hybrid cloud

Cloud

Dell looks to lead move to multi-cloud in 2016

January 4, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell looks to lead move to multi-cloud in 2016
Hybrid cloud has been a strength for Dell, and in the new year they expect multi-cloud opportunities to expand significantly, providing more opportunities for channel partners.

Cloud

EMC Canada’s channel chief looks ahead to 2016

December 10, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on EMC Canada’s channel chief looks ahead to 2016
With major changes on the horizon, Michael Kerr stresses that EMC partners need to be able to articulate the business outcomes of the increasing complex technology available to them.

Channel Programs

Dell channel team celebrates being at Dell World adult table with new announcements

October 26, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell channel team celebrates being at Dell World adult table with new announcements
Only a few parts of what’s coming to the channel from Dell was announced at Dell World, but broad sneak peeks were offered about several changes that will roll out at some point in the next fiscal year.

Cloud

Dell, Microsoft extend partnership with new Cloud Platform System Standard

October 21, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell, Microsoft extend partnership with new Cloud Platform System Standard
The long-time partners say their co-engineered hybrid cloud offering will greatly expand the addressable market for Azure, by making it more affordable and accessible for companies leery of the cost of hybrid cloud deployments.

Cloud

Three ways solution providers can take advantage of the hybrid cloud market

October 14, 2015 Guest Poster Comments Off on Three ways solution providers can take advantage of the hybrid cloud market
Alex Ryals of Avnet Technology Solutions with practical advice for VARs to succeed in the hot hybrid cloud field.

Cloud

Cisco’s cloud strategy hits the mainstream

October 8, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cisco’s cloud strategy hits the mainstream
Now moved from incubation status to a regular business unit, Cisco’s cloud business is being counted on to deliver strong results.

Jay Snyder, senior vice president of global alliances at EMC
Cloud

EMC, DiData team to tackle mid-enterprise cloud

September 16, 2015 Robert Dutt Comments Off on EMC, DiData team to tackle mid-enterprise cloud
The Catalyst Alliance will see EMC and Dimension Data team up to make cloud offerings more available to midsize enterprises with quicker deployments.

Scott Millard, vice president of Americas channels at EMC.
Channel Programs

EMC introduces Federation-wide cloud partner credential

September 3, 2015 Robert Dutt Comments Off on EMC introduces Federation-wide cloud partner credential
The new credential provides partners access to deploy the Federation Enterprise Hybrid Cloud, part of a push to create channel program alignment amongst Federation members.

Data Centre

Seagate looks to new enterprise partners as eVault brand departs in enterprise push

July 16, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Seagate looks to new enterprise partners as eVault brand departs in enterprise push
The scalability of the old eVault solutions has been massively increased up to 400 per cent, so Seagate is rebranding them with the Seagate name and looking to extend them into the enterprise data centre market, as well as the ROBO space where they play today.

Managed Services

Acronis unveils their next-gen data protection platform

July 8, 2015 Mark Cox 1
Acronis beefs up their data protection platform by enhancing its disaster recovery capability and file sync and share capabilities.