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Channel News Briefs: Week of Aug. 10
Avnet Technology Solutions has signed a distribution agreement with Nutanix to distribute its web-scale converged infrastructure solution in the United States and Canada. Under this agreement, Avnet will provide its channel partners with the Nutanix Virtual Computing Platform, which partners can use to design and develop converged compute and storage infrastructure for virtualized data centers. The…
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Arcserve Heads Back to the Channel Future
Back in the day, Arcserve was a leading light of the channel that rode many of those relationships into becoming a leader in the backup and recovery software market. Then Arcserve was acquired by what became CA Technologies, and it became something of a challenge for solution providers in the channel to navigate their way…
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IoT Brings Channel New World of Opportunity, Challenges
PHOENIX—It was gratifying that there weren’t many buzzwords being bandied about at ChannelCon 2014, CompTIA’s gathering here this week of channel professionals. I only heard “paradigm shift” once, and it was during an Aug. 6 panel discussion on the Internet of things, or IoT. Almost apologizing for using what’s sometimes considered a catchphrase, panelist Dave…
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Channel News Briefs: Week of Aug. 3
Tech Data Mobile Solutions Enhances Cloud-Based Partner Portal Tech Data Mobile Solutions has improved CellManage, its cloud-based portal that centralizes the management of mobile devices through integration with wireless carriers, enterprise mobility management (EMM) and corporate IT systems. The enhancements provide resellers with a platform to manage asset tracking, billing, deployment and procurement of mobile…
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The Cloud: An Alien Technology Redefines Data Centers
By Mike L. Chase Much of the technology that powers the cloud is derived from the intellectual property of the cloud service providers themselves or an emerging market that caters to only them. It is an alien level of technology that much like master magicians is hoarded as much as it is sought after. While…
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Cisco Overhauls Its Certification, Training Programs
Driven by accelerating technology transitions and evolving job roles, Cisco has revised its Certified Network Professional (CCNP) Routing and Switching certification. The IT giant also updated courses for the Cisco Unified Contact Center Enterprise (UCCE) Training, and added several network programmability specialist certifications. The new or enhanced courses are designed to help IT professionals at…
