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.
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Dell looks to lead move to multi-cloud in 2016
by Mark Cox •
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Cloud, Storage
EMC Canada’s channel chief looks ahead to 2016
by Mark Cox •
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.
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Channel Programs
Dell channel team celebrates being at Dell World adult table with new announcements
by Mark Cox •
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.
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Dell, Microsoft extend partnership with new Cloud Platform System Standard
by Mark Cox •
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.
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Cloud, Sponsored Content
Three ways solution providers can take advantage of the hybrid cloud market
by Guest Poster •
Alex Ryals of Avnet Technology Solutions with practical advice for VARs to succeed in the hot hybrid cloud field.
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Cloud, Networking
Cisco’s cloud strategy hits the mainstream
by Mark Cox •
Now moved from incubation status to a regular business unit, Cisco’s cloud business is being counted on to deliver strong results.
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EMC, DiData team to tackle mid-enterprise cloud
by Robert Dutt •
The Catalyst Alliance will see EMC and Dimension Data team up to make cloud offerings more available to midsize enterprises with quicker deployments.
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Channel Programs
EMC introduces Federation-wide cloud partner credential
by Robert Dutt •
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.
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Data Centre, Storage
Seagate looks to new enterprise partners as eVault brand departs in enterprise push
by Mark Cox •
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.
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Managed Services, Storage
Acronis unveils their next-gen data protection platform
by Mark Cox •
Acronis beefs up their data protection platform by enhancing its disaster recovery capability and file sync and share capabilities.
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Channel Programs, Software
Xangati eyes managed services partners in channel program reboot
by Mark Cox •
The virtualized performance management solutions startup has made unsuccessful channel initiatives before, but now armed with personnel and resources to execute, they are looking to enlist Citrix and VMware partners with professional services practices – and for the first time, MSPs.
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Cloud, Storage
Virtustream acquired by EMC, to become separate EMC Federation business
by Mark Cox •
Virtustream will form the basis of EMC’s managed cloud services business, and will be sold both direct and through service provider and integrator partners.
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Cloud, Managed Services
Citrix delivers core cloud solution with Citrix Workspace Cloud
by Mark Cox •
The highlight of the first day at Citrix Synergy was the announcement of Citrix Workspace Cloud, a platform of services for the creation of complete workspaces with a strong MSP play.
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Channel Programs, Cloud, Software
Microsoft channel chief Sorgen talks up cloud to partners
by Mark Cox •
While the software giant is actively transforming itself into a cloud giant as well, its channel chief says partners need to take fuller advantage of what Microsoft can offer on this journey, and aggressively benchmark themselves in the transformation.
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EMC looks to realign alliances strategy
by Mark Cox •
The massive pace of technological change is compelling EMC to reassess how it goes to market with its enterprise alliance partners, and while changes to the strategy are very much a work in progress, they are likely to bring significant change to the relationship between the vendor, its alliance partners, and solution providers.
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Big Data, Cloud, Data Centre
Canadian channel needs to step up on hybrid cloud: EMC’s Kerr
by Mark Cox •
The rapid rise of mobility, and the user expectations it has created, plus the very real promise of integrated analytics, have changed the universe where solution providers operate, and they need to adjust or lose major opportunities.
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HP details post-split partner programs
by Robert Dutt •
HP Inc.’s Partner First program will focus on everything-as-a-service, while HP Enterprise’s Partner Ready will build on services-centric business models
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Cloud, Security, Sponsored Content
“Hey, You, Get off of my Cloud!” Are You Complying with PIPEDA?
by Guest Poster •
Avnet Technology Solutions poses some thought-provoking questions for Canadian solution providrs building out their cloud business in this contributed blog.
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Cloud, Virtualization
Something for every partner in pre-PEX launches, VMware says
by Robert Dutt •
On the eve of its partner conference, VMware introduces major new releases of vSphere and vSAN, outlines its vision for virtual networking across clouds.
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Managed Services
MSP Unified Office adds analytics to managed hybrid cloud
by Mark Cox •
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.
