Mark Cox

PROMISE Technology launches FileCruiser private cloud solution

The long-time maker of RAID controllers and subsystems embarks on its first venture in the cloud, and its first software application venture, with plans to expand it into a hybrid cloud offering.

New ThreatTrack channel chief looks to distribution for ThreatSecure go-to-market

While ThreatTrack has a channel of SMB-focused VIPRE resellers, the new channel chief’s task is to build an enterprise-focused channel for ThreatSecure, and to do that, he is looking to distribution.

Nutanix adds hybrid cloud, high performance appliance

Nutanix believes the ability to offer public cloud capacity, together with a more powerful appliance, will make them the go-to vendor for any enterprise converged infrastructure project.

Markham’s Invixium signs on with Ingram Micro Canada

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.

BiTMICRO moves into enterprise SSDs with MAXio drives

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.

ShoreTel Mobility 8 adds video, Communicator integration

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.

Silver Peak unveils Unity Fabric uniting cloud, internet, and WAN

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.

Enterprise mobility solution provider KidoZen sees channel momentum

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.

ESET releases new SOHO security SKUs

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.

Dell combines three solutions in Backup and Disaster Recovery Suite

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.

D&H Canada cuts ribbon on new office/warehouse complex

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.

Diablo looks to redefine memory with next gen Carbon2

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.