Service Provider

Jay Snyder, senior vice president of global alliances at EMC
Cloud

EMC, DiData team to tackle mid-enterprise cloud

September 16, 2015 Robert Dutt Comments Off on EMC, DiData team to tackle mid-enterprise cloud
The Catalyst Alliance will see EMC and Dimension Data team up to make cloud offerings more available to midsize enterprises with quicker deployments.

Paul Dippell, CEO of Service Leadership
Managed Services

The road to managed services success is paved with Gold

September 15, 2015 Robert Dutt Comments Off on The road to managed services success is paved with Gold
Managed services are best served in a single “top of the line” offering, and MSPs should avoid customers who want anything less than the best.

Data Centre

Nutanix aggressively claiming mantle of ‘only true hyperconverged player’

September 10, 2015 Mark Cox 1
At a customer event in Toronto Wednesday, Nutanix presented the audience with a full-throated positioning of themselves as well ahead of their competition, and also gave an update on their progress in Canada

Data Centre

Nutanix targets service provider market with new FlexPrice purchasing program

August 26, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Nutanix targets service provider market with new FlexPrice purchasing program
Nutanix is making a major initiative targeting service provider customers, which sees it introduce a program that lets them pay for their infrastructure by subscription, as they are paid themselves.

Meggin Sawyer, vice president of sales for end user markets at Adtran
Networking

Adtran seeks deeper understanding of partners’ business

August 12, 2015 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Adtran seeks deeper understanding of partners’ business
New Adtran channel chief Meggin Sawyer is changing the company’s focus from recruiting partners to working more closely with the existing partner base.

Robert Conger, vice president of carrier strategy at Adtran
Networking

Adtran makes case for SDN, NFV for service providers

August 11, 2015 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Adtran makes case for SDN, NFV for service providers
Service providers will need to embrace software defined networking and network function virtualization to remain competitive, Adtran says.

software-defined data center
Data Centre

Discovering the key components of the Software-Defined Data Center (Part 1)

July 23, 2015 Guest Poster Comments Off on Discovering the key components of the Software-Defined Data Center (Part 1)
In part one of a two-part feature, Avnet Technology Solutions’ Kevin Johnson takes a look at what makes a software-defined data center.

Managed Services

Acronis unveils their next-gen data protection platform

July 8, 2015 Mark Cox 1
Acronis beefs up their data protection platform by enhancing its disaster recovery capability and file sync and share capabilities.

Managed Services

LogicNow introduces new per-device pricing for MAX Backup

June 10, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on LogicNow introduces new per-device pricing for MAX Backup
The company formerly known as GFI MAX is introducing a new DRaaS pricing option that charges by the device instead of data usage, something they believe will especially appeal to partners serving larger customers.

Cloud

Microsoft to launch first local Canadian data centres

June 3, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Microsoft to launch first local Canadian data centres
Microsoft’s announcement that it will set up data centres in Toronto and Quebec City is big news for Microsoft, for the provinces and cities involved – and for Microsoft partners.