With Hyperflex, Cisco says it is aiming to plug some holes in current hyperconverged offerings, extend the territory of its UCS converged infrastructure line.
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Cisco joins hyperconverged fray
by Robert Dutt •
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Channel Programs, Cloud, Data Centre, Security, Software
Robbins to partners: Do you wanna go faster?
by Robert Dutt •
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.
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Networking, Servers, Storage, Virtualization
Nutanix, Mellanox partnership adds Mellanox Ethernet switch to Nutanix platform
by Mark Cox •
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.
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Networking, Servers, Storage, Virtualization
Scale Computing partners with Mellanox to add networking to hyper-converged solution
by Mark Cox •
Adding networking to the server, storage and virtualization capabilities of their HC3 solution gives Scale a complete bundle that responds to customer requests for such an addition.
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Video: Juniper CEO on turnaround
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Juniper CEO Rami Rahim on how the networking vendor is turning its business around, and why the near future looks good.
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New Year’s Podcast Series: Alex Hoff of Auvik Networks
by Robert Dutt •
Alex Hoff on Auvik’s first year in the managed services arena and what it sees coming through 2016 in this edition of the ChannelBuzz.ca Podcast.
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Channel Programs, Networking, Solution Provider News, Unified Communications
Avaya Networking Partner of the Year Combat grades vendor’s message at partner forum
by Mark Cox •
Ottawa’s Combat Networks won the Networking Partner of the Year award from Avaya. The solution provider, which has a deep Avaya practice, also listened closely to the details about Avaya’s strategy and approach going forward.
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Networking, Security
Dell brings its Identity and Access Management solutions to SMBs
by Mark Cox •
The Dell One Identity Safeguard for Privileged Passwords offering becomes the first Dell IAM offering to be available to partners out of the gate.
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Networking, Operating Systems
Dell opens up networking base software with OS10
by Mark Cox •
The new Dell networking OS is initially aimed only at large data centres, with the current campus OS6 and data centre OS9 continuing, but longer term, OS 10 will become the core system for all of Dell networking.
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How to break away from the break-fix model that’s killing your MSP business
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Some new year’s advice from Alex Hoff of Auvik Networks on how to get rid of old habits that may be harmful to your MSP business.
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Channel Programs, Cloud, Data Centre
New mid-market success kits, partner services opportunities highlight Citrix channel changes
by Mark Cox •
Citrix channel chief Kimberly Martin was brought into the company last fall to restructure and improve the company’s channel operations. She discusses her mission, the changes that she announced at her first Citrix Summit, and what remains on the drawing board.
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Cloud, Data Centre, Networking
Dell looks to drive innovation in networking
by Mark Cox •
Dell is sending a message to its Canadian partners and customers that it intends to double down on innovation notwithstanding its growing even larger with the pending acquisition of EMC.
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The advantages of intent-based networking
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Alex Hoff of Auvik Networks on why MSPs should configure and manage clients’ networking environments based on the tasks and goals they want to accomplish.
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Podcast: MSP networking best practices, and inside Avnet’s IBM business
by Robert Dutt •
Auvik Networks’ Alex Hoff and Mark Martin of Avnet Technology Solutions on this edition of the ChannelBuzz.ca Podcast.
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Channel Programs, Virtualization
VMware Partner Professional Services Program heralding more investments in emerging techs
by Mark Cox •
Programmatic initiatives to back trending areas is something VMware is telling partners they can expect to see more of in 2016.
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Channel Programs, Cloud, Unified Communications
New Avaya Canada channel leader Rob Auld takes up challenges
by Mark Cox •
The mid-market is the key area of focus for Avaya Canada’s channel this year, but networking, cloud and video are also on the priority list.
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Distribution, Networking, Security
Network visibility vendor ForeScout turns to distribution with Arrow and Westcon
by Mark Cox •
ForeScout has shown strong recent growth that has begun to strain its old policy of dealing directly with its partners, so it has signed North American deals with the two VADs which best complement their product set. The company is already fairly strong in Canada, and is looking to distribution to strengthen Canadian presence further.
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Video: Auvik Networks on why MSPs’ help is needed at the network level
by Robert Dutt •
In this video interview, Auvik Networks’ Alex Hoff shares research that shows businesses are looking for their MSPs to provide deeper services around the network.
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Data Centre, Hardware, Networking, Storage
Dell lays out aggressive strategy to partners for North America expansion
by Mark Cox •
Dell’s North American head Bill Rodrigues laid out Dell’s plans for growth to partners at Dell’s PartnerDirect Summit at Dell World.
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Managed Services, Networking
Networking-focused RMM Auvik Networks announces ConnectWise integration
by Mark Cox •
Waterloo-based Auvik, which entered the RMM space this year from a background in network management software, has chosen their first PSA integration partner, with others soon to follow.
