Cisco

Incoming Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins
Networking

Cisco Canada chief: Robbins will drive execution

May 26, 2015 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Cisco Canada chief: Robbins will drive execution
Bernadette Wightman calls incoming Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins “an execution engine” arriving at a time when pace of change is accelerating.

Data Centre

Hyperconverged startup Stratoscale gears up for late summer product release

May 15, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Hyperconverged startup Stratoscale gears up for late summer product release
Stratoscale emerged from stealth late last year with some powerful vendor investors, a unique hyperconverged value proposition and a 100 per cent channel strategy. The plan is for the product to be available this summer.

Phillip Privett, vice president, technology and solutions, Converged and Data Solutions, Avnet Technology Solutions, Americas
Distribution

Video: Recapping Cisco Partner Summit with Avnet

May 6, 2015 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Video: Recapping Cisco Partner Summit with Avnet
Avnet Technology Solutions’ Phillip Privett recaps the highlights of Cisco’s Partner Summit 2015 and discusses the distributor’s relationship with Cisco.

Incoming Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins
Networking

Thoughts on Chuck Robbins’ ascension and the channel

May 5, 2015 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Thoughts on Chuck Robbins’ ascension and the channel
How Cisco previewed Chuck Robbins’ introduction as CEO last week, and what the new boss means to the channel, and potentially to the channel chief role.

Data Centre

Atlantis Computing enters hyperconverged market with low-cost, high performance appliance

May 5, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Atlantis Computing enters hyperconverged market with low-cost, high performance appliance
Atlantis is adapting its high-performance USX software defined storage platform into a hyperconverged appliance that is easy to deploy and use, and is much less expensive than existing competitive offerings.

Networking

Podcast: Cisco Partner Summit 2015

May 1, 2015 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Podcast: Cisco Partner Summit 2015
Cisco Canada president Bernadette Wightman, channel chief David De Abreu, and Westcon North America EVP Lynn Smurthwaite-Murphy recap Cisco Partner Summit.

Steve Benvenuto, senior director of business development for the worldwide partner organization at Cisco
Channel Programs

Cisco scraps annual audits for top partners

April 30, 2015 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Cisco scraps annual audits for top partners
Partners will still require a full audit to make it to upper tiers of the Cisco partner program, but once in, will only have to re-audit every three years.

Cisco worldwide channel chief Bruce Klein
Channel Programs

Cisco looks to cement software rep with new partner program

April 28, 2015 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Cisco looks to cement software rep with new partner program
With a growing software portfolio and a new partner program on the way, the networking giant calls on partners to get serious about software lifecycle.

Cisco Bruce Klein (left) and David De Abreu (right)
Channel Programs

Podcast: Cisco Partner Summit 2015 Preview

April 17, 2015 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Podcast: Cisco Partner Summit 2015 Preview
Cisco global channel chief Bruce Klein and Canadian counterpart David De Abreu join the podcast to preview Cisco Partner Summit, April 27 to 30 in Montreal.

Distribution

NCP engineering moves to Tech Data for North American distribution

April 15, 2015 Mark Cox 1
A new distribution agreement will make NCP’s SMB VPN solutions available to Tech Data resellers in both the U.S. and Canada.