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IBM's Power platform -- coming soon to a distributor near you?

IBM eyes disties for custom-build Power solutions

February 17, 2016 Robert Dutt Comments Off

IBM will turn to distributors to help it build custom bundles of its Power-based servers with Linux and top ISV offerings for the channel.

IAM startup IDdriven launches Identity-as-a-Service solution

February 17, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off

IDDriven has designed a SaaS offering that is full featured while also simple to use, and which they will be selling through a channel that they are looking to grow.

IBM goes for value with new PartnerWorld program

February 17, 2016 Robert Dutt Comments Off

IBM retools its PartnerWorld program, rebuilding it around competencies and looking to reward and drive partner expertise around key solutions sets.

IBM CEO Rometty: Cognitive will be biggest disruptor

February 16, 2016 Robert Dutt Comments Off

IBM CEO Gini Rometty tells partners that the era of cognitive computing, spearheaded by Big Blue’s Watson technology, will be the next big shift.

Unitrends revamps partner program on unique engagement philosophy

February 16, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off

Unitrends is implementing a program based on five stars, with partners earning credit for ranking based on sales, marketing, customer satisfaction, training and social media achievements, in a system that can let smaller partners and even influencers rise in the program.

Video: Juniper CEO on turnaround

February 16, 2016 Guest Poster Comments Off

Juniper CEO Rami Rahim on how the networking vendor is turning its business around, and why the near future looks good.

Nutanix looks to move beyond hyperconverged with new software release

February 16, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off

Nutanix’s 4.6 software release enables key features to its platform announced last summer, as part of their longer-run strategy to be an Amazon-like infrastructure for the enterprise cloud.

TmaxSoft targets Oracle databases with Red Hat partnership

February 16, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off

The company, based in Korea but with U.S. offices in Chicago, has made a major push in North America in the last year, looking to both strategic vendor and channel reseller partners to drive its Tibero databases into Oracle’s market.