Cloud
Cloud could represent data centre majority by 2014: Cisco study
Cisco’s inaugural Global Cloud Index predicts cloud traffic in the data centre will grow 7-fold, overall traffic grows one-third that rate
Data Centre
Cloud
IBM buys Toronto’s Platform Computing
Purchase will accelerate Smarter Planet strategy, Big Blue says, by addressing Big Data challenges
Data Centre
Avnet connects the SolutionsPath dots with data centre program
New training looks to build partner skills across verticals and across data centre technologies
Cloud
VMworld: Channel opportunity in virtualization huge and growing
Executives hint at bundling to make VMware solutions more accessible to smaller customers
Data Centre
Avnet offers VARs CapacityNow through IaaS program
Offering allows HP VARs to provide capacity-on-demand offering where customers only pay for used infrastructure
Data Centre
Avnet Technology Solutions adds VCE to data centre lineup
Distributor adds Vblock data centre stacks to its linecard and eyes a future of vertical and horizontal integration
Data Centre
Avnet offers partners simplicity around FlexPod
Distributor to offer pre-configuration of multi-vendor data centre blocks, integrate FlexPods into SolutionsPaths
Data Centre
Brocade gets loud with Data Centre is Here campaign
Aggressive approach from networking vendor includes channel recruitment drive
Data Centre
Brocade touts open standards with CloudPlex rollout
Ethernet fabrics vendor takes a run at “vertically-integrated” data centre rivals with new architecture rollout
Channel Programs
Cisco ramps up partner data centre enablement
Incentive program extended; assessment services funded; Virtual Lab opened
Data Centre
What a difference a year makes: Cisco’s UCS gains acceptance
But has the company’s Canadian subsidiary caught the same routing and switching doldrums that have challenged the networking vendor recently?
Data Centre
Avnet, Brocade team on Ethernet fabric education
Distributor first to offer demos on Brocade VDX 720 Data Center Switch
Data Centre
Avaya rounds out data story with VENA
Virtual Enterprise Network Architecture gives vendor a chance to take share, analyst says
Data Centre
Apple ditching Xserve in favor of MacPro, Mini
Decision leaves Apple without a high-density option for the data centre
Cloud
The data centre: Avnet’s cloud connection
The distributor sees a clear and increasingly defined role for itself and its partners in the cloud
Data Centre
Westcon invites resellers to take a LEAP
New facility in Colorado opens up data centre planning practice to North American VARs.