Opinion

Opinion

Enterprise Storage Management

• 2023: Multi-cloud, NaaS, sustainability and the IT skills gap top the agenda

  Sherifa Hady, EMEA channel vice-president at HPE Aruba, shares her thoughts on the prospects for the year ahead  Continue Reading

• Nutanix: 2022 channel predictions

  Vendor’s EMEA channel chief shares what he believes will feature on the partner landscape in the year ahead  Continue Reading

• Welcome to the age of insight

  HPE CEO Antonio Neri talked at the company’s recent shindig of the need to give customers insights into their data, but just how easy will that be?  Continue Reading

• How to address Covid-19 in the long run and maintain a healthy business

  Christian Alvarez, senior vice-president of worldwide channels at Nutanix, shares his advice around adapting to the challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic  Continue Reading

• Hope for the best and prepare for the worst: An insight into the future of data protection

  A number of vendors operating in the data management space share their views on why it is so important to encourage customers to prepare for every eventuality  Continue Reading

• HDD’s big comeback

  Hard disk drives are going to remain a key part of a reseller’s portfolio, especially as larger capacity drives come to market  Continue Reading

• Intelligent data management

  We look at artificial intelligence for data management – what it means, what it does and why businesses need it  Continue Reading

• How managed services can help SME security teams take back their time

  For those uncertain about investing in managed services in 2020, doing so could be the answer to freeing up your IT team to turn its attention to areas where it’s needed most. In the first of a three-part series, we look at the services you will need  Continue Reading

• Zero clients: The future of mobile security for the channel?

  As cyber attacks and security breaches continue to grow, IT managers are seeking new ways to secure their critical business data. While thin clients have been a good option in the past, they have limited benefits for remote working. That is where ...  Continue Reading

• Distribution model is alive and well

  Warren Buffett’s interest in Tech Data represents a very strong endorsement of distribution and the channel’s role  Continue Reading

• AI: The smart side of surveillance

  Surveillance combined with artificial intelligence allows fast and superior levels of data analysis and reaction to make smart, informed decisions  Continue Reading

• The five challenges SMEs face due to poor internet connectivity

  What are the leading problems for small to medium-sized enterprises when it comes to internet connectivity?  Continue Reading

• Nand, flash, SSDs and HDDs – what’s happening?

  It is estimated that the world creates 2.5 quintillion bytes of data every day. How will storage technology cope?  Continue Reading

• What do crystals, glass and DNA have in common?

  DNA, glass and crystal have an unexpected common link – they are all innovative new ways to meet the growing demand to store vast amounts of data  Continue Reading

• Encouraging a new breed of storage for the digital age

  Per Overgaard, Lenovo DCG Executive Director, shares his views on why the data explosion is a positive for the channel  Continue Reading

• What’s that in the cloud? Some answers to save you from GDPR

  Now that companies have got distributed databases and mobile workforces with a bring-your-own-deviousness-to-work policy, most companies have problems with GDPR. Here’s some technology options for solving them  Continue Reading

• Veritas reveals channel’s role in growth strategy

  The vendor is “on a mission” to drive channel sales in midmarket and enterprise  Continue Reading

• CAE and i-Storage have something to market

  A couple of British firms caught the eye of Nick Booth with both deserving recognition  Continue Reading

• Park Place Technologies and GuardiCore go on hunts for UK partners

  The channel is very much in demand and Nick Booth has come across a couple of firms keen to build up their reseller relationships  Continue Reading

• GDPR: securing data is more than just a technology fix, it’s about understanding human behaviour

  Neal Lillywhite, VP EMEA Channel at Forcepoint, argues GDPR is about people and processes as well as technology  Continue Reading

• Data: why should businesses invest in the new currency?

  Ian Belton, Sales Director Analytics EMEA, Tech Data looks at why data is so important and the reasons why money should be spent on looking after it  Continue Reading

• Who will save us from the privacy invaders?

  Soon our most intimate details - our genomes - will be on open display, as liberalisation turns our private information into a global peep show for everyone from fraudsters to pharmaceuticals warns Nick Booth  Continue Reading

• Is it worth taking out a file on WekaIO? It seems to be disrupting the data industry

  The artificial intelligence data player is on the hunt for channel partners and Nick Booth thinks the firm is worth a closer look  Continue Reading