The relationships between vendors and solution providers have never been more complex Tags: Cloud Computing, cloud service providers, cloud storage, Storage, HP CloudSystem, channel, Hewlett-Packard Read More

HP sees major opportunity for more sophisticated storage solutions in the SMB market Tags: Cloud Computing, virtualization, solution provider, channel, iSCSI, SAN, storage area network, Storage, scale-out storage, Ibrix, 3Par, Lefthand Networks, Hewlett-Packard Read More

Launches NetApp FAS2240 series into midmarket IT space

Tags: solution provider, Storage, channel, Dell, OnCommand System Manager, Data ONTAP, NetApp FAS2240, Hewlett-Packard, NetApp Read More

Emulex rolls out version 2.0 of OneCommand Vision to manage storage I/O

Tags: Emulex, OneCommand Vision, Storage, I/O performance, Cloud Computing, service level agreements, SLA, virtual servers, service provider Read More

New disk-based backup systems make Quantum more competitive in the channel

Tags: solution providers, archiving, Backup, appliance, DXi4601, vmPRO 4000, DXi6701/02, disk-based backup, channel, Storage, data deduplication, Quantum Read More

Vendor war for SMB storage customers bodes well for channel

Tags: server, Drobo, Netgear, Hewlett-Packard, Dell, IBM, VNX, NetApp, Clarion, EMC, Nexsan, solution providers, channel, Storage Read More

HP decision to sell PC division raises some difficult questions in the channel Tags: networking, data center, HP PC, Storage, servers, printers, Hewlett-Packard, PC business, solution providers, channel Read More

IT organizations are starting to encounter a multitude of virtualization issues

Tags: virtualization, Tech Data, Astute Networks, virtual machines, virtual switches, servers, memory, Flash memory, virtual server, Storage, channel, solution providers, VMware Read More

Acquisition of Force 10 Networks by Dell sets stage for major data center showdown Tags: networking, Storage, servers, Oracle, 3Com, channel, solution providers, Cisco, UCS, Unified Computing System, Fulcrum Technologies, Intel, Blade Network, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Force 10 Networks, Dell, data center Read More

Huawei Symantec sees new data security opportunities in the channel Tags: Storage, security, SSDs, RSA, EMC, Symantec, Veritas, solution providers, channel, Wingman, solid-state disks, Dorado 2100, Huawei Symantec Read More

New bundle from CommVault opens data management discussion with customers Tags: Storage, Microsoft Exchange, managed service, solution providers, channel, Simpana, Modern Data Management bundle, archiving, Backup, data management, CommVault Read More

New advances in systems management have major implications for solution providers in the channel

Tags: networking, Storage, server, channel, ScaleXtreme, solution providers, systems management Read More

High performance computing (HPC) technologies will go mainstream in the era of the cloud Tags: channel, solution providers, high performance computing, HPC, Storage, Panasas, Cloud Computing Read More

We all had 3 shots of tequila. Dell Channel Chief Greg Davis shouted, “I love you guys!”, and then the Dell Storage Forum Channel Media Roundtable began.

OK, that didn’t really happen. But here’s what did.

Tags: Partner Programs, Storage, Dell, Dell Storage Forum 2011 Read More

The day when customers will ask solution providers how they measure up against key IT performance indicators is close at hand Tags: Hewlett-Packard, solution providers, channel, SLAs, service level agreements, key performance indicators, KPIs, dashboards, servers, Storage, networks Read More

Gains in Cisco UCS sales herald fundamental change in the way data centers are being managed Tags: Cisco, Unified Computing System, servers, networking, Storage, data center convergence, data center, solution providers, channel, virtualization, multicore processors Read More

Next-generation servers that rely on in-memory processing will prove to be a major disruption in the data center.

Tags: channel, HPC, high performance computing, Cloud Computing, solution providers, High Performance Analytics Appliance, HANA, SAP, Storage, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Dell, in-memory computing Read More

Virtualization and cloud technologies have been gobbling up expensive SAN space at an exponential rate. Coraid aims to meet the hunger of virtualization, cloud services and nontraditional applications with their new, inexpensive VSX series of SAN appliances, which solves the storage dilemma by bringing virtualization to the SAN. Tags: Coraid, SAN, storage area network, virtualization, Fibre channel, VSX series, Storage, Etherdrive, storage virtualization, VMware, Linux, Windows, iSCSI, AoE, ATA over Ethernet, RAID Read More

Everyone knows things are a little complicated when it comes to the relationship between vendors and IT services firms in the age of the cloud.
Tags: Storage, Velocity, channel, EMC World, EMC, Cloud Computing Read More

Nimble Storage merges performance, value and scalability into an enterprise storage solution that may just reinvent what storage is all about by combining tier 1 and tier 2 storage into a single appliance Tags: Cloud Computing, compliance, fast ethernet, 10Gbe, web, GUI, Nimble, BC, Disater Recovery, Backup, virtualization, Storage, SAN Read More