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Cloud

Veeam announcements around Microsoft Azure highlight Cloud Day at VeeamON

May 18, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Veeam announcements around Microsoft Azure highlight Cloud Day at VeeamON
The final day of VeeamON saw Veeam announce a new DR tool for Azure, management pack enhancements for better visibility, and improvements to Backup for Office 365.

Cloud

Dell EMC sees big partner play in new Dell EMC Cloud for Microsoft Azure stack

May 4, 2017 Mark Cox 1
Dell EMC Cloud for Microsoft Azure Stack will be available in the second half of the year, although smaller developer versions are available now.

Marketing

Riverbed Reach delivering results as part of Riverbed’s digital marketing strategy

April 27, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Riverbed Reach delivering results as part of Riverbed’s digital marketing strategy
Riverbed Reach, which was announced at last year’s partner event, went live two months ago, and its enablement of partners’ digital value proposition efforts is already bearing fruit.

Backup

Rubrik extends its data management platform natively into the cloud

April 25, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Rubrik extends its data management platform natively into the cloud
Rubrik previously had the ability to archive in the cloud, but now has extended their cloud capability to allow their software to run natively on the major public cloud providers.

Renee Bergeron, senior vice president of global cloud channel at Ingram Micro
Cloud

Ingram Micro tackles channel IaaS opportunity

April 21, 2017 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Ingram Micro tackles channel IaaS opportunity
Ingram Micro says IaaS is the “biggest untapped opportunity” for the channel in cloud, debuts tools to help partners build their business.

Managed Services

BitTitan adds Business Process Automation to platform to increase partner profits

April 4, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on BitTitan adds Business Process Automation to platform to increase partner profits
BitTitan adds new functionality around processes for delivering products and services, defining, creating and protecting new IP, and better managing employees’ time.

Cloud

New bi-directional cloud replication highlights SwiftStack 5 software release

March 6, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on New bi-directional cloud replication highlights SwiftStack 5 software release
SwiftStack expands the one-way cloud replication it introduced last year, as part of its strategy in expanding from what was initially an on-prem solution, to one capable of managing a multi-cloud hybrid cloud.

Cloud

Nimble Storage launches multi-cloud storage service for AWS and Azure

February 27, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Nimble Storage launches multi-cloud storage service for AWS and Azure
Nimble Cloud Volumes adapts Nimble’s technology so it can be delivered as a service, which the company believes will significantly expand their total addressable market.

Cloud

HotLink signs on Avnet as first distributor for VMware-focused cloud integration platform

February 1, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on HotLink signs on Avnet as first distributor for VMware-focused cloud integration platform
Avnet will also distribute the HotLink Disaster Recovery-as-a-Service offering in the U.S., and Canada, an offering that Hotlink thinks is exceptionally well-suited to the channel.

Channel Programs

Citrix outlines channel priorities for 2017 at Summit partner event

January 9, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Citrix outlines channel priorities for 2017 at Summit partner event
Citrix’s new global channel chief also indicates that some simplifications of the program are in the works to make it easier to do business with Citrix – but likely not until 2018.