vCloud Integration Manager is key to managing cloud services based on VMware virtual machine software Tags: virtualization management, channel, virtual servers, hybrid cloud computing, virtualization, application workloads, private cloud computing, Cloud Computing, virtual machine, vCloud Integration Manager, VMware Read More

Ericom AccessCloud makes it easier to move existing Windows applications to the cloud

Tags: Cloud Computing, Ericom, Windows, Ericom AccessCloud, access control, terminal services, virtualization, solution providers, channel 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

GFI Software acquires provider of network and systems management service

Tags: systems monitoring, network, solution providers, channel, SMB, virtualization, managed services, Montis, GFI Software Read More

Pre-integrated server platforms require a C-Level sales push from the channel

Tags: data center convergence, virtualization, solution provider, channel, data center, Vblock, VMware, Intel, The Virtual Computing Environment Company, VCE, EMC, Cisco Read More

Opscode publishes recipes for rolling out cloud computing deployments Tags: Hyper-V, Microsoft, VMware, virtualization, OpenStack, Cloud Computing, Dimension Data, Opscode Read More

As small-to-medium businesses mature there dependency on innovative IT solutions deepens Tags: consumerization of IT, technology projects, virtualization, financing, small-to-medium business, SMB, Symantec, IBM 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

Survey finds Microsoft gaining ground on VMware Tags: virtual servers, channel, solution providers, Hyper-V, VMware, Microsoft, virtual machine, virtualization Read More

Chaos in the IT department is creating new IT service management opportunities for the channel Tags: CA Technologies, mobile computing, ITSM, IT service management, virtualization, Numara Software Read More

There's a major opportunity to consolidate network infrastructure once you get past all the vendor posturing

Tags: solution providers, channel, Hewlett-Packard, Cisco, data center, virtualization, video, FlexFabric, Catalyst, switches, virtual switches Read More

Solution proivders in the cloud have a different channel agenda when it comes to servers

Tags: Xeon, virtualization, Super Micro, IBM, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, solution providers, channel, Advanced Micro Devices, Intel, Sandy Bridge, blade server, server, Cloud Computing Read More

When it comes time to pick a vendor in the race for the cloud, all of the above is the best bet for the channel Tags: Microsoft, Hyper-V, Windows Server 2008, Oracle, Red Hat, KVM, Linux, IBM, solution provider, channel, open source, OpenStack, Azure, virtualization, virtual machine, Citrix, VMware, Cloud Computing 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

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

Solution providers in the channel are missing out on data center convergence opportunities Tags: virtualization, channel, solution providers, ADC, application delivery controller, virtual machine, networks, server, storage systems, data center convergence, data center, F5 Networks 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

Rising number of mobile computing devices will overwhelm most existing wireless access points.

While the growing popularity of mobile computing devices such as smartphones and tablet PCs doesn’t create a lot of immediate opportunities for the channel, the impact these devices will have on existing network infrastructure could prove to be substantial.

Tags: solution providers, channel, tablet PCs, smartphones, AP 400 Mobile Edge, Layer 2 switch, virtualization, 802.11n, wireless access point, Meru Networks Read More

Disaster recovery solutions come in all shapes and sizes, yet most are lacking in some critical area and need third party products or services to complete the picture. CharTec overcomes those limitations by merging all of the discrete elements of backup and disaster recovery into a singular offering. Tags: virtualization, Storage, Cloud Services, Backup, Disater Recovery Read More

Solution providers in the channel have become used to a steady, albeit slow, flow of regular router upgrades that typically occur on average every four to five years for each customer.

But as virtualization and mobile computing continue to evolve, pressures on the network bandwidth continue to mount. Unfortunately, customers tend to resist forklift upgrades to their network infrastructure because of the disruptive impact those upgrades can have on their applications.

Tags: router, edge router, Universal WAN, Juniper Networks, JunOS Trio chip set, virtualization, MDX series Read More