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Partnerships

Outsourcing tech development in the digital economy driving OEM business growth

February 1, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Outsourcing tech development in the digital economy driving OEM business growth
A new study commissioned by Dell EMC and Intel found that 93 per cent of enterprise customers surveyed believe that OEM partnerships accelerate product and services innovation, with the numbers being highest in banking and finance, and in media and technology.

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Internet of Things

HPE asserts disruptive potential of new convergence of OT and IT systems in same Edgeline chassis

November 27, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on HPE asserts disruptive potential of new convergence of OT and IT systems in same Edgeline chassis
HPE has had IoT appliances on the market for several years, but at HPE Discover this year they are announcing the EdgeLine OT Link Platform, software that combines OT and enterprise grade IT functionality in the same box, which will make it easier to manage massive amounts of devices at the edge.

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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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Servers

Supermicro releases new entry level UP servers with Intel Xeon E-2100 chips

November 5, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Supermicro releases new entry level UP servers with Intel Xeon E-2100 chips
Supermicro believes that the new Xeon chips will allow partners to do more with entry level servers than they have in the past.

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Big Data

New plug and play applications highlight Looker 6 platform release

October 10, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on New plug and play applications highlight Looker 6 platform release
BI provider Looker is kicking off their JOIN 2018 event in San Francisco with the launch of the latest version of their platform

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Internet of Things

Rebuilding the BlackBerry brand

November 15, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Rebuilding the BlackBerry brand
BlackBerry senior executives discuss the progress of their strategy to rebuild the company and their brand, and where they are going on the road ahead.

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Channel Programs

Riverbed outlines channel strategy, channel roadmap

May 1, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Riverbed outlines channel strategy, channel roadmap
Riverbed provided an update to partners on where they are in enhancing their services and partner competencies, and also promised a new partner portal is on the way.

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Managed Services

Riverbed looking for more partners to get into managed services

May 1, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Riverbed looking for more partners to get into managed services
At their Partner Event. Riverbed highlighted the success of Kentucky-based Tier 3 Technologies, which transitioned from an on-prem VAR to a SteelFusion and SteelCentral-focused MSP in less than three years.

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Managed Services

New Service Delivery Platform will have broad partner applicability: Riverbed

April 28, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on New Service Delivery Platform will have broad partner applicability: Riverbed
Riverbed says that the new platform will make it easy, for the first time, for traditional networking partners to deliver services around Riverbed technology.

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Mobility

Absolute brings its Persistence self-healing technology to endpoints

February 7, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Absolute brings its Persistence self-healing technology to endpoints
Absolute leverages the technology that it embeds in firmware into an endpoint solution which provides an added level of resilience to designated applications.

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Channel Programs

Riverbed expands partner program, will add subscription offerings

April 6, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Riverbed expands partner program, will add subscription offerings
Riverbed adds new tracks for integrators and managed services, extends rebates and incentives, and is aiming to have all its offerings capable to being offered by partners on a subscription basis by the end of 2016.

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Digital Signage

Dell strengthens IoT push with its first Embedded PCs [Updated]

February 29, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell strengthens IoT push with its first Embedded PCs [Updated]
Dell believes its configure-to-order embedded PCs will do well in a market dominated by smaller manufacturers doing custom orders, and whose machines lack the software, manageability and support options Dell can offer.

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Mobility

Lantronix launches first 5G Wi-Fi module for IoT

February 29, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Lantronix launches first 5G Wi-Fi module for IoT
Lantronix says the cost to enterprise management of their wireless stacks, together with the greater difficulty of updating obsolete embedded technology, makes customers ready for a cutting edge 5G (802.11ac) Wi-Fi connectivity solution for the Internet of Things.

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