Software

SAP makes new partner initiatives in Business ByDesign

July 7, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off

With a view to both expanding the number of skilled ByDesign people available to partners, and sharpening partners’ ability to use and extend the solution, SAP has launched several ByDesign initiatives, including a partner enablement portal and collaborative tool, and a certification program through Open SAP.

Ricoh Canada buys western Canadian VAR Graycon to accelerate managed IT services business

June 30, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off

Ricoh, which is building up its services business to offset a decline in print volumes, sees Graycon as providing new capabilities for them in the west. The company also suggested they would be interested in a similar acquisition in the east.

Condusiv V-locity 6.0 DRAM read caching enhancements triple performance

June 29, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off

Condusiv engineers redid the DRAM read caching algorithm so that DRAM, which is small but very fast, focuses only the smallest, random I/O that causes the most problems.

SAP Canada channel chief Rob Stevens lays out Canadian channel plans

June 24, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off

Stevens talked with ChannelBuzz about how both SAP and its partners can work smarter, emphasized the importance of the cloud to SAP going forward, and indicated that they will wait to see if partners are on the same page with SAP before they start recruiting new ones.

Xangati eyes managed services partners in channel program reboot

June 22, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off

The virtualized performance management solutions startup has made unsuccessful channel initiatives before, but now armed with personnel and resources to execute, they are looking to enlist Citrix and VMware partners with professional services practices – and for the first time, MSPs.

Nutanix makes ‘biggest announcement ever’ with platform for simpler, cheaper virtualization

June 9, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off

Acropolis combines Nutanix’s flagship Distributed Storage Fabric with their own hypervisor and a new app mobility fabric which will decouple apps from their hypervisor, let users use the Nutanix hypervisor, and massively cut their virtualization costs. Prism complements it with simple management. Acropolis and Prism make up the new Xtreme Computing Platform.

RES Software sees market as having caught up with their technology

May 19, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off

RES has been making digital workspace technology solutions for years, but now, armed with new leadership, a new platform and a market that now finds what it does to be in high demand, the company expects to significantly raise its profile, and its sales.