Private Cloud

Big Data

Canada needs to move beyond traditional IT: Dell

July 6, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Canada needs to move beyond traditional IT: Dell
Canadian organizations are not as far along the transition to the new IT as some in other countries, so Dell’s global strategy of forming deep ISV alliances to create Dell Blueprints to help customers make that transition seems particularly relevant here.

Cloud

Toronto’s Breqwatr taking appliance to simplify private cloud deployments through the channel

July 2, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Toronto’s Breqwatr taking appliance to simplify private cloud deployments through the channel
The Toronto startup is going to market through the channel out of the gate, and unusually for a startup, has been picked up by a major distributor. Arrow is handling their North American distribution.

aid Nick Earle, senior vice president of cloud and managed services at Cisco
Cloud

Cisco expands Intercloud Fabric capabilities, community

June 16, 2015 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Cisco expands Intercloud Fabric capabilities, community
Cisco adds new technology to Intercloud Fabric, and introduces new offerings from partners including Calgary’s Long View Systems.

Channel Programs

Connected Data unveils partner program to support Transporter appliances

May 5, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Connected Data unveils partner program to support Transporter appliances
While the sync and share market is hot, cloud-based offerings have limited revenue potential for the channel, something that the Transporter private cloud appliances are designed to address.

Big Data

SYNNEX execs outline where they are placing their bets

May 1, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on SYNNEX execs outline where they are placing their bets
In two wide-ranging executive panels at Varnex, SYNNEX’s top executives indicated where they see the industry heading, what SYNNEX is doing to capitalize, and how solution providers can best leverage both the changes and the distributor.

Managed Services

New cloud and MPS offerings are channel highlight in Xerox workflow automation announcements

April 30, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on New cloud and MPS offerings are channel highlight in Xerox workflow automation announcements
While new workforce automation solutions were the highlight of this week’s Xerox announcements, their limited channel relevance makes some less showy cloud and MPS solutions and tools the big takeaway for partners.

Distribution

Web-scale flash storage vendor Coho Data signs first disti deal with SYNNEX

April 7, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Web-scale flash storage vendor Coho Data signs first disti deal with SYNNEX
While Coho Data’s founders have a heavy XenSource connection, their engineering team has a heavily Canadian one: much of it is based in Vancouver.

Storage

PROMISE Technology moves into scale-out space with VSky A-Series

March 11, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on PROMISE Technology moves into scale-out space with VSky A-Series
These new scale-out offerings follow up last year’s file sync and sharing solution, as PROMISE moves beyond its traditional product lines with different types of products.

VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger
Cloud

Something for every partner in pre-PEX launches, VMware says

February 2, 2015 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Something for every partner in pre-PEX launches, VMware says
On the eve of its partner conference, VMware introduces major new releases of vSphere and vSAN, outlines its vision for virtual networking across clouds.

Cloud

Dell announces Dell Beta Cloud Marketplace, still defining channel role

November 6, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell announces Dell Beta Cloud Marketplace, still defining channel role
Dell’s Cloud Marketplace puts it in a broker role with big cloud vendor partners, but while they say there will be a strong channel partner role, its specifics are still being defined.