In Depth

In Depth

Enterprise Storage Management

• Why the channel can prepare for a positive 2024

  A tough 2023 is in the books, and focus now settles on a fresh 12 months where the narrative can be better across the channel  Continue Reading

• Top 10 channel stories of 2023

  It’s time to look back at what topics were making the news across the industry in the past 12 months  Continue Reading

• The top 10 channel themes of 2023

  What were the main areas of interest in the past 12 months? This handy list of the top 10 should jog memories, stir debate and garner some agreement across the channel  Continue Reading

• The drivers in the storage market

  A number of factors are affecting the storage industry, and the channel can benefit from understanding the dynamics of the market  Continue Reading

• Five-minute interview: Tim Britt, Dropbox

  MicroScope talks to Tim Britt, Dropbox’s director of sales and channel for Central Europe, about what his thoughts on the channel and what gets him up in the morning  Continue Reading

• What’s driving the data storage market?

  When it comes to storage, there are differing views about what the biggest drivers are in the current market, which gives the channel a lot to think about  Continue Reading

• Time to take it to the edge

  Edge computing is growing and is dominating more conversations – so just what is the play here for the channel?  Continue Reading

• 2021 predictions: Cloud, comms and remote working

  There are reasons for the channel to feel optimistic about the year ahead on numerous technology fronts  Continue Reading

• Five-minute interview: Jan Ursi, Rubrik

  MicroScope asks another channel executive a series of questions designed to help you get to know them that little bit better  Continue Reading

• Five-minute interview: Jason Skelton, Acxiom

  Through a series of questions we find out a little bit more about another channel executive, this time Jason Skelton, Acxiom’s platform alliances head  Continue Reading

• What to expect in Q4

  AI, contact centres and security are among the areas where the channel might gain in this quarter, according to industry figures  Continue Reading

• OpenText looks to channel to fulfil ambitious growth

  EIM software specialist OpenText reveals plans to grab enterprise market share from rivals  Continue Reading

• Five minute interview: Greg Bailey, Veeam

  MicroScope puts its questions to Greg Bailey, director of channels and cloud at Veeam UK&I  Continue Reading

• Brexit crisis: How are businesses coping?

  Theresa May’s impending departure has only deepened the confusion surrounding Brexit – so what does the business community make of it all?  Continue Reading

• Commvault CEO: "Our best years are still to come"

  Just a week and a half after taking up the position of CEO at Commvault Sanjay Mirchandani took some time to talk of his decision to join the firm and his thoughts about the future  Continue Reading

• What lies ahead in the storage world

  Federica Monsone, founder of A3 Communications, speaks to industry shapers about the likely 2019 trends in data storage  Continue Reading

• Storage roundtable: Hyperconvergence and channel opportunities

  In the second part of the MicroScope storage roundtable the discussion moves onto hyperconvergence and how vendors are supporting their channel partners  Continue Reading

• Storage roundtable: Cloud and MSPs

  In the first part of coverage of MicroScope's storage roundtable the debate begins with a focus on the shift by customers towards the cloud and the movement by the channel to become MSPs  Continue Reading

• The storage technologies of the future

  In the second part of this series, we ask vendors and channel companies for their views on the storage technologies customers will be asking for in the future  Continue Reading

• What storage technologies are customers looking for?

  In the first of a two-part investigation of the storage market the question being answered is around the current user demands  Continue Reading

• How channel partners can prepare customers for GDPR compliance

  With just a few weeks to go there are still plenty of customers that could do with the channel's help when it comes to being on the right side of the data compliance regulations  Continue Reading

• How Kognitio mined the reality gap on London bus time tables

  The work was inspired by TfL’s open data policy and could spark ideas in other channel partners Nick Booth argues  Continue Reading

• Why GDPR spells a channel opportunity

  Next month's data compliance rules should generate plenty of chances for the channel to get talking to customers  Continue Reading

• Q&A: Michael Sotnick, VP channels and alliances & Ben Savage, EMEA head of channels Pure Storage

  Microscope sat down with Pure Storage’s channel execs at its Accelerate 2017 conference to discover the Flash vendor’s plans for its partners  Continue Reading