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Fred Kohout, vice president of worldwide channel marketing at EMC
Channel Programs

EMC debuts unified partner program

May 7, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on EMC debuts unified partner program
A year after announcing the impending end of its Velocity partner brand, EMC debuts its new Business Partner Program.

EMC CEO Joe Tucci
Featured Post

EMC buys enterprise flash startup DSSD

May 5, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on EMC buys enterprise flash startup DSSD
EMC’s latest purchase will help it get to all-flash arrays in the hundreds of terabytes, focusing on Big Data apps like Hadoop and SAP HANA.

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.

Brad Parks, senior manager of go-to-market strategy for HP Storage
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HP adapts 3PAR Online Import support to migrate EMC array data

May 1, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on HP adapts 3PAR Online Import support to migrate EMC array data
As it claims market share wins against EMC, HP looks to make it easier for customers to migrate from its rival’s storage to its own 3Par platform.

Rob Emsley, Senior Director of Marketing for EMC’s Data Protection and Availability Division
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EMC refreshes data protection for software-defined environments

April 8, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on EMC refreshes data protection for software-defined environments
EMC refreshes its Data Domain operating system, introduces a new release of VPLEX.

Pivotal CEO Paul Maritz
Big Data

Pivotal in Mobile App Play With Xtreme Labs Buy

October 3, 2013 Chris Gonsalves (Channelnomics) Comments Off on Pivotal in Mobile App Play With Xtreme Labs Buy
Pivotal is starting to make some noise announcing this week the acquisition of Toronto-based Xtreme Labs in a play aimed at mobile app development.

Michael Sharun, country manager, EMC Canada
Big Data

EMC Attach Strategy Boosting Partner Transaction Size

September 18, 2013 Robert Dutt Comments Off on EMC Attach Strategy Boosting Partner Transaction Size
EMC Canada chief Michael Sharun sees key partner opportunities to be developed around business continuity, Big Data analytics and more.

VCE channel chief D. Martin
Channel Programs

VCE Splits Program Into Tiers to Address Midmarket

September 17, 2013 Robert Dutt Comments Off on VCE Splits Program Into Tiers to Address Midmarket
Converged infrastructure specialist VCE revamps its partner program to make it easier for midmarket partners building a data center practice to get involved

EMC storage
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EMC Plans Storage Products to Compete With Cloud

September 9, 2013 Robert Dutt Comments Off on EMC Plans Storage Products to Compete With Cloud
Is EMC’s Project Nile an effort to prevent local storage from being overtaken by storage in the cloud?

VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger
Channel Programs

VMware Chief: Virtualization Has a Decade of Runway

August 27, 2013 Robert Dutt Comments Off on VMware Chief: Virtualization Has a Decade of Runway
As VMware broadens its borders beyond its sweet spot in server virtualization, does it risk coming into increased conflict with allies and channel partners?