Cloud

Nirvanix is shutting down its cloud services
Cloud

Failing Nirvanix Warns Cloud Storage Customers: Move It or Lose It

September 18, 2013 Chris Gonsalves (Channelnomics) Comments Off on Failing Nirvanix Warns Cloud Storage Customers: Move It or Lose It
Troubled cloud storage provider Nirvanix has its partners scrambling to relocate customers after warning that it will soon close the doors.

making deals with the new technology buyer
Cloud

eFolder Weighs Anchor for File-Sharing

September 16, 2013 Larry Walsh (Channelnomics) Comments Off on eFolder Weighs Anchor for File-Sharing
The combination of Anchor and eFolder will boast the first consolidated offering of backup and file-sharing applications.

Juniper channel chief Emilio Umeoka
Channel Programs

Juniper Reaches for the Clouds With New Program

September 16, 2013 Larry Walsh (Channelnomics) Comments Off on Juniper Reaches for the Clouds With New Program
Juniper Networks is taking another run at the cloud channel by offering partners a new program, Juniper Partner Advantage Cloud.

Geoff Fancher, senior vice president of Comstor U.S.
Cloud

Comstor Launches Cisco-Focused Cloud Business

September 16, 2013 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Comstor Launches Cisco-Focused Cloud Business
Comstor introduces its first two cloud partners, plans a broader effort to connect the channel with Cisco-powered cloud service providers.

Ingram Micro global cloud chief Renée Bergeron
Cloud

Ingram Micro buys Toronto’s SoftCom

September 13, 2013 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Ingram Micro buys Toronto’s SoftCom
Ingram Micro has been early to the game in building a distribution cloud practice, but the Toronto-based Web company is its first cloud acquisition.

Internet of Things
Big Data

Xively Aims To Build Channel for Internet of Things

September 12, 2013 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Xively Aims To Build Channel for Internet of Things
Xively, a cloud platform for the Internet of Things owned by LogMeIn, looks to connect business expertise with technical skills to round out IoT offerings.

ERP Guru president Martin McNicoll, a NetSuite Partner
Cloud

NetSuite Partners ERP Guru and Enabled Success Merge

September 9, 2013 Robert Dutt Comments Off on NetSuite Partners ERP Guru and Enabled Success Merge
The two long-connected companies, both former NetSuite global Partner of the Year winners, come together in ERP Guru’s biggest acquisition to date.

Clouds
Cloud

Salesforce Looks to Unify Cloud File-Sharing

September 6, 2013 Chris Gonsalves (Channelnomics) Comments Off on Salesforce Looks to Unify Cloud File-Sharing
Salesforce.com is taking the wraps off a new enterprise file-sharing system that aims to reduce pain and complexity in cloud data storage.

Clouds
Cloud

IBM: Cloud-based Disaster Recovery Is Catching On

September 4, 2013 Chris Gonsalves (Channelnomics) Comments Off on IBM: Cloud-based Disaster Recovery Is Catching On
IBM says cloud disaster recovery services are catching on, a welcome sign for resellers that the technology is gaining traction.

Intermedia outage shows a failure to communicate
Cloud

Intermedia Outage Provides Lesson in Communications

September 4, 2013 Larry Walsh (Channelnomics) Comments Off on Intermedia Outage Provides Lesson in Communications
Intermedia is back online after suffering widespread disruptions. Restoration is ongoing, but the damage may not be in the outage alone.