Cloud

Channel Communities

Dell Global Channel Chief Dagher touts channel momentum, asks partners to go all in

May 5, 2022 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell Global Channel Chief Dagher touts channel momentum, asks partners to go all in
Rola Dagher, a Canadian who came to the Dell channel job from running Cisco Canada, also singled out the Canadian channel for its recent work.

Cloud

Dell upgrades storage portfolio and plugs it into multi-cloud theme on Day Two of Dell Technologies World

May 4, 2022 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell upgrades storage portfolio and plugs it into multi-cloud theme on Day Two of Dell Technologies World
On Day Two, Dell  emphasized storage enhancements in their PowerStore, PowerMax and PowerFlex portfolios, but also stressed these were not standalone announcements, and were part of the company’s multi-cloud vision laid out on the previous day.

Cloud

Dell fleshes in more details of their multi-cloud strategy

May 3, 2022 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell fleshes in more details of their multi-cloud strategy
On Day One of Dell Technologies World, the keynote address laid out both Dell’s multi-cloud strategy and the products from the show that specifically advanced that strategy.

Cloud

HP integrates newly acquired Teradici technology to create HP Anyware for digital workspaces

April 20, 2022 Mark Cox Comments Off on HP integrates newly acquired Teradici technology to create HP Anyware for digital workspaces
The new solution, now available in beta, integrates Teradici CAS and HP ZCentral Remote Boost into a new HP Anywhere offering that will provide secure access to digital workspaces from any mix of infrastructure to any device.

Cloud

Pax8, AWS sign distribution deal to bring AWS into Pax8 solutions

April 14, 2022 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pax8, AWS sign distribution deal to bring AWS into Pax8 solutions
For the time being, the deal is only in North America and will not be expanded soon into the other big public clouds, even through Pax8 has a long-standing and close relationship with Microsoft.

Channel Programs

LiveVox continues to build out fledgling channel strategy with launch of ACTivate channel program

April 13, 2022 Mark Cox Comments Off on LiveVox continues to build out fledgling channel strategy with launch of ACTivate channel program
While LiveVox has been around for years, their channel is really less than a year old, and the new partner program is designed both to attract quality new partners and to get new and existing partners up to speed.

Channel Programs

Lightbits brings in Charla Bunton-Johnson to drive channel-first strategy for software-defined NVMe pioneer

April 12, 2022 Mark Cox Comments Off on Lightbits brings in Charla Bunton-Johnson to drive channel-first strategy for software-defined NVMe pioneer
The channel is relatively new in Lightbits’ strategy, but the new channel leader was brought in to scale growth in accordance with what has become a channel-first strategy.

Cloud

Despite rise of cloud, hardware remains largest component of IT budgets

April 11, 2022 Mark Cox Comments Off on Despite rise of cloud, hardware remains largest component of IT budgets
A new global study by Spiceworks Ziff Davis into the state of server and client computing devices has found that despite the rise of the cloud, computer hardware still accounts for the largest portion of overall tech spending, at 30% of overall IT budgets.

Cloud

Wasabi expects big push in Canada from opening of first Canadian data centre

April 1, 2022 Mark Cox Comments Off on Wasabi expects big push in Canada from opening of first Canadian data centre
Wasabi’s overall business has posted very strong growth over the last several years, but the lack of a Canadian data centre has created some data sovereignty issues that, until now, have limited their growth here.

Artificial Intelligence

ServiceNow San Diego release emphasizes increased productivity from Next Experience interface redesign

March 23, 2022 Mark Cox Comments Off on ServiceNow San Diego release emphasizes increased productivity from Next Experience interface redesign
San Diego also upgrades the Now platform’s RPA bots, and introduces three new out-of-the-box solutions for specific verticals