Articles by Mark Cox

Cloud

Enterprise mobility solution provider KidoZen sees channel momentum

August 13, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on 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.

Hardware

Lenovo completes workstation refresh with three new models

August 12, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on Lenovo completes workstation refresh with three new models
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.

Security

ESET releases new SOHO security SKUs

August 12, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on 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.

Software

Dell combines three solutions in Backup and Disaster Recovery Suite

August 12, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on 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.

Data Centre

Avnet adds VCE competitor Nutanix to line card

August 8, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on Avnet adds VCE competitor Nutanix to line card
Nutanix makes a Virtual Computing Platform which partners can use to design and develop converged compute and storage infrastructure for virtualized data centres.

Computers

Rebounding Acer rolls out new 17 inch notebooks

August 8, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on Rebounding Acer rolls out new 17 inch notebooks
Acer’s financial numbers announced Thursday exceeded expectations, with strong channel sales assisting its improved performance.

Distribution

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

August 7, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on 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.

Hardware

Diablo looks to redefine memory with next gen Carbon2

August 6, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on 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.

Data Centre

CacheBox brings server-side caching into application tier

August 6, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on CacheBox brings server-side caching into application tier
Their CacheAdvance application acceleration software delivers high performance while using only a fraction of flash capacity required by other solutions.

Networking

Linksys continues relaunch with new fully managed switches

August 1, 2014 Mark Cox 1
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.