Improvements to user interfaces in a cloud world, better automation and orchestration to deal with Big Data, increased openness and new software-defined data services highlight what Commvault is calling a very significant series of announcements.
February 16, 2016Mark CoxComments Off on Unitrends revamps partner program on unique engagement philosophy
Unitrends is implementing a program based on five stars, with partners earning credit for ranking based on sales, marketing, customer satisfaction, training and social media achievements, in a system that can let smaller partners and even influencers rise in the program.
June 19, 2015Mark CoxComments Off on Unitrends looks to recruit smaller VARs with move to 100 per cent channel model
Unitrends only added a channel component to their business in 2013, and now are dispensing with direct entirely to give partners the confidence their vendor won’t poach deals from them, which will in turn encourage them to invest more in Unitrends.
April 2, 2015Mark CoxComments Off on Arcserve signs exclusive North American agreement with Ingram Micro
Arcserve believes consolidating with a single broadliner will strengthen their market presence as they continue to bring a range of new offerings to market.
February 3, 2015Mark CoxComments Off on Arcserve’s first appliance to hit the street by end of February
These models are aimed at the SMB and lower mid-market spaces, but more will be following which will take on the higher midmarket where the Symantec-Veritas NetBackup 5000 plays.
The CA spinoff, which is now free to focus on its SMB and midmarket-focused product line, is also announcing a free edition of its software, and an update of its Unified Data Protection (UDP) which adds some new features.
Nutanix believes the ability to offer public cloud capacity, together with a more powerful appliance, will make them the go-to vendor for any enterprise converged infrastructure project.
With all the stress vendors have placed on backup solutions, whether it’s tape, disc or the latest cloud solutions, there might be a perception that the data recovery business is shrinking, but that’s not the