Cloud

Computer laptop and tablet
Computers

PC shipments, tablet inventories climb

May 13, 2014 Larry Walsh (Channelnomics) Comments Off on PC shipments, tablet inventories climb
Commercial sales continue to bail out the PC market, notebook sales have stabilized and tablet inventories are increasing, according to research.

Jeremy Burton, president of EMC’s Information Infrastructure business
Cloud

EMC debuts Elastic Cloud Storage Appliance

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EMC says its new appliance allows enterprises and service providers to operate cloud storage cheaper than the big public cloud providers’ storage offerings.

John Tonthat, director of business development and marketing for the EMC solutions group at Avnet Technology Solutions
Data Centre

Avnet debuts first made-for-Canada converged offering

May 8, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Avnet debuts first made-for-Canada converged offering
Avnet Technology Solutions’ new A20 pre-configured architecture of EMC and Cisco technology is its first stack designed for SMB and the Canadian market.

Adam Nelson, head of channel sales and partnerships at Dropbox
Channel Programs

Dropbox takes partner program international

May 7, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Dropbox takes partner program international
Online storage vendor Dropbox brings its partner program to Canada and other markets, expanding beyond its U.S.-only debut last year.

Yury Larichev, president of backup vendor Acronis
Cloud

In growth push, Acronis redefines backup

May 6, 2014 Larry Walsh (Channelnomics) Comments Off on In growth push, Acronis redefines backup
Acronis believes its path to growth and success is not in making a better product, but rather redefining what it means to back up data in workloads context.

Dell Wyse Xenith
Featured Post

Dell announces new desktop virtualization solutions

May 6, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell announces new desktop virtualization solutions
At the Citrix Synergy event in Anaheim, Dell has announced four additions to its cloud client-computing portfolio.

John Emard, senior director of North American channel programs and operations at Symantec.
Channel Programs

Symantec revamps partner program

May 5, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Symantec revamps partner program
Symantec unveiled the details of its long-awaited new partner program at its Vision event in Las Vegas Monday.

Clouds
Cloud

Businesses get comfy with cloud, but at what cost?

May 2, 2014 Chris Gonsalves (Channelnomics) Comments Off on Businesses get comfy with cloud, but at what cost?
A new global survey finds that a growing number of organizations are pushing sensitive or confidential data into the cloud with few security protections.

Bill Lucchini, general manager of Sophos Cloud Group
Cloud

Sophos expands cloud security service

May 2, 2014 Larry Walsh (Channelnomics) Comments Off on Sophos expands cloud security service
Security vendor Sophos continues the roll out of its cloud service, expanding support to Windows, Mac and mobile devices through a single console.

Chris Sullivan, vice president of channel and investor alliances for VCE
Channel Programs

Cisco, EMC close ranks for new VCE partner program

May 1, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Cisco, EMC close ranks for new VCE partner program
VCE, Cisco, and EMC come together for their first joint partner program, aiming to get partners to elevate the conversation around converged infrastructure.