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Channel Programs
Simpler is better: Cisco pares programs
by Robert Dutt •
Cisco announces a reduction in the complexity of its partner programs, while pivoting profitability towards software and recurring revenues.
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Cloud, Partnerships
Salesforce, Google extend partnership with multi-faceted collaboration
by Mark Cox •
Salesforce and Google have announced a major extension to their existing partnership, which will see much deeper integrations. It will not, however, place Google in a preferred position above AWS as a public cloud provider. “This is the best of both worlds for our mutual customers,” said Ryan Aytay, EVP Business Development and Strategic Accounts…
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Backup
Ex-NetApp President Rob Salmon looks to extend Cohesity’s early-stage growth
by Mark Cox •
Rob Salmon, who recently came out of retirement to assume a very senior role with startup secondary storage vendor Cohesity, discusses what his role will be in continuing the company hot growth rate.
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Cloud, Software
SugarCRM moves up release cadence, introduces shareable dashboards in Fall ’17 release
by Mark Cox •
The new release of the SugarCRM flagship product also modernizes the Email module and lets users drill down into the dashboards for more insights.
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Uncategorized
Aparavi emerges from stealth with SaaS platform for mid-market long term data retention
by Mark Cox •
The Aparavi leadership team is largely made up of executives from NovaStor, a classic legacy backup player, who got frustrated with the problems created by traditional data protection.
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Big Data, Distribution, Internet of Things
Tech Data looks to drive channel cloud analytics adoption with 30 Day Program
by Mark Cox •
The program, which Tech Data sees as a differentiator for them in the market, is designed to provide a repeatable cloud data migration and integration framework that will provide a proof of value in under 30 days.
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Internet of Things
Dell announces new IoT organization to improve ‘IQT’ co-ordination among Dell companies
by Mark Cox •
Dell doubles down on the Internet of Things, announcing a new organization, enhanced funding and a road map for future innovation.
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Storage
Komprise extends data management capabilities in 2.6 release of flagship software
by Mark Cox •
Komprise adds full lifecycle management abilities, as well as the ability to confine defined data to make it invisible without deleting it, and the ability to build custom queries.
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Storage
NetApp turns on Watson-powered Elio virtual support for customers
by Mark Cox •
Elio is a chatbot that provides first level technical support using IBM Watson technology. NetApp has also enhanced their ActiveIQ cloud-based analytics.
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Internet of Things, Software, Storage
Hitachi unveils roadmap to the future
by Mark Cox •
Hitachi made multiple announcements of significance at their recent NEXT customer show, but they also gave some high level guidance about what’s coming in 2018.
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Big Data, Data Centre
Dell EMC launches packaged solutions with Splunk for both SMB and enterprise
by Mark Cox •
The new Dell EMC Ready solutions are not channel-only offerings, but they are well-suited for the channel.
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Networking, Servers, Small Business, Storage, Virtualization
HPE makes flurry of new solutions up and down SMB portfolio
by Mark Cox •
In addition to new SMB-focused server, storage, networking and hyper-converged product, HPE has brought their Consume IT OPEX pricing model from the enterprise to SMBs as well.
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Security
Tom Flink joins Forcepoint as vice president of global channel sales
by Mark Cox •
Flink, best-known in the channel for his long tenure running the Citrix partner ecosystem, talks with ChannelBuzz about his priorities with Forcepoint and what needs to be done to make their channel even stronger.
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Storage
Tintri unveils all-flash 10TB T1000 for ROBO, departmental and (shhh) SMB deployments
by Mark Cox •
Following the announcement of their new high-end enterprise cloud platform earlier this month, Tintri now announces availability of a much smaller 10 TB system, aimed at smaller deployments within – and quite possibly outside – the enterprise.
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Networking, Operating Systems, Security
SonicWall makes biggest set of solution announcements in their history
by Mark Cox •
SonicWall makes five major announcements, including a new firewall OS, a new firewall platform, a new family of Wave 2 access points, a new mobile access OS, and a cloud analytics application.
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Channel Programs, Internet of Things, Storage
Hitachi shift in focus to Internet of Things likely to be major plus for channel
by Mark Cox •
Hitachi Data Systems’ former channels head in Canada, who has moved over to Vantara, and a top Canadian partner share their views on what the restructuring and Internet of Things re-emphasis will mean for the channel.
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Internet of Things
Hitachi intensifies focus on Internet of Things at inaugural customer event
by Mark Cox •
In addition to forming a new company, Vantara, to consolidate around the IoT opportunity, Hitachi rebooted their Lumada IoT platform and announced their first IoT appliance, based on Lumada. While they were never close to the top in enterprise storage, their goal is to be the leader in the IoT space.
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Data Centre, Internet of Things, Storage
Hitachi unites three companies into Hitachi Vantara to drive digital change
by Mark Cox •
Hitachi has merged Hitachi Data Systems, Hitachi Insight Group and Pentaho into a new company aimed at being on the cutting edge of digital innovation.
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Networking, Security
Aruba emphasizes security messaging with new Aruba 360 Secure Fabric
by Mark Cox •
Aruba integrates the technology from its Niara acquisition with an expanded ClearPass, to focus on the resulting capability as a fabric and provide differentiation in the wireless networking market.
