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Nutanix targets large enterprises with IBM Power Systems partnership

May 17, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Nutanix targets large enterprises with IBM Power Systems partnership
Nutanix’s latest full-blown vendor partnership will see them strengthen their presence in the high end of the market, with product that will be sold by IBM and its channel.

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Tech Data adapts VMware plug-ins to enhance Dell EMC hyper-converged solutions

May 10, 2017 Mark Cox 1
Tech Data is now using cloud services it acquired with Avnet Technology Solutions that were created for VMware vRealize to enhance automation for VxRail and VxRack environments.

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Unified Dell Technologies brand strength for Dell EMC in Canada

May 9, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Unified Dell Technologies brand strength for Dell EMC in Canada
Michael Sharun, the President of Dell EMC Canada’s Enterprise Division, discusses recent trends in the company’s Canadian business.

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Nutanix announces new software validations for HPE, Cisco servers

May 3, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Nutanix announces new software validations for HPE, Cisco servers
Nutanix also announced Nutanix Go, a program that allows acquisition of their appliances on a cloud-like purchase model, but for now, it’s only available in the U.S.

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Equinix seeking to expand partner sales with interconnect story

May 1, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Equinix seeking to expand partner sales with interconnect story
Equinix’s business has moved far beyond providing data centre power and space, and as their channel grows, they want it to be able to blend Equinix interconnect capabilities with their own solutions offerings.

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Pivot3 looks to shake up hyper-converged market with multiple workload solution

April 25, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pivot3 looks to shake up hyper-converged market with multiple workload solution
The Acuity solution’s priority-aware capabilities is the fruit of last year’s acquisition by Pivot3 of NexGen and its technology.

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Dell EMC study reveals habits of highly successful digital transforming organizations

April 12, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell EMC study reveals habits of highly successful digital transforming organizations
The study found that only five per cent of the large companies surveyed are digitally transformed, but there are positive takeaways as well.

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Cisco implores partners to capture the digital opportunity

March 28, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cisco implores partners to capture the digital opportunity
Cisco execs emphasized to partners that while the digital opportunity is a massive opportunity, especially because it is so critical to customers, partners like Cisco itself, need to make major changes of their own to succeed with it.

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HotLink signs on Avnet as first distributor for VMware-focused cloud integration platform

February 1, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on HotLink signs on Avnet as first distributor for VMware-focused cloud integration platform
Avnet will also distribute the HotLink Disaster Recovery-as-a-Service offering in the U.S., and Canada, an offering that Hotlink thinks is exceptionally well-suited to the channel.

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Big changes in data centre technology to help channel in 2017: Dell EMC

January 26, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Big changes in data centre technology to help channel in 2017: Dell EMC
The CTO of the Dell EMC Converged Platforms & Solutions Division also stressed the continuing importance of their Nutanix partnership, emphasizing its centrality to Dell EMC’s growing relationship with Microsoft.