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Kaspersky unveils new enterprise solutions – with SMB cloud on the horizon

March 7, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off

The Kaspersky Anti Targeted Attack [KATA] Platform is a premium multilayered solution aimed at stopping the most dangerous targeted threats, while the company also announced a series of new services, including penetration testing, cybersecurity training and threat intelligence sharing.

Cisco chief eyes telling a fuller story

March 4, 2016 Robert Dutt Comments Off

Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins on why the company needs to connect the dots better, what his channel background brings to the CEO spot, and new partners.

Robbins to partners: Do you wanna go faster?

March 1, 2016 Robert Dutt Comments Off

Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins tells partners the company and its partners will have to move faster than ever, announces new cloud strategy and hyperconverged offering.

VAR Dynamics announcing new name (CloudPlus), pricing, website, programs

February 29, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off

VAR Dynamics completes a major restructuring with a name change to highlight the company’s focus on its platform rather than the services on top, and to illustrate that the company’s base has also moved beyond VARs to include other types of partners.

SwiftStack sees great IoT opportunities in joining Cisco Solution Partner Program

February 24, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off

The approved compatibility with Cisco allows any Cisco UCS server to be turned into the equivalent of a private Amazon S3 storage cloud, which is well suited for IoT requirements. More specific partner-focused announcements relating to this partnership are also coming.

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Ingram Micro sold to Chinese company for $6 billion: should partners be concerned?

February 18, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off

It’s a great deal for Ingram’s stockholders — which include many of their channel partners. But for their businesses, will it be business as usual.

EMC-VMware VxRail appliance upgrades VSPEX Blue in VCE hyper-converged lineup

February 18, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off

VxRail has the same concept as last year’s unsuccessful EMC first foray into hyperconverged, but is designed to be much more flexible and modular, and benefits greatly from an improved software stack. It will also be available through all EMC partners, not just ones certified on VCE.