Something for every partner in pre-PEX launches, VMware says

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Something for every partner in pre-PEX launches, VMware says

February 2, 2015 Robert Dutt Comments Off

On the eve of its partner conference, VMware introduces major new releases of vSphere and vSAN, outlines its vision for virtual networking across clouds.

MSP Unified Office adds analytics to managed hybrid cloud

January 28, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off

A year out of the gate, Unified Office is going after the 10-100 space with a high-quality VoIP offering sold through channel partners, and has now added an optional analytics suite.

Canadian retailers ring up low scores in backup protection in new EMC-sponsored study

December 5, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off

EMC Canada’s Michael Sharun also stressed that channel partners (and sales people generally) need to do a better job of adding backup and recovery to their storage sales.

HDS announces three new cloud options

October 27, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off

The enhancements to Hitachi Unified Compute Platform which streamline and accelerate the process of building and managing cloud are the big news here for most HDS partners.

Greg Smith, senior director of product and technical marketing at Nutanix.

Nutanix welcomes VMware to hyper-converged fray

September 3, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off

With new funding and new markets to tap, Nutanix sees the debut of VMware’s Evo family of products as evidence for further convergence of infrastructure.

VMware president and COO Carl Eschenbach

VMware adds $10B to expected TAM

August 26, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off

VMware sees growth in cloud and end user computing, and tells partners it has to shift its sales motion as it becomes much more than a one-product company.

VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger at VMworld 2014.

VMware’s Gelsinger: Hybrid is the endgame

August 25, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off

Hybrid IT isn’t a waypoint on the way to the cloud, it’s the right long-term approach for enterprises, VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger says ahead of VMworld.

Ingram Micro launches six of their own hosted services in Canada

August 22, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off

Ingram Micro Cloud has also launched a new Cloud Elevate program, in which Ingram partners who register as a partner in Ingram’s Cloud Marketplace by September 30th will receive free Ingram Micro-hosted solutions with $100 credit a month.

PROMISE Technology launches FileCruiser private cloud solution

August 20, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off

The long-time maker of RAID controllers and subsystems embarks on its first venture in the cloud, and its first software application venture, with plans to expand it into a hybrid cloud offering.