Servers

Synnex CEO Kevin Murai
Channel Communities

Synnex CEO promises Varnex members ‘more meat on the bone’

November 14, 2011 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Synnex CEO promises Varnex members ‘more meat on the bone’
Kevin Murai on the distributor’s investments, goals, and the current economic environment

Cloud

IBM buys Toronto’s Platform Computing

October 12, 2011 Robert Dutt Comments Off on IBM buys Toronto’s Platform Computing
Purchase will accelerate Smarter Planet strategy, Big Blue says, by addressing Big Data challenges

Carl Eschenbach, co-president of customer operations at VMware
Cloud

VMworld: Channel opportunity in virtualization huge and growing

August 31, 2011 Chris Talbot Comments Off on VMworld: Channel opportunity in virtualization huge and growing
Executives hint at bundling to make VMware solutions more accessible to smaller customers

Avnet Technology Solutions president Phil Gallagher
Distribution

Avnet Technology Solutions chief bullish despite cloudy outlook

August 15, 2011 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Avnet Technology Solutions chief bullish despite cloudy outlook
Distributor continues strong growth, will continue to build on services strategy

Tony Vottima Avnet
Data Centre

Avnet offers VARs CapacityNow through IaaS program

June 14, 2011 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Avnet offers VARs CapacityNow through IaaS program
Offering allows HP VARs to provide capacity-on-demand offering where customers only pay for used infrastructure

Darren Thomas Dell
Featured Post

Dell product blitz marries unified and scale-out storage

June 9, 2011 Guest Poster Comments Off on Dell product blitz marries unified and scale-out storage
Focus on enterprise should make for an “interesting second half” in the storage market, analyst suggests

Scott Look Avnet
Data Centre

Avnet offers partners simplicity around FlexPod

May 17, 2011 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Avnet offers partners simplicity around FlexPod
Distributor to offer pre-configuration of multi-vendor data centre blocks, integrate FlexPods into SolutionsPaths

Dave Miketinac Dell
Channel Programs

Dell Canada introduces PartnerDirect 2.0

May 10, 2011 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Dell Canada introduces PartnerDirect 2.0
Vendor adds Premier tier to top of program as new Canadian SMB chief arrives

Michael Capellas
Cloud

Capellas to partners: The cloud has already won

March 7, 2011 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Capellas to partners: The cloud has already won
Why the VCE exec believes quality will beat price in the cloud marketplace

Rick Reid
Distribution

Tech Data Canada growth continues in Q4

March 7, 2011 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Tech Data Canada growth continues in Q4
Distributor’s Canadian operations continue in leadership position