Networking

Riverbed steps up digital marketing to support mainstream networking push

April 7, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off

A key component of the new strategy is Riverbed Reach, a new marketing program the company announced at its Partner Summit event.

Riverbed moving into mainstream computing to disrupt the world: CEO Kennelly

April 6, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off

Riverbed CEO Jerry Kennelly kicked off Riverbed’s partner event with a forceful keynote in which he stated that Riverbed’s move into SD-WAN will move the company into mainstream networking and create a massive new market opportunity for both Riverbed and its partners, who are their entire route to market.

Gentek broadens solutions portfolio with new 3CX, Patton, VTech partnerships

March 17, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off

Toronto-based distributor Gentek has announced three new vendor relationships. They now carry 3CX phone systems, Patton SmartNode gateways, and VTech’s SIP-based commercial phone offerings.

New Extreme Networks channel chief lays out program to expand opportunities

March 9, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off

Extreme’s new channel chief is overseeing the rollout by early summer of programs the company first announced at last October’s partner event, with the first one being a wireless specialization being announced this week.

Cisco joins hyperconverged fray

March 1, 2016 Robert Dutt Comments Off

With Hyperflex, Cisco says it is aiming to plug some holes in current hyperconverged offerings, extend the territory of its UCS converged infrastructure line.

Robbins to partners: Do you wanna go faster?

March 1, 2016 Robert Dutt Comments Off

Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins tells partners the company and its partners will have to move faster than ever, announces new cloud strategy and hyperconverged offering.

Nutanix, Mellanox partnership adds Mellanox Ethernet switch to Nutanix platform

February 25, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off

Mellanox thinks the Nutanix partnership can let Mellanox do for networking what Nutanix has already done for storage and compute – make it invisible. They also think it can grow their Ethernet switch business from the single digits to the neighborhood of their market leadership in Ethernet adapters.