Compared to last year, the changes to Dell’s partner program as the company begins a new fiscal year are much more modest, although the extension of rebates for new business to Registered partners will cause much cheer in that quarter.
In a review of Lenovo’s North American quarter from a channel perspective, Chris Frey also talked channel growth, tablets and PCs, and why we are still waiting on the new North American mobility strategy.
HP is looking for more partners to handle these mission-critical servers now that they are on the x86 platform, especially the Superdome X.
New Moonshot apps for application delivery, video transcoding, and a Web infrastructure-in-a-box solution for Web hosters, allow HP to target more custom markets with Moonshot.
The agreement, which went into effect October 1, covers only the server products acquired from IBM, but Avnet is assessing whether to carry the rest of the Lenovo server portfolio as well.
While both Lenovo and IBM used some different distributors, under Lenovo all distributors formerly used by both companies will remain, and each distributor will be able to sell any server Lenovo sells. All partners will also be able to sell all Lenovo servers.
Dell is emphasizing that the design and software enhancements in its 13th generation of PowerEdge servers significantly boost application performance.
Lenovo is emphasizing these new enterprise-ready server products have overcome limitations of Lenovo servers in the enterprise in the past.
With the Windows XP support deadline in the rear-view mirror, HP and Microsoft are turning their attention to the end of support for Windows Server 2003.
The deal for IBM to sell its x86 server unit to Lenovo continues to slog through reviews, as government is concerned about national security implications.
As Dell channel chief Cheryl Cook sees it, Dell is in a better position to capitalize than rival HP on uncertainty around the IBM/Lenovo server deal.
While much attention is being focused on the pending end of life of Windows XP, Microsoft is also discontinuing support for Exchange Server 2003.
Demand for servers is strong, but value is evaporating for the basic building blocks of data centers.
IBM may be selling its x86 server unit to Lenovo, but it doesn’t see it or its reseller partners getting out of the server business entirely.
HP sparked outrage when it announced plans to stop providing out-of-contract ProLiant server firmware updates. Here’s the thing: HP isn’t wrong.
Worldwide revenue for the HPC servers jumped 7.9 percent to $2.6 billion in the second quarter of 2013, up from $2.4 billion in the same period last year.
Worldwide server sales fell 6.1 percent in Q2, with IBM and HP posting the steepest declines in the second straight quarter of declining server sales
Bill Veghte’s appointment atop HP Enterprise Group underlines the growing importance of software in the company’s efforts to reinvent its enterprise business.
Joint venture’s NAS offerings integrated into Lenovo’s channel program
Big Blue misses its earnings forecast for the first time in eight years
