Month: March 2015

Storage

Condusiv releases first fragmentation prevention solution for SANs

March 17, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Condusiv releases first fragmentation prevention solution for SANs
Condusiv’s Diskeeper 15 Server is the first fragmentation protection for SAN storage connected to physical servers. It prevents fragmentation in real time at the logical disk layer, increasing IO density so more data can be processed.

Storage

Much larger drive capacity highlights enhanced Drobo top-of-the-line release

March 17, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Much larger drive capacity highlights enhanced Drobo top-of-the-line release
Drobo’s BeyondRAID technology also gets a boost, so that when you add a new drive it will configure the RAID array 800 per cent faster than before.

Channel Programs

Equinix adds new global partner program in move to channel-friendly model

March 17, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Equinix adds new global partner program in move to channel-friendly model
Equinix expects that the new program, designed to end channel conflict and properly reward partners, will attract new partners and significantly raise channel revenues.

Insite COO Doron Kaminski and F12 CEO Alex Webb
Solution Provider News

F12 and Insite merge to bring cloud, HaaS together

March 16, 2015 Robert Dutt Comments Off on F12 and Insite merge to bring cloud, HaaS together
Solution provider merger aims to combine F12’s HaaS and customer support offerings with Insite’s data centre and cloud expertise.

HP's Meg Whitman and Dion Wiesler
Liveblogs

Liveblog: HP Global Partner Conference 2015

March 16, 2015 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Liveblog: HP Global Partner Conference 2015
All the news from HP’s Global Partner Conference general sessions as it happens in our liveblog from the event.

Big Data

Qumulo breaks stealth with data-aware scale-out NAS

March 16, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Qumulo breaks stealth with data-aware scale-out NAS
Qumulo’s software, sold as 1U appliance nodes, integrates real-time data analytics directly into storage, to make data and storage resources much more visible. They sell only through the channel.

Cloud

AppRiver growing channel in Canada

March 16, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on AppRiver growing channel in Canada
The email and network security provider company has over 100 partners in Canada, a tenth of whom joined in the past year.

Unified Communications

Enhanced Scopia video conferencing room systems highlight Avaya Engagement Solution refresh

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The mid-sized XT4300 room system will be a stronger channel play than most of the Scopia lineup.

Virtualization

3D apps, desktop Linux support among VMware Horizon 6 innovations

March 13, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on 3D apps, desktop Linux support among VMware Horizon 6 innovations
VMware still trails Citrix in the virtual desktop space, and is trying to make up ground by emphasizing some of the new and enhanced features that are unique to Horizon 6.

Channel Programs

ADTRAN greatly simplifies channel program with new pricing policies

March 12, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on ADTRAN greatly simplifies channel program with new pricing policies
ADTRAN has dumped product discount rules intended to ensure quality by limiting discounts to partners specializing in the area, while at the same time expanding training with free self-serve modules, and eliminating the deal registration revenue threshold.