Year: 2013

  • Avnet and EMC Deliver Mobile Data Center Solution

    Avnet and EMC Deliver Mobile Data Center Solution
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    By Gina Roos Avnet Technology Solutions has launched its EMC VSPEX-based Mobile Data Center Solution for harsh environments that will be exclusively available through Avnet’s U.S. and Canadian partner network. The solution, which leverages the EMC VSPEX Proven Infrastructure to create private clouds, helps channel partners save time and resources by providing a fully integrated… Read more

  • Fragile Networks Create Channel Opportunities

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    Number of Enterprise Applications   71% of the managers surveyed report a year-over-year increase in the number of applications being deployed. Read more

  • VMware Makes Its Move to the Public Cloud

    VMware Makes Its Move to the Public Cloud
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    The much-anticipated public cloud service from VMware was formally unveiled, leaving channel partners to sort through the pros and cons of an offering that might open up a new market while presenting serious competition to solution providers that already roll their own VMware cloud service. The expectation is that there is a lot of pent-up… Read more

  • Ingram Micro Adds Cisco to GSA Schedule

    Ingram Micro Adds Cisco to GSA Schedule
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    By Gina Roos Ingram Micro has expanded its General Services Administration Schedule to include Cisco’s entire portfolio of channel-focused technology offerings. The GSA Schedules program gives federal agencies access to commercial supplies and services. “Cisco has always been a key partner for Ingram Micro,” said Michael Humke, executive director of U.S. Public-Sector and Vertical Markets.… Read more

  • Virtualization’s Top Challenges: Storage Performance, Costs

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    Percentage of Mission-Critical Apps to Be Virtualized  By the end of 2013, the vast majority expect to be well over 80 percent virtualized. Read more

  • Acumatica Delivers Cloud ERP Service via the Channel

    Acumatica Delivers Cloud ERP Service via the Channel
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    When it comes to cloud computing in small and midsize businesses, many cloud service providers are contending with insistent demands from customers. Ideally, the customer would like to take advantage of the cloud to have both a more agile and less costly IT environment. But cloud vendors have been a little wary of helping customers… Read more