Year: 2014
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The Cloud Computing Game Is Still Wide Open
Categories: Cloud ComputingThe Cloud Computing Game Is Still Wide Open Customers Lean Toward VMware VMware’s dominance of the local data center extends to the cloud: 74% of survey respondents expressed a strong preference for a VMware-based cloud. Keeping Cloud Options Open Customers plan to expand the number of cloud service providers they do business with: 60% indicate… Read more
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Helping Combat Downtime, On-Premise and in the Cloud
Categories: StorageDowntime Downtime Events 59% of companies experienced an outage in the past three months while 28% had an outage in the past month. Outage Causes Hardware failure is the biggest reason for outages, said 55% of respondents. Other causes were upgrades and migration (51%), human error (47%), application error (43%) and power outages (39%). Customer… Read more
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Asigra Delivers Software-Defined Data Protection
Looking to help channel partners reduce cloud backup storage costs and deployment time, Asigra released its Software-Defined Data Protection (SDDP) technology. The new offering uses commoditized infrastructure and vendor-agnostic technologies to provide scalable and lower-cost cloud backup storage for channel partners. The approach is an alternative to expensive monolithic systems and is expected to speed… Read more
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Clouds Are Rising on Many Fronts
Categories: Cloud ComputingCloud computing Public Clouds in Use Amazon and Google currently dominate the public cloud landscape. Amazon Web Services leads at 24%, followed by Google Compute Engine, at 16%. Private Cloud Platforms in Use VMware leads, but OpenStack appears to be gaining ground rapidly. At 15%, VMware vCloud Director leads the market, but OpenStack has already… Read more
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The Channel Rises to the Cloud Opportunity
The channel, much like nature itself, abhors a vacuum. Like it or not, cloud computing is changing IT fundamentals in a way that is forcing solution providers of all sizes to make adjustments. The real issue is whether those adjustments will make solution providers in the age of the cloud stronger or weaker. In theory,… Read more
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Channel News Briefs: Week of June 22
Trend Micro Rolls Out Global Partner Program Trend Micro, a security software provider, has launched its global partner program, combining the best features of its regional and North American partner programs. The rollout of the Trend Micro Partner Program will be completed in the first quarter of 2015. As part of the revamp, the education… Read more