March 2014 – Page 3 – ChannelBuzz.ca

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Donna Wittmann, exeuctive director, channels, alliances and commercial sales, VMware Canada

VMware launches VSAN for storage virtualization

March 17, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off

VMware calls its new Virtual SAN product the third pillar of the software-defined data centre, cementing its transformation to “virtualized everything.”

Exchange Server 2003: The other end-of-life opportunity

March 17, 2014 Larry Walsh (Channelnomics) Comments Off

While much attention is being focused on the pending end of life of Windows XP, Microsoft is also discontinuing support for Exchange Server 2003.

Alistair Forbes, general manager of GFI MAX Business Unit

GFI MAX App Control foretells MSP evolution

March 17, 2014 Larry Walsh (Channelnomics) Comments Off

GFI MAX released App Control, a new system that allows MSPs to monitor and manage cloud-based applications and licenses on behalf of their customers.

Dell direct comp plans favour partners

March 12, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off

Dell changes compensation plans for direct sales team, giving a 20 per cent bonus when “complex” solutions are sold through the channel.

making deals with the new technology buyer

Partner exclusivity is rare and that’s good

March 12, 2014 Larry Walsh (Channelnomics) Comments Off

Few solution providers place their fate in the hands of just one vendor, and most sales involve two or more products, according to 2112 research.

Cisco goes for broke in video-for-all strategy

March 12, 2014 Chris Gonsalves (Channelnomics) Comments Off

Cisco wants to take high-quality video collaboration capabilities beyond the CEO suite and disperse it among the working masses.

Dell launches entry-level 15-inch mobile workstation

March 12, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off

New Dell M2800 seeks to put workstations in the hands of customer who would otherwise have gone white box.

Andy Rhodes, general manager of Dell's Precision workstations

It’s time for workstations to go virtual: Dell

March 10, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off

Dell looks to advance the move of professional workstations into the data centre with new reference architectures and a data centre at its headquarters.