Zscaler, Juniper, Cato Launch New B2B Tech Services
Zscaler and Cato both made announcements around their secure access service edge (SASE) portfolios.
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MSPs can work with a new artificial-intelligence-as-a-service company starting in March.
Hatz AI will initially provide partners with an AI application builder and AI assistants. It seems that MSPs will use Hatz's portfolio both internally and externally, with the assistants helping them serve end users better and the application builder helping them build systems of record for customer LLMs.
Edward Gately has the scoop.
Cato Networks added extended detection and response (XDR) to its platform.
The new product, paired with an endpoint protection platform, deepens Cato's cloud-based security features.
Cato is known for providing a secure access service edge (SASE) platform, which converges advanced networking and security features.
Edward Gately has the scoop.
Zscaler rolled out new SD-WAN and SASE offerings.
The cybersecurity provider said its new zero trust SD-WAN offering includes devices and centralized management.
The SD-WAN offering came out at the same time as Zscaler launched a single-vendor SASE solution.
AWS made a generative AI assistant partly available for its contact center offering.
Q in Connect is now generally available, with the entirety of the Q product to go live later. Q in Connect will be a paid service within the Amazon Connect contact center platform, an AWS exec told Channel Futures.
Read Moshe Beauford's story about AWS Q.
Speaking of generative AI solutions that aren't free, Microsoft has one now.
The tech company launched a premium version of its popular Copilot tool. Copilot Pro users get priority access to GPT-4 and GPT-4 Turbo, as well as improved image creation.
Microsoft also announced general availability of the Copilot app on iOS and Android, as well as new interoperability with SMB applications.
Moshe Beauford wrote about how Copilot has fared thus far.
Juniper Networks improved its virtual network assistant (VNA).
Adding to a flurry of AI-related announcements from networking vendors, Juniper rolled out "minis" for its Marvis VNA. These minis go through a network environment to monitor and troubleshoot. Their data will go into the Mist AI engine for machine learning.
Learn more about Juniper's portfolio expansion.
Kyndryl launched two new security services edge (SSE) offerings in coordination with Cisco.
One service revolves around consulting and implementing Cisco Secure Access, and the other module features Kyndryl management of Cisco Secure Access.
The IBM services spinoff also announced an expanded team up with Google Cloud around, you guessed it, Generative AI.
Edward Gately has the scoop on the Kyndryl-Cisco partnership.
B2B cost savings company StopTheStress added workflow automation to its line card.
The SMB-focused service gives business process automation (BPA) to companies to help them cut down on unnecessary steps and processes they are using.
Former Sprint channel exec Scott Valentine founded the company to offer a suite of auditing services that are adjacent to what technology advisors normally provide. Originally that includes providers of fintech and medical underpayment auditing.
Read about last year's go-live for StopTheStress.
Tangoe added VMware to its list of cloud expense management capabilities.
Tangoe, which provides expense management for telecom, mobility and cloud, deepened its cloud chops. The vendor said its Tangoe One Cloud solution can now track both private and public cloud infrastructure costs.
Read Tangoe's press release.
Granite Telecommunications officially joined the Microsoft Teams Operator Connect program.
The arrangement lets Granite facilitate PSTN (public switch telephone network) for Teams users that need to perform voice calls. Admins can control the functionality through the Teams Admin Center (TAC).
Read Granite's announcement on its website.
Granite Telecommunications officially joined the Microsoft Teams Operator Connect program.
The arrangement lets Granite facilitate PSTN (public switch telephone network) for Teams users that need to perform voice calls. Admins can control the functionality through the Teams Admin Center (TAC).
Read Granite's announcement on its website.
The modern channel partner can help customers with an ever-expanding world of B2B tech services, as vendors deepen their portfolios and launch new channel models.
There are so many IT products and services available for partners to sell, deploy and manage today.
Of course, there's generative AI. Microsoft and AWS in the last month both announced premium features that partners can upsell to existing customers. In addition, a new provider is getting into the game with an MSP-focused platform.
The worlds of networking and security (and similarly, IT and telecom) have merged together in secure access service edge (SASE). Zscaler launched what it called a groundbreaking version of SASE, and Cato Networks added an advanced cybersecurity feature to its platform.
In other news, an aggregator earned Microsoft Teams Operator Connect partner status, and an agent-focused audit provider rolled out workflow automation services.
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