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Downtime 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Avnet Technology Solutions Early Adopter ATS launched its Avnet Cloud Solutions team in May 2012. The group offers a portfolio of integrated and packaged cloud offerings and services to VAR, ISV and MSP partners. One of the latest offerings is cloud services from SoftLayer, acquired by IBM in 2013. Tapping Into Converged Computing Avnet supports […]

FalconStor, Acolyst Launch Federal Partner Program Acolyst, the newly appointed federal distributor of global data storage provider FalconStor Software, has launched the Acolyst/FalconStor Federal Partner Program. Under the agreement, Acolyst will manage the program and recruit a limited number of solution providers. Partners and solution providers who are selected to participate in the program will […]

Core Security Inks Partner Deal With Axxum Core Security, a provider of attack intelligence solutions, has added Axxum Technologies to its Core Secured Partner Program. Axxum is a provider of cyber-security services for the federal government, specializing in risk management, information assurance, security operations and penetration testing & vulnerability assessments. The partnership enables Axxum to add the Core […]

BYOD policy Mobility Driver The top reason to adopt a mobile strategy is to allow employee flexibility (51%), followed by productivity gains (47%), support telecommuting/remote work (41%), and a higher need for employee availability (37%). Reality Check Regardless of company size, all survey respondents estimate 74% to 81% of their employees work full-time in an […]

Tech Data Delivers Integrated Data Protection for SMBs The newly launched Tech Data Integrated Data Protection Solution targets small and midsize businesses (SMBs). The integrated product offering includes IBM’s PowerLinux, IBM’s V3700 Storwize products and the new IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Software Entry for midsize organizations. Offered on a single stock-keeping unit (SKU), the data […]

Tech Data Disruptive Technology Tech Data launched its TDCloud business unit in 2012 and continues to beef up its cloud product and service offerings, including the latest products from Peak 10 and Accusoft, to help meet the huge spike in cloud demand in the next several years. IHS projects cloud spending by enterprises to reach […]

Telecom and IT Reality Check 59% of IT VARs believe a large degree of IT telecom convergence is happening while 34% see it happening to some degree. For telecom agents, 23% said the roles of IT VARs and telecom agents were “converging significantly” while the majority (55%) said the convergence was less complete. Driving Factors […]

Euclid, a mobile location analytics provider, has launched a reseller program to enable third-party partners to sell and distribute its services as part of their WiFi service packages. The analytics company has largely sold its products direct over the past few years, but recognized the need for a reseller program to help expand its network […]

In an effort to solve the technology and cost challenges of small businesses looking to move to the private cloud, Avnet Technology Solutions teamed up with EMC to deliver channel-ready products for small businesses following the launch of EMC’s VNXe3200 storage platform and EMC ScaleIO architecture. These cloud appliances deliver the benefits of private clouds […]