25 million in growth equity financing led by General Catalyst Partners. The Company will use this late stage, minority investment as a launch pad to three major areas of growth including, international expansion, new product development for wider market penetration, and enhanced services for existing customers.
This is Datto’s first venture funding since its inception in 2007. With the funding, Datto welcomes two to its board to help guide and advise on expansion efforts. Steve Herrod, former CTO of VMware and managing director at General Catalyst Partners, and Paul Sagan, executive vice chairman of Akamai Technologies, will provide valuable direction as Datto broadens its product portfolio and continues to grow its international presence. This is Herrod’s first investment since joining General Catalyst.
2.) Tegile Provides VM-Aware Reporting, Management Features with Zebi OS Release: Tegile Systems announced the second-generation of its Zebi OS that provides better and deeper integration with VMware and Microsoft and even greater usability through an improved user interface.
Tegile’s software simplifies administration and optimizes storage for various applications including virtualization, file services and databases. This latest software release offers powerful management tools and features that deliver improved visibility into the capacity savings that Zebi arrays provide through data reduction so that administrators can see the details of CPU activity, memory utilization, space usage, network activity, disk activity and the status of other key system services at deeper granularity levels.
3.) Stratix, AirWatch Team Up to Offer Comprehensive Mobile Solutions: Stratix and AirWatch announced strategic partnership to deliver comprehensive mobile solutions to current and prospective customers. Most recently, Stratix’s customer Hallmark has embraced this joint offering to securely manage their corporate data across corporate liable and BYOD devices and Mobile Point of Sale. Hallmark has leveraged Stratix’s comprehensive managed services portfolio to include MDM consulting and deployment of AirWatch’s MDM platform, mobile device provisioning, life cycle management and helpdesk support.
4.) Protech, Engage Partner on Association Management Software Solution: Protech Associates said that it has partnered with Engage, an enterprise-level development company that leverages the scalability and flexibility of DNN Evoq to solve complex challenges for associations through elegantly crafted web and mobile solutions.
Combining Protech’s association management software, Protech Cloud Business Solutions, with Engage’s eexpertise as a DNN Gold Certified Partner, the two companies will help associations, like The National Academic Advising Association (NACADA), create remarkable online member experiences.
5.) Tech Data Partners with MessageOps to Offer 365 Command: Tech Data Corporation and MessageOps have entered into a partnership to offer 365 Command, a hosted service enablement tool used for managing Microsoft Office 365 subscription. Offered through the TDCloud business unit in the company's Solution Store, 365 Command provides a faster, more accurate and cost efficient way for solution providers to service clients who operate on Microsoft Office 365.
