July 28, 2017Mark CoxComments Off on UPDATED: Mitel accelerates move to cloud with ShoreTel acquisition
The plan is to rationalize and simplify the portfolio, although there is no rush to settle on a common platform. There is also relatively little channel overlap, so no need to rationalize the number of partners.
July 17, 2017Mark CoxComments Off on WekaIO looks to channel to take massively scalable cloud-native file system to market
WekaIO has emerged from stealth with a channel-friendly parallel scale- out file storage solution that uses the compute layer to eliminate external storage devices.
HP’s been focused on the security of its print lineup, but wonders if anyone is listening. It’s still trying to turn up the volume in its message to IT.
June 23, 2017Mark CoxComments Off on New Tech Data Canada leadership pledges expanded opportunities, high service commitment
Ed Galasso is promoted to GM of the company in Canada, and leadership of the commercial and retail business, while Brian Aebig, who came to Tech Data with Avnet, will run the enterprise business. Rick Reid is now executive advisor to Joe Quaglia on the integration.
June 15, 2017Mark CoxComments Off on Pure Storage to be directly integrated in next release of Veeam Availability Suite
Partners and customers of both Veeam and Pure have been requesting the integration, although it won’t become generally available until the fourth quarter of 2017.
June 15, 2017Mark CoxComments Off on Rubrik expands enterprise capabilities in major new Alta release
The enhancements, which include support for Oracle RMAN and SQL, as well as the Hyper-V and Nutanix Acropolis hypervisors, strengthen the Rubrik enterprise play.
June 14, 2017Mark CoxComments Off on Extreme Networks seeks to soothe Avaya customers, partners with consistency pledge
Avaya customers are assured of consistency in service support, Avaya partners will be invited into the Extreme channel program, and further details on platform integration will be disclosed beginning with another webinar after the Avaya deal closes on July 1.