Storage

Pile of monitors
Computers

PC Monitor Market Still Bleak

December 27, 2013 Chris Gonsalves (Channelnomics) Comments Off on PC Monitor Market Still Bleak
Global shipments of PC monitors in Q3 fell 8.6 percent from a year ago, a declined blamed on the continuing softness in PC sales.

Clouds
Cloud

IBM’s Cure for Cloud Storage Fears: Spread the Love

December 10, 2013 Chris Gonsalves (Channelnomics) Comments Off on IBM’s Cure for Cloud Storage Fears: Spread the Love
Big Blue is showing off new cloud storage software that promises dynamic migration across multiple clouds while safeguarding confidentiality and security.

HP CEO Meg Whitman
Computers

Uneven Results Complicate HP Turnaround Efforts

November 27, 2013 Chris Gonsalves (Channelnomics) Comments Off on Uneven Results Complicate HP Turnaround Efforts
Uneven results among HP’s business units give the channel pause over HP, which may be steering the right course but is far from fully righting the ship.

Symantec Americas channel chief John Eldh
Channel Programs

Symantec Pivots Channel Toward High-Touch

November 19, 2013 Larry Walsh (Channelnomics) Comments Off on Symantec Pivots Channel Toward High-Touch
Symantec continues to trickle out changes to its channel program, focusing on top partners, specializations and high-touch field engagements.

Marcel Escorcio, regional vice president and general manager at Hitachi Data Systems Canada
Featured Post

New Chief Looks To Raise Hitachi Data Systems Profile

October 8, 2013 Robert Dutt Comments Off on New Chief Looks To Raise Hitachi Data Systems Profile
Marcel Escorcio believes Hitachi Data Systems is the best-kept secret in the channel, but he’s looking to change that.

Steve Ampleford, CEO of Aorta Cloud
Cloud

UK-Based Partner Looks To Bail Out Nirvanix

September 19, 2013 Robert Dutt Comments Off on UK-Based Partner Looks To Bail Out Nirvanix
London-based Aorta Cloud is putting together a bid to keep customers’ data in the cloud after Nirvanix shuts its doors at the end of the month.

Nirvanix is shutting down its cloud services
Cloud

Failing Nirvanix Warns Cloud Storage Customers: Move It or Lose It

September 18, 2013 Chris Gonsalves (Channelnomics) Comments Off on Failing Nirvanix Warns Cloud Storage Customers: Move It or Lose It
Troubled cloud storage provider Nirvanix has its partners scrambling to relocate customers after warning that it will soon close the doors.

EMC storage
Featured Post

EMC Plans Storage Products to Compete With Cloud

September 9, 2013 Robert Dutt Comments Off on EMC Plans Storage Products to Compete With Cloud
Is EMC’s Project Nile an effort to prevent local storage from being overtaken by storage in the cloud?

Clouds
Cloud

Salesforce Looks to Unify Cloud File-Sharing

September 6, 2013 Chris Gonsalves (Channelnomics) Comments Off on Salesforce Looks to Unify Cloud File-Sharing
Salesforce.com is taking the wraps off a new enterprise file-sharing system that aims to reduce pain and complexity in cloud data storage.

Dimension Data Cloud CEO Steve Nola
Cloud

Dimension Data Bakes In Cloud Backup

August 8, 2013 Chris Gonsalves (Channelnomics) Comments Off on Dimension Data Bakes In Cloud Backup
The new Dimension Data Cloud Backup will be an add-on to the company’s enterprise-class public, private and hosted CaaS products.