virtualization

Data Centre

Avnet adds Veeam Software to North American line card

July 23, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Avnet adds Veeam Software to North American line card
Expanding their EMEA relationship to the U.S. and Canada gives Avnet partners here access to a backup solution well suited for the converged infrastructure space, which complements Avnet’s emphasis in this area.

Channel Programs

Entry level-focused StorMagic launches first channel program

July 2, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Entry level-focused StorMagic launches first channel program
StorMagic has sold mainly direct since its founding in 2006, but is transitioning to a 100 per cent channels strategy, and to expand its base of quality partners has unveiled its first partner program.

Channel Programs

SolidFire adds specialization tiers to partner program

June 30, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on SolidFire adds specialization tiers to partner program
Four specializations are being announced, one of which is around OpenStack, which SolidFire believes is an industry first. .

Software

Condusiv V-locity 6.0 DRAM read caching enhancements triple performance

June 29, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Condusiv V-locity 6.0 DRAM read caching enhancements triple performance
Condusiv engineers redid the DRAM read caching algorithm so that DRAM, which is small but very fast, focuses only the smallest, random I/O that causes the most problems.

Data Centre

Accelerite acquisition of Convirture gives partners end-to-end management solution

June 17, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Accelerite acquisition of Convirture gives partners end-to-end management solution

Adding Convirture’s day to day operations management capability to Accelerite’s disaster recovery focus provides a single pane of glass with a consolidated view of the management of the multiple clouds and internal virtualization technologies in modern hybrid data centres.

Alex Ryals, vice president of security solutions for Tech Data
Data Centre

Is the future really found in the software-defined data center?

June 15, 2015 Guest Poster Comments Off on Is the future really found in the software-defined data center?
Avnet Technology Solutions’ Alex Ryals offers VARs advice on how to sell customers on the benefit of the software-defined data center.

Data Centre

Intel Security launches solution for east-west traffic in VMware datacentres

June 8, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Intel Security launches solution for east-west traffic in VMware datacentres
This solution, using the McAfee Network Security Platform, starts with market leader VMware, but will eventually cover the others in the space. And while this Intrusion Prevention solution is the first to be rolled out, the plan is to extend the platform to cover Intel Security’s other virtual infrastructure products.

Cheryl Neal, vice president of supplier business management for security and networking solutions with Avnet Technology Solutions in the Americas.
Networking

Increase your business opportunity in SDN by asking these 8 questions

May 25, 2015 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Increase your business opportunity in SDN by asking these 8 questions
Cheryl Neal of Avnet Technology Solutions offers solution providers eight questions that can maximize their software-defined networking (SDN) business.

Data Centre

Scale Computing continues its buildout of SMB hyperconverged channel

May 21, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Scale Computing continues its buildout of SMB hyperconverged channel
While building a strong SMB-focused channel to sell hyperconverged is more challenging than a channel selling to larger customers, Scale is counting on the simplicity of its solution to even the odds for its partners, who are the company’s entire sales force.

Data Centre

Hyperconverged startup Stratoscale gears up for late summer product release

May 15, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Hyperconverged startup Stratoscale gears up for late summer product release
Stratoscale emerged from stealth late last year with some powerful vendor investors, a unique hyperconverged value proposition and a 100 per cent channel strategy. The plan is for the product to be available this summer.