Year: 2014

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.

Bharat Badrinath, senior director of global solutions marketing at EMC
Data Centre

EMC’s Federation debuts joint SDDC solution

October 9, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on EMC’s Federation debuts joint SDDC solution
The Federation of EMC, VMware, and Pivotal debuts the first of five planned joint solutions, offering an easier path to the software-defined data centre.

Phillip Privett, vice president, technology and solutions, Converged and Data Solutions, Avnet Technology Solutions, Americas
Data Centre

Overcoming the potential challenges of convergence

October 7, 2014 Guest Poster Comments Off on Overcoming the potential challenges of convergence
Phillip Privett of Avnet Technology Solutions offers solution providers advice on how to deal with challenges in selling data center convergence.