March 28, 2017Mark CoxComments Off on Cisco implores partners to capture the digital opportunity
Cisco execs emphasized to partners that while the digital opportunity is a massive opportunity, especially because it is so critical to customers, partners like Cisco itself, need to make major changes of their own to succeed with it.
Cisco kicked off its Partner Connection event by announcing new incents designed to put more money in partner pockets. One of them won’t, however, be available right away outside the U.S.
March 8, 2017Mark CoxComments Off on Commvault extends Pure Storage partnership to Cisco FlashStack
Commvault sees the new converged collaboration between themselves, Cisco and Pure Storage as offering an excellent opportunity for joint channel partners of all three vendors.
March 6, 2017Mark CoxComments 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.
March 2, 2017Mark CoxComments Off on Veeam expands Cisco relationship with unique snapshot integration with Cisco HyperFlex
Veeam is the first availability vendor to be deeply integrated with the new 2.0 version of Cisco’s HyperFlex hyper-converged platform, which will be good news for joint Veeam and Cisco partners.
Cisco Canada channel chief Mark Collins on the transformation nature of the channel game in 2016, and what solution providers can expect from Cisco in 2017.
December 5, 2016Mark CoxComments Off on Avnet brings German IoT platform vendor relayr to North American channel
relayr offers both an edge connectivity platform and vertically-focused services packages that Avnet thinks will be of interest to both deeply-focused IoT players as well as resellers who have been working in adjacent practice areas.
Synnex Canada president Mitchell Martin believes his company can become a player in the enterprise, but it has to sign a few major holdout vendors first.