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Channel Programs

Aptum launches first hybrid cloud management service on heels of new channel program launch

March 24, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Aptum launches first hybrid cloud management service on heels of new channel program launch
Aptum, formerly Cogeco Peer 1 until a rebranding last year, revamped its Go-to-market strategy going forward and is executing on that amid the disruption caused by the Wuhan coronavirus.

Data Centre

VMware looks to modernize applications and infrastructure with portfolio redo

March 10, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on VMware looks to modernize applications and infrastructure with portfolio redo
Highlights include a major rearchitecture of vSphere to work seamlessly with Kubernetes, and VMware Cloud Foundation 4, with Tanzu, an evolution of the Pivotal Application Service.

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Channel Programs

Dell Canada partners seeing results from new partner alignment strategy

November 21, 2019 Mark Cox 1
Dell is trumpeting their 78 Net Promoter Score from Canadian partners as proof of their successful transition to a more regional coverage model. ChannelBuzz talked with two key Canadian channel partners about how today’s partnering model impacts their business.

Channel Programs

Dell emphasizes tight partner alignment as key to defying gravity

November 20, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell emphasizes tight partner alignment as key to defying gravity
At its Canadian partner summit, Dell Technologies highlighted the development of a strong sales and account relationship between Dell and Canadian partners, which led to a very high 78 NPS score of Dell from those partners.

Data Centre

Dell looks to eliminate 98% of manual tasks with new Dell EMC PowerOne and its autonomous infrastructure

November 13, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell looks to eliminate 98% of manual tasks with new Dell EMC PowerOne and its autonomous infrastructure
PowerOne’s autonomous infrastructure lets customers choose the outcome, and have the system’s intelligence automatically create the workload. It’s a process that Dell says took ten years to develop.

Computers

Dell adds servers and PowerOne to consumption model with Dell Technologies On Demand

November 13, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell adds servers and PowerOne to consumption model with Dell Technologies On Demand
As part of an expansion of its consumption-based and as-a-service offerings, Dell’s PC-as-a-Service offering is also being extended further downmarket, to the tiniest of businesses.

Cloud

Michael Dell outlines vision for the future at Dell Technologies Summit

November 12, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Michael Dell outlines vision for the future at Dell Technologies Summit
Dell’s CEO introduced the company’s moonshot visionary social objectives for 2030, and related them to the company’s strategic objectives.

Data Centre

Pure Storage, Vertica partner on first database solution to separate compute and storage architecture on-prem

September 18, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pure Storage, Vertica partner on first database solution to separate compute and storage architecture on-prem
In what can best be described as an example of customer-led innovation, where an important customer wanted a joint solution to suit their needs, Vertica and Pure Storage have developed a solution that will facilitate a hybrid database strategy.

Channel Programs

New Nutanix North American channel chief pledges more emphasis on distribution

September 12, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on New Nutanix North American channel chief pledges more emphasis on distribution
Christian Alvarez, who comes over from Juniper where he was Global Channel Chief, also pledges a focus on simplicity, and to do a good job of listening to partners.

Cloud

Dell Technologies adds end-to-end NVMe, Storage Class Memory to PowerMax

September 10, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell Technologies adds end-to-end NVMe, Storage Class Memory to PowerMax
Dell becomes the first storage vendor to ship the Intel Optane SCM drives, and their synergies with the newly-enabled NVMe-over-Fabric up performance by 50 per cent and let the company tout it as the fastest storage array in the world.