Year: 2015
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Avnet Launches Converged Infrastructure Program
Categories: News and TrendsAvnet Launches FSA One Frameworks Avnet introduced FSA (FlexPod Services by Avnet) One Frameworks, co-developed with Cisco and NetApp to drive the adoption of converged infrastructure solutions. The offering is available to solution provider partners in the United States and Canada. The new program is a “value-added extension” of the FlexPod Services by Avnet program… Read more
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Why Dell’s EMC Buyout Plans Spell Channel Turmoil
Categories: Tech CompaniesAlthough neither company sells 100 percent of its products and services through the channel, there is almost no solution provider that will not be affected, to one degree or another, by the $67 billion merger of Dell and EMC that is expected to close in mid-2016. While the CEOs of both companies touted the complementary… Read more
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Cloud, Managed Services Brighten Channel Outlook
Categories: News and TrendsOptimism Cloud, Managed Services Brighten Channel Outlook The channel is relatively bullish about its outlook for reasons ranging from cloud computing opening doors to robust demand for managed services, CompTIA finds. Channel Sales From New, Existing Customers Nearly half of channel firms expect revenue growth to come mainly from net new customers over the next… Read more
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OpenStack Addresses Network Orchestration Layer
While the OpenStack community likes to present a unified front to the outside world, inside the various projects that make up the OpenStack framework, there is a lot of frustration with the Neutron networking component of OpenStack. Much of that frustration stems from the fact that after five years of effort Neutron still doesn’t scale… Read more
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10 Facts the Channel Should Know About Containers
Categories: Cloud ComputingContainers 10 Facts the Channel Should Know About Containers Solution providers should take note of how containers are enabling the development of microservices that will change how apps are built, deployed and managed. Adoption of Containers 35% are making broad use of containers or have standardized on them. Another third are either using them in… Read more
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HP Details Its Post-Breakup Channel Strategies
Categories: Tech CompaniesGearing up for the historic split of Hewlett-Packard, company officials announced the realignment of its channel programs around the Hewlett Packard Enterprise and HP Inc. entities that will formally come into existence on Nov. 1. All told, HP has about 200,000 partners that will be affected by the changes, with some 90,000 of those partners… Read more