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VMware ramps up strategic ecosystem by expanding strategic vendor partnerships

September 6, 2022 Mark Cox Comments Off on VMware ramps up strategic ecosystem by expanding strategic vendor partnerships
VMware announced some major extensions to its strategic partner ecosystem, with the primary focus being deepening their joint focus around hybrid cloud strategy.

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Channel Programs

VMware extension of Cloud Universal Model to Azure is major news for Canada

September 1, 2022 Mark Cox Comments Off on VMware extension of Cloud Universal Model to Azure is major news for Canada
A new version of the VMware Partner Program set to roll out next February, making this inaugural VMware Explore event a very interesting one for Canadian partners.

Channel Programs

VMware doubles down on increasing relationships with strategic vendor partners

August 31, 2022 Mark Cox Comments Off on VMware doubles down on increasing relationships with strategic vendor partners
Ricky Cooper, who has now formally assumed the permanent role of VMware global channel chief, talked with ChannelBuzz at the VMware Explore event about the initiatives they have planned even before the newly announced changes to the partner program kick in early next year.

Cloud

Inaugural VMware Explore fleshes out vision with strategic insights

August 31, 2022 Mark Cox Comments Off on Inaugural VMware Explore fleshes out vision with strategic insights
CEO Raghu Raghuram gives his perspective on where the company is headed, and the new opportunities available to their broad ecosystem.

Cloud

VMware reboots legacy VMware vSphere 8 and VMware vSAN 8 solutions into next-gen offerings

August 31, 2022 Mark Cox Comments Off on VMware reboots legacy VMware vSphere 8 and VMware vSAN 8 solutions into next-gen offerings
VMware’s traditional data centre solutions have been fundamentally redesigned and upgraded to make sure they remain a strong fit within the company’s broader multi-cloud strategy.

Cloud

VMware ‘jacked’ to unveil new VMware Aria multi-cloud management solution for cloud native apps and public cloud environments

August 31, 2022 Mark Cox Comments Off on VMware ‘jacked’ to unveil new VMware Aria multi-cloud management solution for cloud native apps and public cloud environments
VMware Aria, which consists of VMware Aria Graph, a graph-based data store technology within VMware Aria Hub, allows for effective management of the entire multi-cloud environment.

Cloud

IGEL seeing stronger vendor collaboration on joint solutions through IGEL Ready program

July 20, 2022 Mark Cox Comments Off on IGEL seeing stronger vendor collaboration on joint solutions through IGEL Ready program
In the two years since the IGEL Ready program began, IGEL has added 30 new partners to it, but this includes some major OEMs as well as more specialized players.

Cloud

HP integrates newly acquired Teradici technology to create HP Anyware for digital workspaces

April 20, 2022 Mark Cox Comments Off on HP integrates newly acquired Teradici technology to create HP Anyware for digital workspaces
The new solution, now available in beta, integrates Teradici CAS and HP ZCentral Remote Boost into a new HP Anywhere offering that will provide secure access to digital workspaces from any mix of infrastructure to any device.

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E-commerce

EUC vendor Stratodesk cuts deployment time, increases channel opportunities with solution availability on VMware marketplace

April 6, 2022 Mark Cox Comments Off on EUC vendor Stratodesk cuts deployment time, increases channel opportunities with solution availability on VMware marketplace
The expanded VMware relationship also gives partners and customers the ability to deploy the Stratodesk NoTouch Center management solution to the VMware Cloud.

Telcos

VMware announces new products and partnerships to help service providers monetize their modernizing networks

February 28, 2022 Mark Cox Comments Off on VMware announces new products and partnerships to help service providers monetize their modernizing networks
Among the many announcements, the highlight was likely around RAN disintegration, where VMware partner DISH is building the first Open RAN 5G network from scratch.