Month: November 2016

Cloud

AMA excited about first Canadian deployment of Ingram Micro Cloud Store

November 30, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on AMA excited about first Canadian deployment of Ingram Micro Cloud Store
The Cloud Store deployment, which is now available to all Ingram partners, allows smaller customers to provision themselves, integrating them directly into the Ingram Micro Marketplace.

Cloud

Bill Brandel pledges 2017 will be aggressive one for Ingram Micro in Canada

November 30, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Bill Brandel pledges 2017 will be aggressive one for Ingram Micro in Canada
More aggressive moves in SMB, and cloud – including a better French-speaking cloud presence – are among the highlights of the Ingram Micro Canada roadmap strategy.

Brad Parks, director of go-to-market strategy and enablement for HPE Storage
Cloud

HPE offers price-per-gig storage with Flash Now initiative

November 30, 2016 Robert Dutt Comments Off on HPE offers price-per-gig storage with Flash Now initiative
The program, from the HPE 3Par storage group, is targeted at keeping storage that may otherwise go to public cloud in the data centre.

Pau Bay, group president, Ingram Micro North America
Distribution

Ingram Americas leader Paul Bay pledges next-gen distribution

November 29, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Ingram Americas leader Paul Bay pledges next-gen distribution
Paul Bay kicked off the Ingram Micro One event not by unveiling any new programs or initiatives, but by emphasizing the distributor’s commitment to be on the vanguard of change in a rapidly transforming IT world.

Channel Programs

ShoreTel enables partner cloud installs with new PartnerStart Program

November 29, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on ShoreTel enables partner cloud installs with new PartnerStart Program
ShoreTel has done all the cloud installs itself since it acquired its cloud business in 2012, but now their Enabled partners who get certified through the new program will be able to do so.

Virtualization

Thin client vendor IGEL announces third generation of Universal Desktop Converter

November 29, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Thin client vendor IGEL announces third generation of Universal Desktop Converter
IGEL is also changing the way the system is licensed, moving to recurring revenue model with a choice of one or three year maintenance plans which include the upgrade to the new version.

avier Poisson, vice president of worldwide indirect digital services at HPE
Cloud

HPE expands Cloud28+ community worldwide

November 29, 2016 Robert Dutt Comments Off on HPE expands Cloud28+ community worldwide
The Cloud28+ community aims to make member cloud apps and services more readily available, while eschewing the transactional focus of cloud marketplaces.

Storage

Cohesity unveils new product for hyper-converged backup to AWS and Azure

November 23, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cohesity unveils new product for hyper-converged backup to AWS and Azure
Cohesity, which aims to consolidate all forms of secondary storage on a single platform, builds on cloud archiving and tiering in their spring release with a platform with full cloud capability.

Managed Services

Kaseya making multiple enhancements to solution set for MSPs

November 23, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Kaseya making multiple enhancements to solution set for MSPs
In addition to new versions of AuthAnvil and Traverse, Kaseya will soon be rolling out the second generation of its PSA product – and a brand new migration solution to encourage MSPs to move to it.

Computers

Zebra upgrades its mid-range mobile computers

November 23, 2016 Mark Cox 2
These machines, targeted mainly at standard retail outlets, have met with a strong initial response, selling more units before launch than other Zebra phones typically sell in 3-5 months.