New products from Applitools Barracuda, AWS, Lenovo and more, this week in IT
ALTR Empowers SIs, OEMs With New Margins Channel Program
ALTROpens a new window , an advanced data governance and protection technology developer, has launched a new partner program empowering SIs, OEMs, small consulting firms, and developers that co-sell, refer-sell, or implement ALTR Data Security-as-a-Service (DSaaS).
Brian Stoner, ALTR’s Vice President of Channels and Alliances, explained that their Stackable Margins model is purpose built for today’s multi-partner technology channel. “Traditional deal registrations commoditize the entire sales journey to where only one partner can win. Changing the compensation model so there’s significant margins to compensate multiple channel partners for their contribution in a deal helps maximize their investment and engagement with ALTR,†he said.
Applitools Adds AI Capabilities to its Automation Testing Platform
Test automation platform Applitools introduced new AI capabilitiesOpens a new window to its end-to-end automated testing platform. The new capabilities will accelerate test maintenance efficiency through virtual assistant recommendations and automatically analyze large batches of results after conducting several tests, both time consuming tasks for automation engineers.
“Our Auto-maintenance AI with Smart Assist built on top of our exclusive Visual AI technology can group together similar bugs and UI changes, detect and adjust dynamic page regions, and make AI powered suggestions cutting maintenance time by up to 90%,†said Adam Carmi, CTO at Applitools to Toolbox.
Appian Integrates No-code to RPA Platform Through Robotic Workforce Manager
Low-code automation platform Appian Opens a new window announced an integration to Automation Anywhere’s intelligent automation enterprise platform through Appian’s Robotic Workforce Manager solution. It will enable users to deliver better scalability, visibility, governance, and control over the robotic process automation (RPA) platform along with collaborating digital workforce with people and AI.
AWS Unveils Amazon CloudWatch
Amazon Web Service (AWS),Opens a new window a cloud service company, unveiled Amazon CloudWatch to enable users to monitor capacity reservation usage metrics. This helps deliver insights into used and unused capacities, and CloudWatch notifies users when usage thresholds are met, thus eliminating the manual task of monitoring capacity reservation usage.
Barracuda Scores an Industry First With SD-WAN Service Built on Azure
Cloud-enabled security service provider Barracuda announced a new secure SD-WAN service, which is the first one to be built natively on Microsoft Azure and runs inside Azure Virtual WAN Hubs. This is an alternative to costly, inflexible network connectivity circuits. The Barracuda CloudGen WANOpens a new window can be dynamically sized to match the current traffic workload, which can optimize network performance and minimize cost.
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Commvault Introduces Intelligent Data Management Portfolio for Accelerating Cloud Adoption
CommvaultOpens a new window , the enterprise software provider for data management, announced new products and services purpose-built for managing data intelligently. The new portfolio comprises Commvault Backup & Recovery, Commvault Disaster Recovery, Commvault Complete Data Protection, and Commvault HyperScale X, along with new data insights and governance solutions, rich Kubernetes support in the Hedvig Distributed Storage Platform, and the broader availability of Commvault’s subscription-based licensing model.
Ivanti Secures Remote Devices With New Platform
IvantiOpens a new window , the company that automates IT and security operations today unveiled Ivanti Neurons, a new hyper-automation platform. The platform will enable organizations to proactively, predictably and autonomously self-heal and self-secure devices, and self-service end-users.
Knoa Software Unveils New Analytics Platform
Knoa Software, provider of user experience management (UEM) software, today announced Knoa AnalyticsOpens a new window , a new component of Knoa UEM. The new platform delivers a new set of analytical capabilities, along with the current product offering.
Knoa Software CEO Brian Berns, while speaking about the new product to Toolbox, said, “A key objective of the new analytics is to help organizations better quantify their IT initiatives’ business impact on user experience and productivity. Customers can now leverage Knoa data to both improve end-user support and build a business justification for realigning the organizational mindset towards a more user-centric IT service delivery model.â€
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Lenovo Supports SMBs With New Suite of Tools
Lenovo has announced a new suite of tools built to Microsoft specifications and delivered through Lenovo’s indirect model to support SMBs get maximum out of Microsoft 365, Lenovo Managed ServiceOpens a new window . The suite provides a complete package of cloud-based managed services with CSP (Cloud Solution Provider) managed services and endpoint managed services, enhancing the productivity of businesses.Opens a new window
Push Technology Launches Intelligent Data Mesh
Real-time data streaming and messaging solutions provider Push Technology announced Diffusion 6.5Opens a new window , a secure, easily scalable, intelligent data mesh that connects applications, data, and devices. Users can easily configure and dynamically control real-time data replication among clusters independent of the geographic location and network quality.
In a conversation with Toolbox, Sean Bowen, CEO of Push Technology, said that the mesh is built to simplify development for corporate technology teams. “The newly released capabilities simplify and speed real-time application development and support optimal ongoing operations. This is why the Diffusion Intelligent Data Mesh is the preferred and trusted, real-time data streaming and messaging solution for industries worldwide†he added.
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Surfshark Upgrades to 100% RAM-only Server Solution
Privacy protection company SurfsharkOpens a new window has upgraded its infrastructure to 100% RAM-only server solution, moving away from the hard drive and improving the security of the infrastructure.
Gabrielle Racai, Communications supervisor at Surfshark while speaking to Toolbox about the new launch, said, “ Transitioning to RAM-only infrastructure adds a security layer and helps prevent physical seizures of information. Running all servers on RAM memory means that any information, even the configuration files, is wiped off automatically whenever a server is turned off. By going completely diskless, VPN providers minimize risks of physical tampering and remote control of the entire network. RAM-only servers also allow delivering remote software update dispatches promptly, ensuring that the whole network is always running the latest software.â€
Tray.io Expands Tray Embedded Customer Integration Offering
Tray.ioOpens a new window , whose general automation platform enables citizen automators in any business role to build enterprise-class integrations and automation themselves in a low-code environment, is expanding its Tray Embedded Customer Integration offering with new flexibility and customization features, to deliver complex customer integrations at scale.
Speaking about the Tray Embedded announcement, Rich Waldron, CEO and co-founder of Tray.io, said, “SaaS companies are rapidly shifting from growth objectives to aggressive retention in the changing global economy. Tray Embedded empowers these companies to deliver custom integrations faster, improve time-to-value, and reduce customer churn, enabling businesses to not only survive, but thrive and grow revenue faster.â€
Wrapify Unveils OOH Measurement and Attribution Dashboard
WrapifyOpens a new window , a performance-driven ad tech platform for brands, announced an update to its online dashboard. The update will deliver real-time access to its attribution and retargeting data for a moving OOH ad placement.
Wrapify Co-founder and CEO James Heller, told Toolbox update to the platform marks an important milestone for OOH as a whole. “This is the first time brands and agencies can gain access to attribution and retargeting data in real-time. Furthermore, measuring moving OOH has been a tough nut to crack to date, but I am happy to share that we have finally cracked it†he explained.
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