Year: 2015

Managed Services

Passportal enhances MSP password management solution, adds white labelling

May 8, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Passportal enhances MSP password management solution, adds white labelling
Version 3.0 of their software will significantly enhance ease of use for the company’s MSP and VAR partners, and also will facilitate white labelling of the product.

Big Data

HDS announces new HANA converged solutions in Big Data analytics push

May 8, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on HDS announces new HANA converged solutions in Big Data analytics push
Hitachi’s Social Innovation strategy is designed to leverage analytics to drive their companies forward, and the new SAP HANA solutions are part of this strategy for HDS.

Mobility

Pulse Secure combines VPN, NAC and EMM in new central policy manager

May 7, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pulse Secure combines VPN, NAC and EMM in new central policy manager
The Juniper spinoff previously had separate box-by-box management for the broad range of capabilities it offered, and being able to do everything now through one pane of glass becomes a competitive advantage.

Channel Programs

EMC looks to realign alliances strategy

May 6, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on EMC looks to realign alliances strategy
The massive pace of technological change is compelling EMC to reassess how it goes to market with its enterprise alliance partners, and while changes to the strategy are very much a work in progress, they are likely to bring significant change to the relationship between the vendor, its alliance partners, and solution providers.

Channel Communities

VentureTech Network becomes Trust X Alliance

May 6, 2015 Robert Dutt Comments Off on VentureTech Network becomes Trust X Alliance
The venerable solution provider community rebrands as Trust X Alliance in an effort to increase relevance with end user customers.

Storage

New Dell storage offerings enhance both old IT and new IT

May 6, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on New Dell storage offerings enhance both old IT and new IT
Dell unveils its new SCv2000 entry class array, the PS 6610, a new dense offering for the PS family along with new PS software, and Dell Storage with Microsoft Storage Spaces, which beefs up Dell’s software-defined portfolio.

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

Video: Recapping Cisco Partner Summit with Avnet

May 6, 2015 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Video: Recapping Cisco Partner Summit with Avnet
Avnet Technology Solutions’ Phillip Privett recaps the highlights of Cisco’s Partner Summit 2015 and discusses the distributor’s relationship with Cisco.

Channel Programs

New EMC Federation deal reg, rules of engagement to be launched

May 5, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on New EMC Federation deal reg, rules of engagement to be launched
EMC is also announcing several other programmatic moves, including a Federation Ready designation and expanding EMC’s EMC Ready sales transformation initiative to partners. Their EMC True loyalty program pilot is now being publicized and expanded globally.

Channel Programs

EMC VSPEX portfolio being expanded into the enterprise

May 5, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on EMC VSPEX portfolio being expanded into the enterprise
The channel-exclusive VSPEX solutions, which have been targeted at mid-market and SMB customers, are being expanded to the enterprise with the addition of the EMC VMAX 100K enterprise data services platform.

Software

EMC defines open source strategy, opens ScaleIO to freemium model

May 5, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on EMC defines open source strategy, opens ScaleIO to freemium model
EMC’s announcements indicate that EMC’s open source strategy is becoming much more critical, something the company says is good news for their channel partners.