Data Centre

Data Centre

Cisco celebrates 10,000 UCS customers worldwide, 350 in Canada

January 24, 2012 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Cisco celebrates 10,000 UCS customers worldwide, 350 in Canada
Server strategy gaining momentum with both partners and customers, networking vendor says

Brian Aebig
Data Centre

Avnet Canada introduces tools for Cisco UCS resellers

January 11, 2012 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Avnet Canada introduces tools for Cisco UCS resellers
Distributor launches Lab and Customer Test Drive program for Cisco data centre servers

Clouds
Cloud

Cloud could represent data centre majority by 2014: Cisco study

November 30, 2011 Robert Dutt Comments Off on 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

Cloud

IBM buys Toronto’s Platform Computing

October 12, 2011 Robert Dutt Comments Off on IBM buys Toronto’s Platform Computing
Purchase will accelerate Smarter Planet strategy, Big Blue says, by addressing Big Data challenges

Tim FitzGerald Avnet
Data Centre

Avnet connects the SolutionsPath dots with data centre program

September 19, 2011 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Avnet connects the SolutionsPath dots with data centre program
New training looks to build partner skills across verticals and across data centre technologies

Carl Eschenbach, co-president of customer operations at VMware
Cloud

VMworld: Channel opportunity in virtualization huge and growing

August 31, 2011 Chris Talbot Comments Off on VMworld: Channel opportunity in virtualization huge and growing
Executives hint at bundling to make VMware solutions more accessible to smaller customers

Tony Vottima Avnet
Data Centre

Avnet offers VARs CapacityNow through IaaS program

June 14, 2011 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Avnet offers VARs CapacityNow through IaaS program
Offering allows HP VARs to provide capacity-on-demand offering where customers only pay for used infrastructure

Darren Adams Avnet
Data Centre

Avnet Technology Solutions adds VCE to data centre lineup

June 1, 2011 Robert Dutt 2
Distributor adds Vblock data centre stacks to its linecard and eyes a future of vertical and horizontal integration

Scott Look Avnet
Data Centre

Avnet offers partners simplicity around FlexPod

May 17, 2011 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Avnet offers partners simplicity around FlexPod
Distributor to offer pre-configuration of multi-vendor data centre blocks, integrate FlexPods into SolutionsPaths

John McHugh Brocade
Data Centre

Brocade gets loud with Data Centre is Here campaign

May 16, 2011 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Brocade gets loud with Data Centre is Here campaign
Aggressive approach from networking vendor includes channel recruitment drive