Month: October 2014

Security

Dell broadens SuperMassive next-gen firewall product with 9800 model

October 15, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell broadens SuperMassive next-gen firewall product with 9800 model
The 9800 is the first entry in the SuperMassive 9000 series to be branded solely as Dell, without SonicWALL on the bezel, reflecting the company’s increased focus on the Dell brand.

Tim FitzGerald, vice president of cloud solutions at Avnet Technology Solutions
Cloud

Video: Talking Packaged Cloud with Avnet’s Tim FitzGerald

October 14, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Video: Talking Packaged Cloud with Avnet’s Tim FitzGerald
Avnet Technology Solutions cloud boss TimFitzGerald discusses Packaged Cloud strategy and outlines benefits for both solution providers and their customers.

Channel Programs

Michael Dell talks security, channels to security partners

October 14, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on Michael Dell talks security, channels to security partners
Dell’s CEO gave advice to partners on how to improve their businesses and indicated more channel enhancements will be announced at Dell World next month.

Networking

Dell announces Network Functions Virtualization platform, starter kits

October 14, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell announces Network Functions Virtualization platform, starter kits
Dell’s NFV platform is targeted at the carrier market, giving Dell its first solid solution for this high-end space. It brings software-defined networking and compute infrastructure virtualization, which started in the enterprise and midmarket, into the carrier space.

Channel Programs

Dell gives security partners strong ‘Peak is back’ message

October 13, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell gives security partners strong ‘Peak is back’ message
Dell kicks off its security event in Orlando, impressing upon SonicWALL partners, some of whom still have concerns about Dell as a vendor, that Dell’s channel commitment is 100% genuine and will continue to improve.

Big Data

Salesforce.com enters analytics market with Wave analytics cloud

October 13, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on Salesforce.com enters analytics market with Wave analytics cloud
Salesforce.com busts into the analytics market with a product that is easy to use, and doesn’t require having their CRM product.

Podcasts

Podcast: Diving into the HP split

October 10, 2014 Robert Dutt 1
Our channel panel talks about the implications of HP’s blockbuster decision to split into two companies, and the latest from HP’s enterprise channel chief.

Small Business

ViewSonic, Userful partner to offer hardware-software VDI bundle for economy market

October 10, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on ViewSonic, Userful partner to offer hardware-software VDI bundle for economy market
Both companies see this bundled solution as a great way for PC-focused hardware partners to get into the VDI market.

Cloud

Nutanix announces all-flash appliance, new synchronous replication capability

October 9, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on Nutanix announces all-flash appliance, new synchronous replication capability
The company is announcing its first all-flash offering, the NX-9000 appliance. It is also announcing Metro Availability, a new capability which allows a customer to deliver synchronous data replication to two data centres.

Security

ESET announces new versions of flagship products

October 9, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on ESET announces new versions of flagship products
These are ESET’s flagship consumer products, but they are also sold by the channel, typically as an add-on in a commercial sale. They also preview the new features coming in the next commercial refresh.