Recent Articles
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SAP Enlists IBM to Go Global in the Cloud
SAP and IBM on Oct. 14 announced a global cloud computing alliance that gives SAP access to more than 40 data centers around the globe to host the SAP HANA in-memory computing platform. Leveraging the IBM SoftLayer cloud, SAP will deploy instances of its SAP HANA cloud platform, along with the portfolio of SAP applications…
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RackWare Launches Global Partner Program
RackWare, a provider of automated cloud management software, has formally launched its Channel Partner Program to expand and better support its service provider and VAR network globally. Today, about 50 percent of the company’s revenue is derived from the channel. However, RackWare expects that percentage to increase to about 60 to 70 percent next year.…
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Channel News Briefs: Week of Oct. 5
Arrow Distributes Lenovo Enterprise Products Following the transition of IBM’s System X server business to Lenovo, Arrow Electronics is now an authorized North American Lenovo distributor for System X and related products. The global IT technology distributor will continue to distribute System X, BladeCenter and Flex System blade servers and switches, System X-based Flex integrated systems,…
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Oracle Extends Its Cloud Reach in the Channel
Oracle formed an open cloud community and will be making a raft of cloud services available via a two-tier distribution program that includes Tech Data, Arrow Electronics, Avnet and NextGen, Oracle announced at its OpenWorld 2014 conference this week. The company wants the various types of channel partners that are converging on the cloud to…
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Channel News Briefs: Week of Sept. 28
Arrow, Rackspace Ink Distribution Agreement Arrow Electronics added Rackspace, a managed cloud company, to its cloud service portfolio in the United States and Canada. Under the agreement, Arrow solution providers can join the Rackspace reseller program that provides volume discounts, pre- and post-sales support and access to help desk and financing services. The Rackspace managed…
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Born of the Internet of Things, With Help From Intel
Just as new solution providers were founded based on business models made possible by the advent of cloud computing, the same phenomenon is likely to take place as new solution providers come into being to address Internet of things (IoT) opportunities. Looking to provide many of the foundational technologies that will be used to enable…
