hybrid cloud

Canada comes through for Dell EMC channel business

July 5, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off

Dell EMC Canadian channel chief Deanna Thomson discusses the Canadian channel, and why its performance in Q1 was even better than overall Dell EMC numbers.

NetApp places big bet on hyperconverged infrastructure

June 28, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off

At their C3 partner event this week, NetApp exhorted partners to ramp up their efforts to sell NetApp’s new HCI offering based on Solidfire technology, while not letting up on their FlexPod CI activities.

NetApp adapting storage and software business unit to Cloud First requirements

June 28, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off

All-flash led NetApp’s climb back from the brink to profitability, and all-flash remains one of NetApp’s strategic priorities this year. However, while Joel Reich’s business unit delivers most NetApp revenue, its development priorities have transitioned to the new Cloud First approach

NetApp CEO Kurian lays out aggressive strategy to partners

June 27, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off

NetApp CEO George Kurian kicked off NetApp’s second C3 partner conference by outlining the company’s three-pronged strategy to drive business in the year ahead, and asking partners to increase their commitment to NetApp to match the increased commitment NetApp is making to them.

HPE CEO Neri announces doubling down on Intelligent Edge with $4 billion R&D commitment

June 20, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off

The new HPE CEO used his introductory keynote as HPE’s top exec to articulate a vision of the future where HPE will deliver next-generation technologies to customers today – a process which has already begun and where product is available today.

HPE to start out new GreenLake Hybrid Cloud on direct model

June 19, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off

HPE has announced an exciting extension of their Pointnext Services with HPE GreenLake Hybrid Cloud. Channel partners will have to wait a while to get their hands on the new offering however, since HPE wants to establish a smooth motion for the service itself before opening it up to the channel.