Tag: IBM

  • IBM Ramps Up TMS Distribution Channel

    IBM Ramps Up TMS Distribution Channel

    Channel Insider Staff

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    By Gina Roos Texas Memory Systems (TMS), an IBM company, has added Avnet Technology Solutions to its distribution roster to sell its flash-based storage solutions in the United States and Canada. Under the agreement, Avnet will sell TMS’ full line of solid-state memory solutions, including the RamSan family of shared rack mount systems and Peripheral… Read more

  • OpenStack to Transform Data Center Market

    OpenStack to Transform Data Center Market

    Michael Vizard

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    Now that IBM has become the latest major vendor to throw its weight behind the emerging OpenStack cloud management framework, solution providers in the channel need to adapt to a competitive landscape that is rapidly changing. At the IBM Pulse 2013 conference, March 3 to 6 in Las Vegas, IBM reiterated its support for OpenStack… Read more

  • Flash Memory War to Play Out in Channel

    Flash Memory War to Play Out in Channel

    Michael Vizard

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    The six major vendors that make up the oligarchy that dominates enterprise storage are deeply worried. The rise of flash memory has brought with it a bevy of startup vendors, including Pure Storage, XtremIO, Fusion-io, Skyera, Violin Memory and Virident Systems—all of which are gaining market traction pretty quickly. Most of the major vendors—including IBM,… Read more

  • Cloud Options Proliferate Across the Channel

    Cloud Options Proliferate Across the Channel

    Michael Vizard

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    When it comes to cloud computing, solution providers have no shortage of options. They can either opt to build their own cloud to provide services to customers or resell any number of other cloud services. The challenge is figuring out the right mix of all those options. For instance, a solution provider can opt to… Read more

  • IBM Gears Up to Enable the Mobile Enterprise

    IBM Gears Up to Enable the Mobile Enterprise

    Michael Vizard

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    Building on investments in mobile application development, security, compliance, analytics and cloud computing technologies, IBM is gearing up to launch a major new framework that’s intended to allow organizations to deploy an entire mobile enterprise. IBM’s aim for the technology, scheduled to be rolled out at the Mobile World Congress 2013 conference in Barcelona, Spain… Read more

  • Dell’s Services Play: Necessary But Late

    Channel Insider Staff

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    For me, the Dell/Perot deal is a pretty simple debrief. Dell has been trying to gain relevance in the enterprise, with servers, storage and services. The company had no real comparable services arm to compete with EDS/HP or IBM Global Services. They are worried about getting further commoditized at the device/PC level and about not… Read more