virtualization

VMworld Canada channel chief Donna Wittmann
Channel Programs

North American model nets VMware Canada partners more resources

September 1, 2015 Robert Dutt Comments Off on North American model nets VMware Canada partners more resources
VMware’s new North American structure will mean access to new resources to help Canadian partners evolve their services play, Donna Wittmann says.

Data Centre

Lenovo expands hyperconverged portfolio with SimpliVity alliance

August 20, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Lenovo expands hyperconverged portfolio with SimpliVity alliance
Lenovo announces its second hyperconverged partnership this week, which like the first is focused primarily on the SMB space, where Lenovo is initially focusing with its hyperconverged strategy.

Data Centre

New Nutanix Americas channel chief Chris Morgan lays out strategy

August 14, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on New Nutanix Americas channel chief Chris Morgan lays out strategy
Morgan discusses his priorities in making sure that the strength of Nutanix’s channel infrastructure keeps up with the rapid growth of its sales.

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.

Channel Programs

Citrix sees strong channel momentum, dismisses reported disaffection over Elliott deal

August 3, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Citrix sees strong channel momentum, dismisses reported disaffection over Elliott deal
Citrix denies that last week’s Co-operation Agreement will have negative implications for partners, and says that strong showings by newly-specialized partners has the company on track to achieve this year’s channel goals.

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.