SiSense has a short sales cycle for BI, and is offering aggressive margins, including the same margins on renewals.
Big Data, Cloud
SaaS BI vendor SiSense names first channel chief
by Mark Cox •
Distribution, Security
Markham’s Invixium signs on with Ingram Micro Canada
by Mark Cox •
Ingram Micro has the exclusive rights to distribute Invixium’s biometric fingerprint access control products in Canada, and they are working on taking them global as well.
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Cloud, Storage
Zetta.net brings full server image backups to the cloud
by Mark Cox •
Zetta.net, which has a strong MSP business, can now make full server image backups directly to the cloud, without requiring an appliance or a staging drive.
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Channel Programs, Computers, Mobility, Small Business
Channel continues strong performance for Lenovo
by Mark Cox •
Lenovo has also just relaunched its New Customer Bonus program, giving the option of a front-end as well as a back-end rebate.
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Channel Programs, Hardware, Storage
BiTMICRO moves into enterprise SSDs with MAXio drives
by Mark Cox •
The enterprise SSD space is a very congested one, but BiTMICRO believes that it can differentiate itself from this crowded field because while they focus on IOPS, BiTMICRO focuses on capacity.
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Communications, Mobility, Unified Communications
ShoreTel Mobility 8 adds video, Communicator integration
by Mark Cox •
ShoreTel says the new virtualized router will let their VARs be more aggressive in small 5-15 unit mobile deployments, because eliminating the router cost for a 10 unit deployment cuts the initial investment in getting 10 users live by two thirds.
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Hardware
Much more memory in enhanced Dell workstations
by Mark Cox •
Dell has announced refreshed – and rebranded – mainstream and performance tower and rack workstations
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Cloud, Networking
Silver Peak unveils Unity Fabric uniting cloud, internet, and WAN
by Mark Cox •
Unlike traditional WAN optimization solutions, Unity’s ability to keep Cloud SaaS and IaaS traffic on the same fabric lets it intelligently route traffic to the public cloud over a secure, optimal path.
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Cloud, Mobility
Enterprise mobility solution provider KidoZen sees channel momentum
by Mark Cox •
KidoZen, a very young startup with a mobile app platform which facilitates the development of enterprise mobility solutions, is seeing customer acceptance as it goes against well-known brands like IBM and SAP.
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Hardware
Lenovo completes workstation refresh with three new models
by Mark Cox •
The new P500, P700 and P 900 workstations, like the entry-level P300 introduced in the spring, are from the bottom-up redesigns of the old products they replaced.
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Security, Small Business
ESET releases new SOHO security SKUs
by Mark Cox •
These solutions are sold only through solution providers, not retail, and are expected to appeal to very large partners like CDW, and very small partners and consultants who work the SOHO market.
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Software, Storage
Dell combines three solutions in Backup and Disaster Recovery Suite
by Mark Cox •
The Dell Backup & Disaster Recovery Suite is a data protection bundle that consolidates the company’s three data protection offerings – AppAssure, NetVault Backup and VRanger.
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Data Centre, Distribution, Virtualization
Avnet adds VCE competitor Nutanix to line card
by Mark Cox •
Nutanix makes a Virtual Computing Platform which partners can use to design and develop converged compute and storage infrastructure for virtualized data centres.
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Computers, Mobility, Notebooks
Rebounding Acer rolls out new 17 inch notebooks
by Mark Cox •
Acer’s financial numbers announced Thursday exceeded expectations, with strong channel sales assisting its improved performance.
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Distribution, Small Business
D&H Canada cuts ribbon on new office/warehouse complex
by Mark Cox •
The extra warehouse space had become an absolute necessity because the expansion of D&H’s Canadian business was straining its capability to give its customers the service they expect.
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Hardware, Software
Diablo looks to redefine memory with next gen Carbon2
by Mark Cox •
In addition to Carbon2, their second generation of Memory Channel Storage, they have announced NanoCommit, a software layer which combines with the Carbon2 hardware on a path to full memory convergence.
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Data Centre, Storage
CacheBox brings server-side caching into application tier
by Mark Cox •
Their CacheAdvance application acceleration software delivers high performance while using only a fraction of flash capacity required by other solutions.
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Networking, Small Business
Linksys continues relaunch with new fully managed switches
by Mark Cox •
Linksys continues the rebuilding of its brand in the SMB market with the announcement of the first fully managed gigabit switches in its Linksys Business product lineup.
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Storage
EMC says new ProtectPoint solution can revolutionize backup
by Mark Cox •
EMC’s new backup solution leverages enhanced technology in VMAX 3.0 to integrate primary storage and protection storage.
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Cloud, Storage
Cleversafe, Nasuni partner on unified storage solution
by Mark Cox •
The partnership creates a unified storage system that will let distributed offices and mobile employees access a single global fileshare which makes collaboration and centralized data protection possible.
