Networking

New Dell partner benefits kick in with new fiscal year

February 27, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off

Compared to last year, the changes to Dell’s partner program as the company begins a new fiscal year are much more modest, although the extension of rebates for new business to Registered partners will cause much cheer in that quarter.

Infrascale announces unique converged backup solution with WAN acceleration

February 18, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off

While converged backup is becoming more common, Infrascale’s offering, which includes WAN optimization and a cloud gateway, is unique.

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.

Cisco makes big bet on analytics

December 16, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off

Cisco announces plans to expand its business in the growing analytics marketplace, with a focus on moving analytics towards the network’s edge.

Mark Macaulay, senior director of sales for TP-Link Canada

TP-Link enters managed switch fray

December 9, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off

Networking vendor TP-Link looks to expand beyond SOHO with the new JetStream 28 port switch, its first L3 managed switch.

Dell announces Network Functions Virtualization platform, starter kits

October 14, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off

Dell’s NFV platform is targeted at the carrier market, giving Dell its first solid solution for this high-end space. It brings software-defined networking and compute infrastructure virtualization, which started in the enterprise and midmarket, into the carrier space.