Avnet Technology Solutions makes its debut in the growing field of distribution cloud marketplaces, offering bundled cloud solutions and self-service Web stores for partners.
September 29, 2015Mark CoxComments Off on IBM, Actiance deepen relationship to bring cloud-based data governance to Big Blue
Actiance has previously worked with IBM’s Lotus group on specifically IBM-related tools, but the new deal covers IBM Information Lifecycle Governance and encompasses the entire Actiance platform.
April 9, 2015Mark CoxComments Off on Arrow to bring Permabit’s data efficiency appliance to IBM storage partners
Permabit’s deal with Arrow to bring its data efficiency appliance designed to let the older OEMs compete with the new hyperscale vendors makes IBM the third vendor to bring this technology on board, following EMC and NetApp last fall.
Avnet’s new Web-based maintenance and renewal tool aims to help partners close business in an important but overlooked part of their recurring revenue stream.
IBM and Microsoft enter the Leaders category in cloud in Canada for the first time, while eight companies classified as Major Players are closely grouped.
Two new systems were announced, the FlashSystem 900, a pure speed system aimed at traditional flash use cases, and the V9000, which IBM believes can replace high end spinning disk arrays.