Dell

Computers

Dell kicks off CES releases with reconceptualized 2-in-1 Latitude with 24 hours of battery life

January 4, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell kicks off CES releases with reconceptualized 2-in-1 Latitude with 24 hours of battery life
Dell has multiple announcements coming at next week’s CES show, but they decided to drop this one early. The new Latitude 7400 2-in-1 is not as sexy as some of the announcements coming next week, but for Dell’s commercial market partners and customers, it will be the most important.

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Channel Programs

Boomi continues to build out partner program introduced this spring

November 7, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Boomi continues to build out partner program introduced this spring
Boomi VP of Global Business Development David Tavolaro said that measured by partner enthusiasm, the Partner Summit at Boomi World 18 was a major success. He also emphasized that the partner program has continued to evolve successfully since its April inception.

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Computers

Dell unveils redesigned portfolio of Rugged Latitude laptops

November 2, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell unveils redesigned portfolio of Rugged Latitude laptops
Rugged laptops are a tiny part of Dell’s portfolio. They are looking to expand that, bringing more functionality from their other PC lines into their ruggeds to give them more feature differentiation in the rugged space.

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Partnerships

IGEL adds new integrations, functionality to their IGEL OS

October 29, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on IGEL adds new integrations, functionality to their IGEL OS
They include earlier integrations with Lakeside Software and PrinterLogic, which have been available as custom orders, but which are now part of the basic IGEL OS.

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Computers

Dell adds new PC-as-a-Service with up to 300 units for SMBs

August 27, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell adds new PC-as-a-Service with up to 300 units for SMBs
Dell also rebrands the PC-as-a-Service offering they introduced last year as PC-as-a-Service for Enterprise, and also announces a new Dell Provisioning for VMware Workspace ONE service that is also available through both the SMB and Enterprise PCaaS.

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Hardware

Dell introduces industry-first 1U rack performance workstation with entry-level Dell Precision 3930

July 20, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell introduces industry-first 1U rack performance workstation with entry-level Dell Precision 3930
Dell also upgrades their two tower entry level workstations, with one, the Dell Precision 3630, getting a completely new chassis to make its form factor smaller.

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Channel Programs

Dell Boomi unveils more mature, formalized partner program to keep pace with their growth

April 19, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell Boomi unveils more mature, formalized partner program to keep pace with their growth
The changes include better definition of tiers and requirements to advance, new competencies in all the Dell Boomi solution areas, and much better partner accessibility to resources.

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Virtualization

Dell announces major software update to Wyse virtualization portfolio

February 2, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell announces major software update to Wyse virtualization portfolio
For the channel, the sexiest thing here is likely Wyse Converter for PCs, which turns existing PCs into VDIs, and will be useful in Windows 7 migrations.

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Channel Programs

New Year’s Podcast Series: Deanna Thomson of Dell EMC Canada

January 22, 2018 Robert Dutt Comments Off on New Year’s Podcast Series: Deanna Thomson of Dell EMC Canada
Dell EMC Canada channel chief takes a look back at the company’s busy 2017, and look forward to plans for 2018 in this edition of the podcast.

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Cloud

Dell makes PCaaS more flexible with new capabilities and AirWatch integration

October 25, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell makes PCaaS more flexible with new capabilities and AirWatch integration
Dell beefs up a PCaaS offering that existed long before its formal announcement in May, to provide more differentiation from their competitors in what is a tiny market today, but which they think is poised to grow significantly.

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Data Centre

Cloudistics signs first distribution deal, with Ingram Micro

August 17, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cloudistics signs first distribution deal, with Ingram Micro
Cloudistics sees Ingram Micro’s EVI program for startups as a great boon to let them expand their channel in the U.S. and Canada.

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Security

Cylance to sell home security product – through the channel

August 7, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cylance to sell home security product – through the channel
CylancePROTECT Home Edition will eventually be marketed broadly online to consumers, but their initial launch is focused on their commercial channel, to sell along with the commercial product for employee home use.

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Security

Dell announces air gap version of its Dell Endpoint Security Suite Enterprise solution

July 13, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell announces air gap version of its Dell Endpoint Security Suite Enterprise solution

The Dell solution with Cylance has been extended to an air gap mode for networks with no or little connectivity to the Internet.

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Cloud

Michael Dell distributes wisdom at Dell EMC World

May 9, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Michael Dell distributes wisdom at Dell EMC World
Dell Technologies’ CEO took questions on a myriad of topics, ranging from the wisdom of doubling down on PCs when the segment is in decline, to why a traditional hardware company believes it to be well positioned for the cloud era.

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Virtualization

Dell refreshes low end of thin client lineup with new quad-core Wyse 3040 model

March 28, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell refreshes low end of thin client lineup with new quad-core Wyse 3040 model

The quad-core processor in the Dell new low-end thin client will be able to handle demanding apps like Skype for Business, which strained the resources of earlier models with less powerful processors.

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Cloud

Dell Boomi massively upgrades workflow automation capability with ManyWho acquisition

March 16, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell Boomi massively upgrades workflow automation capability with ManyWho acquisition
Boomi says that adding ManyWho’s technology to the platform will be a game changer for Boomi partners engaged in providing digital transformation to customers.

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Channel Programs

Dell EMC looks to EMC sales alignment to ease legacy Dell partner issues

March 14, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell EMC looks to EMC sales alignment to ease legacy Dell partner issues
Greg Ambulos, who runs North America’s channel business for Dell EMC, was in Toronto today, and provided an update on the new channel program’s progress. He also detailed changes to the overall sales structure designed to deal with long-standing complaints of legacy Dell partners.

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Channel Programs

New Year’s Podcast Series: Deanna Thomson of Dell EMC Canada

January 25, 2017 Robert Dutt Comments Off on New Year’s Podcast Series: Deanna Thomson of Dell EMC Canada
New Dell EMC Canada channel chief Deanna Thomson offers her review of 2016, and her thoughts on what’s to come in 2017.

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Cloud

New partner program among channel roadmap plans for Dell Boomi

January 25, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on New partner program among channel roadmap plans for Dell Boomi
Dell Boomi recently appointed David Tavolaro as their channel chief, and he discusses his strategy to expand the amount of business the iPaaS vendor does through partners.

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Virtualization

Dell collaborates with Citrix on new XenDesktop VXRail solution

January 18, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell collaborates with Citrix on new XenDesktop VXRail solution
The offering with Citrix provides the same capabilities of the latest version of a VMRail VMware solution announced at last year’s Dell EMC World, and gives Dell partners an offering for their Citrix focused customers.

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