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Channel News Briefs: Week of July 6
CommVault Enhances Partner Program CommVault has upgraded its PartnerAdvantage partner program Service Provider (SP) Edition with new tools and other resources to support the specialized requirements of its service provider partners. The partner program is available to cloud, managed services and hosting providers who meet the program requirements, giving them access to software powered by CommVault…
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Hybrid Cloud Model to Remain Dominant in Next Few Years
Cloud strategy Types of Cloud in Use IT organizations definitely have their heads in the cloud. SaaS apps top the list at 72.4%. Just over half the respondents are using IaaS (55.9%) and cloud storage (53.7%). Surprisingly, 41.2% are making use of a PaaS environment. Types of Clouds in Use in Two Years There’s not…
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Channel News Briefs: Week of June 29
Okta Unveils Tiered Channel Partner Program Okta has revamped its Okta Solution Providers (OSP) partner program with a new tiered structure and program enhancements. The OSP program increases support and benefits for qualified partners to help drive business in the enterprise security market with cloud-based identity-management services. The new four-tiered structure allows Okta to scale the program…
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The Cloud Computing Game Is Still Wide Open
The 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…
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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…
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Clouds Are Rising on Many Fronts
Cloud 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…
