Month: October 2015

Data Centre

Dell lays out aggressive strategy to partners for North America expansion

October 20, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell lays out aggressive strategy to partners for North America expansion
Dell’s North American head Bill Rodrigues laid out Dell’s plans for growth to partners at Dell’s PartnerDirect Summit at Dell World.

Frank Vitagliano, vice president of global channel strategy at Dell
Distribution

Dell-SYNNEX relationship in Canada goes live November 1

October 20, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell-SYNNEX relationship in Canada goes live November 1
The final T to be crossed is deciding how the premium offer Dell extended to U.S.-based SYNNEX Varnex members at this year’s spring Varnex will be rolled out in Canada, and that will be decided by, and likely announced at, the fall Varnex event coming up.

Channel Communities

Millenium Micro partners with SolarWinds N-able in solutions push

October 20, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Millenium Micro partners with SolarWinds N-able in solutions push
The Quebec-based Canadian IT buying group has been moving beyond its traditional product focus to offer more service and solutions-focused services to its members, and has made its first foray into the RMM space with the selection of SolarWinds N-able as its preferred RMM vendor.

Storage

Drobo, emphasizing core philosophies, unveils new NAS model

October 20, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Drobo, emphasizing core philosophies, unveils new NAS model
The new B810n is eligible for deal registration, whereas its predecessor was not, and also has a larger NFR discount than the legacy model.

Cloud

Podcast: Avnet’s HP business, and avoiding cloud pitfalls

October 19, 2015 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Podcast: Avnet’s HP business, and avoiding cloud pitfalls
Greg Peterson, Avnet Technology Solutions’ HP business for the Americas, and Geeman Yip, CEO of BitTitan, on this edition of the ChannelBuzz.ca Podcast.

Solution Provider News

Dell expands relationship with CDW to cover full Dell solution set

October 19, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell expands relationship with CDW to cover full Dell solution set
The expanded partnership includes both the U.S. and Canada, and opens up a relationship which previously had been limited to some Dell brands that came through acquisition and the federal government business.

Cloud

SAP doubling down on cloud emphasis for Canadian partners

October 16, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on SAP doubling down on cloud emphasis for Canadian partners
SAP Canada isn’t exactly telling its Canadian channel to go cloud or go home, but they are strongly emphasizing that the cloud is the future for SAP, and that top partners who don’t see that and adjust their solutions mix accordingly will likely be replaced at the top by other partners who got with the program.

Storage

Spectra Logic touts ‘revolutionary’ new ArcticBlue nearline disk storage system

October 16, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Spectra Logic touts ‘revolutionary’ new ArcticBlue nearline disk storage system
An extension of the company’s BlackPearl object-based storage gateway, ArcticBlue provides disk archiving at 10 cents per GB – close to the price of disk. It also has a seven year lifespan, compared to three for traditional disk archiving, and works at close to the performance of nearline disk.

Rick Kramer, North American channel chief, Veritas
Channel Programs

Veritas debuts post-split partner program

October 14, 2015 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Veritas debuts post-split partner program
Veritas’ new Partner Force program aims to make partnering simpler, increases growth-oriented rebate, and doubles the deal size eligible for opportunity registration.

Storage

Cohesity’s revolutionary converged secondary storage platform hits general availability

October 14, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cohesity’s revolutionary converged secondary storage platform hits general availability
Led by the original co-founder of Nutanix, Cohesity aims to disrupt the market for secondary storage the same way Nutanix disrupted primary storage.