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Survey: The Future Is Hybrid Cloud

August 21, 2013 Chris Gonsalves (Channelnomics) Comments Off on Survey: The Future Is Hybrid Cloud
A new survey finds that businesses favor a hybrbid cloud with both public and private cloud, as well as some on-premise infrastructure.

Nirvanix is shutting down its cloud services
Cloud

No Reason to Panic Over Periodic Cloud Outages

August 21, 2013 Larry Walsh (Channelnomics) Comments Off on No Reason to Panic Over Periodic Cloud Outages
In the last week, three major Web outages have drawn attention to the fragility and frustration that come when a service is unavailable. Get used to it.

Artisan Infrastructure CEO Brian Hierholzer
Cloud

Artisan Infrastructure offers Roll-Your-Own Cloud

August 21, 2013 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Artisan Infrastructure offers Roll-Your-Own Cloud
Solution providers need to stop reseller branded cloud services and focus on building their own brand, says the CEO of IaaS company Artisan Infrastructure.

Eran Farajun, executive vice president, Asigra
Cloud

Time for a New Backup and Recovery Pricing Model?

August 19, 2013 Chris Gonsalves (Channelnomics) Comments Off on Time for a New Backup and Recovery Pricing Model?
A majority of enterprises feel backup and recovery licensing models that charge by actual recovery events would better suit their organizations.

server sales are up, but revenues are not following
Cloud

Microsoft Office 365 Uptime Steady at 99.97%

August 13, 2013 Larry Walsh (Channelnomics) 1
Microsoft is giving its partners another reason to sell its Office 365 cloud-based software suite: some of the highest uptimes in the business.

Dimension Data Cloud CEO Steve Nola
Cloud

Dimension Data Bakes In Cloud Backup

August 8, 2013 Chris Gonsalves (Channelnomics) Comments Off on Dimension Data Bakes In Cloud Backup
The new Dimension Data Cloud Backup will be an add-on to the company’s enterprise-class public, private and hosted CaaS products.

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Cloud Economics Foggy to Many Businesses

July 16, 2013 Larry Walsh (Channelnomics) 1
Businesses concerned about vendor lock-in and having to pay recurring revenues in perpetuity with move to the cloud.

Eran Farajun, executive vice president, Asigra
Big Data

Asigra Introduces Recovery-Centric Backup Pricing

July 12, 2013 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Asigra Introduces Recovery-Centric Backup Pricing
With data volume continuing to skyrocket, a flat cost for both data backup and recovery is becoming unsustainable, cloud backup vendor Asigra says.

Julie Bennani, general manager of the Microsoft Partner Network
Channel Programs

Microsoft Partner Network to Integrate Cloud Programs

July 9, 2013 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Microsoft Partner Network to Integrate Cloud Programs
As it proclaims that every partner needs to support cloud solutions, Microsoft prepares to roll its cloud program into the Microsoft Partner Network.

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer
Channel Programs

Ballmer Foresees All-Public-Cloud World

July 9, 2013 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Ballmer Foresees All-Public-Cloud World
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer presents hybrid cloud as a step in the path to public cloud as the company further opens Office 365 to partner billing.