Year: 2015

Mobility

Plantronics enhances office products portfolio with four new devices

February 5, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Plantronics enhances office products portfolio with four new devices
A key theme with these releases is the adapation of superior noise cancelling technology, which was originally deployed in the consumer space, for enterprise products.

Cloud

Dimension Data Canada deepens western Canada presence with area sales director hire

February 4, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dimension Data Canada deepens western Canada presence with area sales director hire
Alberta’s oil-related problems are leading to more interest in cloud and managed services, which can be funded from operational budgets at a time when staff and capital budgets are being trimmed.

Computers

Lenovo nearing full integration of growing server business

February 4, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Lenovo nearing full integration of growing server business
In a review of Lenovo’s North American quarter from a channel perspective, Chris Frey also talked channel growth, tablets and PCs, and why we are still waiting on the new North American mobility strategy.

Channel Programs

Enterprise incents coming to Lenovo partner program

February 4, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Enterprise incents coming to Lenovo partner program
Lenovo has rewarded partners for bringing in new SMB business, but that incent will soon be extended to the enterprise, with margins pledged to be ‘robust.’

Big Data

SAP reinvents Business Suite with HANA in biggest launch in company history

February 3, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on SAP reinvents Business Suite with HANA in biggest launch in company history
SAP Business Suite is reinvented in SAP S/4HANA, where the S stands for Simple and the 4 for the fourth generation.

Software

EMC rides EVO:RAIL with VSPEX BLUE hyper-converged infrastructure appliance

February 3, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on EMC rides EVO:RAIL with VSPEX BLUE hyper-converged infrastructure appliance
EMC finally unveils its hyper-converged offering, with a key differentiator being a Market feature that allows EMC and ecosystem partner software to be downloaded.

Managed Services

Mobile management at rock-bottom price highlights Kaseya Release 9

February 3, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Mobile management at rock-bottom price highlights Kaseya Release 9
R9 manages BYOD, MDM and MAM, all for a dollar per user per month (or ten dollars per year), regardless of the number of devices

Managed Services

Passportal expands market for MSP password management solution with ConnectWise integration

February 3, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Passportal expands market for MSP password management solution with ConnectWise integration
The ConnectWise deal is the first of what Passportal intends will be a series of deals with RMM vendors this year, which are key to the Calgary-based company’s growth strategy.

Storage

Arcserve’s first appliance to hit the street by end of February

February 3, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Arcserve’s first appliance to hit the street by end of February
These models are aimed at the SMB and lower mid-market spaces, but more will be following which will take on the higher midmarket where the Symantec-Veritas NetBackup 5000 plays.

VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger
Cloud

Something for every partner in pre-PEX launches, VMware says

February 2, 2015 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Something for every partner in pre-PEX launches, VMware says
On the eve of its partner conference, VMware introduces major new releases of vSphere and vSAN, outlines its vision for virtual networking across clouds.