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Data Storage Hardware
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July 26, 2013
26
Jul'13
Node4 plans regional data centre strategy
Data centre specialiust Node4 is planning to build two more data centres as it looks to provide greater regional coverage across the UK
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July 22, 2013
22
Jul'13
MicroScope's top stories, week ending 19 July 2013
Adopting cloud could make midsized businesses more competitive; Computacenter UK sitting pretty; and Avnet and Arrow land IBM training role, in our regular look back at last week's big stories
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July 19, 2013
19
Jul'13
Pure Storage turns to channel for flash advice
Flash storage array vendor Pure Storage has formed a Partner Advisory Council and added a number of programme enhancements
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July 12, 2013
12
Jul'13
EMC strengthens Flash capabilities with ScaleIO
Following its purchase of identity management firm Aveksa, Flash software firm ScaleIO becomes the latest addition to EMC’s portfolio
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June 14, 2013
14
Jun'13
Entatech nabs five from Northamber to run Surrey base
Telford-based distie populates new Leatherhead office with ex-Northamber staffers as it bids to ramp up its nationwide scale
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June 13, 2013
13
Jun'13
MicroScope ACEs 2013: The winners
We reveal the full list of winners in the 2013 MicroScope ACEs
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June 10, 2013
10
Jun'13
Channel needs to keep eye on data centre costs
Building data centres and packing them full of customers might not be the ideal long term strategy according to Romonet
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May 31, 2013
31
May'13
Reddin latest addition to growing channelfusion team
Former Avnet man Grant Reddin heads to storage start-up to add partner, vendor management nous
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May 24, 2013
24
May'13
HDD market returns to normality post-floods
An update from HDD specialist HGST has revealed that the market is back to normal after the floods but also indicated that some are finding it hard to readjust
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May 22, 2013
22
May'13
NetApp swings the axe on 900 staff
NetApp has revealed it plans to cut 900 staff from its worldwide roster as it restructures following a mixed fiscal year
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May 20, 2013
20
May'13
MicroScope's top stories, week ending 17 May 2013
Our regular look back at the most important IT channel news stories from the past seven days, as selected by MicroScope readers
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May 14, 2013
14
May'13
Azlan inks distribution deal with EMC
Azlan has been signed by EMC with a brief to grow the SME and mid-market for the storage vendor
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May 13, 2013
13
May'13
Dell launches online solutions calculator, adds discount fund
Dell will make $5m worth of discounts available to partners to mark latest programme launch
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May 13, 2013
13
May'13
MicroScope's top stories, week ending 10 May 2013
Our regular look back at the most important ICT channel stories from the past seven days, as selected by MicroScope readers
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May 10, 2013
10
May'13
Two vendor signings expand Hammer portfolio
Quanta and Promise Technology join storage VAD’s line-up, bringing new OEM and vertical options to the channel
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May 07, 2013
07
May'13
Hockin launches storage distributor channelfusion
Bruce Hockin has launched a high-end focused storage distributor channelfusion
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April 26, 2013
26
Apr'13
Azlan aims to swell reseller numbers
As it looks to complete integration with the SDG operations Azlan is also planning to widen the numbers of resellers it works with
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April 22, 2013
22
Apr'13
KPMG warns Big Data benefits eluding most customers
There are very few firms that have really got their big data systems lined up to deliver valuable information according to KPMG
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April 12, 2013
12
Apr'13
LaCie appoints Beta Distribution
Digital storage vendor LaCie has announced its appointment of Beta Distribution as an authorised distributor in the UK.
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April 08, 2013
08
Apr'13
MicroScope's top stories, week ending 5 April 2013
Our regular look back at the most important channel news stories from the past seven days, as selected by MicroScope readers
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April 03, 2013
03
Apr'13
Big data not just an enterprise sale
The evidence is mounting that big data is not just a sale that resellers should be pitching to large customers with small firms also set to get something out of the technology
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March 25, 2013
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Mar'13
MicroScope's top stories, week ending 22 March 2013
Our regular look back at the top channel news stories from the past seven days, as selected by MicroScope.co.uk readers
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March 21, 2013
21
Mar'13
Pure Storage has high hopes for EMEA flash market
Flash storage specialist Pure Storage has formally launched in EMEA and vowed to take on disk giants EMC and NetApp
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March 21, 2013
21
Mar'13
More education needed around SME big data pitch
As big data becomes a phrase being used more often in the SME market the need for greater education and products designed for smaller firms has been highlighted
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March 21, 2013
21
Mar'13
Disk storage growth anaemic, says Gartner
Economic headwinds are battering the external controller-based disk storage market, which saw sluggish growth in the last quarter of 2012
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March 11, 2013
11
Mar'13
MicroScope's top stories, week ending 8 March 2013
Our regular look back at the most important IT channel news stories from the past seven days as selected by MicroScope readers
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March 04, 2013
04
Mar'13
Micro-P handed VAD status on storage line by Dell
Micro-P has been appointed a value added distributor by Dell with the rights to handle the vendor's storage line as both parties look to grow enterprise channel business
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February 14, 2013
14
Feb'13
Big data demand boosts NetApp income
Big data demand and increasing use of flash-based storage helped NetApp deliver a solid set of Q3 numbers
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January 31, 2013
31
Jan'13
SSD market consolidation expected
The SSD market is expected to undergo some shrinkage as consolidation starts to whittle down the current large number of players in the market
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January 30, 2013
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Jan'13
EMC expects customers will start spending again
EMC has given a cautiously optimistic forecast for 2013 as it expects some frozen IT spending to be thawed as customers invest in cloud and big data
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January 17, 2013
17
Jan'13
Fujitsu hardware business plans aggressive 2013
Following a year of substantial growth within its channel organisation, Fujitsu has said it will look to build bridges with the great and the good of the channel in 2013, as well as aggressively going after its rivals’ market share
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January 10, 2013
10
Jan'13
Big data growth to exceed 30%, says IDC
Analysts at IDC reckon the market for big data technology and services will see compound annual growth of 31.7% through to 2016, when sales could hit $23.8bn (£14.8bn)
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January 08, 2013
08
Jan'13
Dell extends enterprise storage discounts to February
Dell's enterprise storage discount offer will be extended to the end of the month
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January 07, 2013
07
Jan'13
DAS popularity levels set to increase
Direct Attached Storage (DAS) sales should rise this year as major vendors put their muscle behind promoting the technology
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January 03, 2013
03
Jan'13
Gartner: global ICT spend up 4.2% in 2013
Gartner has predicted that global ICT spending will grow by 4.2% to reach $3.7tn (£2.3tn) during 2013, up from its previous forecast of 3.8%
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December 17, 2012
17
Dec'12
MicroScope's top stories, week ending 14 December 2012
Our regular look back at the most important channel news stories from the past seven days
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December 13, 2012
13
Dec'12
Micro-P raids Azlan for network, comms talent
Micro-P has appointed Azlan’s HP Networking business manager Gavin O’Shea as its new general manager of networking and communications
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December 11, 2012
11
Dec'12
EMC to keep up channel momentum into 2013
EMC will look to build on what has been a transformative 2012 for its channel during the next 12 months, with the addition of new, deeper sales training options, among other things
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December 10, 2012
10
Dec'12
MicroScope's top stories, week ending 7 December 2012
Our regular look back at some of the most widely read channel news stories from the past seven days
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December 06, 2012
06
Dec'12
Magirus, Avnet TS first to claim VSPEX assembly badge in EMEA
Magirus, and by extension its new owner Avnet Technology Solutions (ATS), has become the first European distie to bag the EMC VSPEX Assembly Services Capability badge
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December 04, 2012
04
Dec'12
HP aims to open up mid market for storage resellers
HP has thrown down the gauntlet to rivals in the storage space claiming that it now has the product set to open up the mid-market for resellers
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November 29, 2012
29
Nov'12
Acronis positions itself as BYOD and big data player
The CEO of Acronis Alex Pinchev shares his experiences running the storage player over the last year and what he expects 2013 to bring
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November 27, 2012
27
Nov'12
Quantum extends big data team
Quantum has extended its big data team as it looks to ramp up the volume of business it enjoys in that side of that market in Europe
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November 26, 2012
26
Nov'12
MicroScope's top stories, week ending 23 November 2012
Our regular look back at the most read stories on MicroScope.co.uk from the past seven days
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November 22, 2012
22
Nov'12
HP lab latest addition to Azlan partner arsenal
C2000 enterprise unit Azlan is to set up a dedicated HP lab around its infrastructure solutions to give partners a dedicated training, building, testing and design resource
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November 20, 2012
20
Nov'12
Comstor to offer Cisco, NetApp ExpressPod to SME market
Westcon Group’s Cisco specialist unit, Comstor, has added Cisco and NetApp’s latest cloud platform, ExpressPod, to its channel line-up to help partners break into the SME cloud market
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November 19, 2012
19
Nov'12
Buffalo worried SMEs at risk using consumer storage
Buffalo has found that SMEs might know about the importance of looking after data but are quite happy to use external hard drives and USB sticks to store information
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November 19, 2012
19
Nov'12
Data centre focus to move onto sustainability
Those selling data centre technology and services will find that the focus sharpens next year around sustainability issues as customers look to control costs
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November 16, 2012
16
Nov'12
Fujitsu targets top partners with storage drive
Fujitsu has launched a sweeping channel programme and end-user campaigns to grow sales for its ETERNUS storage technology
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November 16, 2012
16
Nov'12
Dell profits collapse as PC spend dries up
Dell’s net profits have almost halved after another dismal quarter in the PC sector, slumping 47% to $475m (£300m) on sales of $13.7bn, down 11% on the year-ago quarter
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November 15, 2012
15
Nov'12
NetApp boss thanks distributors for revenue efforts
NetApp's CEO has thanked distributors for helping it keep revenues stable in its second fiscal quarter as the storage specialist kept its numbers in line with expectations
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November 14, 2012
14
Nov'12
Dell hands Xmas storage discount to partners
Dell has used the opening day of its EMEA Storage Forum in Paris to show off several new support initiatives including a special discount fund of $10m (£6.3m) on enterprise solutions
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November 08, 2012
08
Nov'12
Iomega turns gaze on surveillance market
Iomega is looking to exploit the move by the market away from analogue CCTV cameras to IP based technology with a NAS bundle for partners
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November 07, 2012
07
Nov'12
CommVault launches European reseller support centre
Storage specialist CommVault has opened a reseller support centre in its Reading HQ that will serve partners across EMEA
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November 01, 2012
01
Nov'12
EMC tempts VARs to make service provider transition
EMC has refurbished its cloud-centric Velocity Service Provider Programme, announcing a new scheme that will enable VARs to make the leap up from its Solution Provider community
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October 25, 2012
25
Oct'12
Tape revenue drop hits Quantum numbers
Storage specialist Quantum has reported second quarter results that included net losses as a result of lower demand for tape products
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October 24, 2012
24
Oct'12
Datacentre traffic will grow four times by 2016, predicts Cisco
Global datacentre traffic will grow four times by 2016 to reach a total of 6.6 zettabytes annually, Cisco Systems’ Global Cloud Index has forecast
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October 19, 2012
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Oct'12
Skills gap holding back big data moves
IBM has carried out an extensive survey of the state of the UK market in relation to big data discovering that a skills gap is holding back some customers
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October 18, 2012
18
Oct'12
Big data on the move
SAP has discovered that there is more of an acceptance of the value of big data but its full potential could be undermined as employees struggle to make full use of big data tools
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October 05, 2012
05
Oct'12
Server market to grow despite maturity as datacentres, tablet use rises: Gartner
Although the server market is mature it will experience strong growth through to 2015 as large customers such as Google, Amazon and Facebook fuel datacentre growth
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October 01, 2012
01
Oct'12
Wick Hill adds Imation storage kit to SME offering
Wick Hill has signed on to distribute Imation’s RDX removable hard disk storage and DataGuard NAS backup appliances in a nod to exponential growth in SME data storage requirements
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October 01, 2012
01
Oct'12
MicroScope's top stories, week ending 28 September 2012
Our regular look back at the most popular news stories from the past seven days on MicroScope.co.uk
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September 28, 2012
28
Sep'12
Ultrabook makers gobble up HDD supplies
A growing appetite for ultrabook PCs is currently helping to boost the hard disk drive (HDD) supply market to record levels, according to analysts at IHS
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September 24, 2012
24
Sep'12
Fujitsu, Arrow ECS to offer virtualised backup bundles
Fujitsu has teamed up with Arrow ECS to launch a line of solutions designed to help resellers address end-user virtualised backup scenarios
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September 24, 2012
24
Sep'12
MicroScope's top stories, week ending 21 September 2012
Our regular look back at the most read stories from the past week on MicroScope.co.uk
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September 17, 2012
17
Sep'12
Data centre complexity a growing problem
The latest state of the nation report from Symantec has discovered that customers are struggling to cope with increasing data centre complexity
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September 17, 2012
17
Sep'12
MicroScope's top stories, week ending 14 September 2012
Our regular rundown of the most read stories of the past week on MicroScope.co.uk
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September 14, 2012
14
Sep'12
HDD or SSD debate heads to the cloud
The appeal of solid state drives is something that cloud providers are going to have to start thinking more about as customers look for quick performance options
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September 12, 2012
12
Sep'12
Salford City Council offers cloud service to local businesses
Salford City Council will offer a private cloud service to local businesses through a partnership with ANS Group
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September 12, 2012
12
Sep'12
Customers ramp up cloud and big data moves
An EMC survey of customers has found that the next twelve months will be ones of IT transformation with an increasing number of firms embracing cloud and big data
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September 11, 2012
11
Sep'12
EMC UK boss vows to boost channel sales
Storage giant EMC has told resellers at its Forum event in London that it will only sell to 150 accounts direct and its own staff will be penalised for targeting channel customers
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September 07, 2012
07
Sep'12
ECB disk storage grows slower than hoped
Gartner’s data on the global external controller-based (ECB) disk storage market show that sector growth is falling short of previous expectations
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September 07, 2012
07
Sep'12
Channel interest helps NetApp extend cycling deal
NetApp has highlighted the channel's interest and support of cycling as one of the primary reasons it is extending its sponsorship of its professional team
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September 05, 2012
05
Sep'12
Tech Data pounces on SDG in £219m deal
Tech Data has swallowed up SCH’s distribution business, SDG, in a deal valued at around £219m to augment its enterprise distribution unit, Azlan and strengthen its wider broadline capabilities.
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September 03, 2012
03
Sep'12
MicroScope's top stories, week ending 31 August 2012
Our weekly run down of the top 10 most read stories on MicroScope.co.uk.
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August 30, 2012
30
Aug'12
2e2 duets with Violin Memory
2e2 has partnered up with flash memory vendor Violin Memory to help its customers access flash memory arrays.
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August 29, 2012
29
Aug'12
Thai floods just a memory for resurgent WD
Six months after losing its hard disk drive crown to Seagate when its Thai facilities were flooded, Western Digital (WD) is again sitting pretty on top of the global hard disk drive market.
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August 29, 2012
29
Aug'12
ANS proclaims i3 FlexPod architecture massive success
Manchester-based services provider ANS Group has proclaimed its Infrastructure 3.0 (i3) proposition a rip-roaring success after powering to record profits and sales during the financial year ending 31 March.
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August 28, 2012
28
Aug'12
ISO accreditation for CompTIA and SNIA
IT skills certification provider, CompTIA, and the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) have had their CompTIA Storage+ powered by SNIA certification accredited by the ISO.
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August 23, 2012
23
Aug'12
HP plunges to $8.9bn loss
Hewlett-Packard has posted an enormous $8.9bn (£5.6bn) loss in the third quarter of its fiscal 2012.
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August 22, 2012
22
Aug'12
Dell taps HP’s Haas as PC revenues fade fast
In a clear signal of its future intentions Dell has hired ex-HP Networking boss Marius Haas to run its enterprise unit, as its PC business struggles.
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August 17, 2012
17
Aug'12
Brocade boss bails on a high
Longstanding Brocade CEO Michael Klayko has decided to call it a day after the networking and storage firm posted across the board rises in sales and operating and net profit.
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August 16, 2012
16
Aug'12
NetApp numbers dip as weak economy takes its toll
NetApp has been a victim of ongoing economic uncertianty with its numbers hitting guidance but being short of the sort of income it was delivering last year
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August 15, 2012
15
Aug'12
EMC offers disties assembly role
EMC is offering distribution partners the chance to become authorised assembly centres for some of its storage, backup and data deduplication products
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August 09, 2012
09
Aug'12
Weak Europe hurts Avnet
Weak economic conditions across EMEA hit Avnet in the second half of the distributor's fiscal year
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July 23, 2012
23
Jul'12
Infortrend announces another reach to SME Market
Infortrend continues to expand its channel line-up adding CCI Disribution to its roster
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July 20, 2012
20
Jul'12
Fujitsu boosts channel team with new appointment
Fujitsu has hired a former HDS executive to develop reseller relationships and help drive its channel growth
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July 18, 2012
18
Jul'12
EMC shuffles board to look for growth
EMC has moved the head of VMware and promoted its CFO as it looks to get more growth and keep the storage and virtualisation vendor on track to meet its targets
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July 18, 2012
18
Jul'12
Huge investment needed for connected devices boom
Brocade has warned that significant data centre investment is needed to support the explosion in connected devices
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July 17, 2012
17
Jul'12
Big Data and environment policies impact Datacentres
Some of the challenges facing those running data centres have been revealed by surveys highlighting the problems posed by high volumes of data and green legislation
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July 11, 2012
11
Jul'12
Avere plans for UK growth with VC backing
NAS optimisation specialist Avere Systems plans to grow its UK operations and recruit more resellers after its latest $20m round of VC funding
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July 10, 2012
10
Jul'12
Western Digital urges VARs to sell beyond HDD price, capacity
Western Digital is promising to address some of the channel’s frustrations around being able to effectively market HDD technology.
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July 02, 2012
02
Jul'12
Avnet polishes off Magirus
Five years after it bought its enterprise IT distribution business, Avnet has returned to the table to acquire the remainder of datacentre solutions distributor Magirus.
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July 02, 2012
02
Jul'12
Avnet makes cuts in the North
Avnet Technology Solutions is set to close its Leeds office as it consolidates its Northern operations and has announced that Paul Cook is stepping down from his general sales role.
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June 26, 2012
26
Jun'12
Comstor plants flag in Cisco, NetApp FlexPod environment
Cisco-specialist Comstor has revealed it is to sell Cisco and NetApp's FlexPod datacentre architecture in EMEA after being handed distribution rights to the converged networking, server and storage solution.
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June 19, 2012
19
Jun'12
Prosumer networkers new target for Western Digital
Storage vendor Western Digital (WD) has stepped outside its traditional comfort zone after launching a new line of high-end prosumer-targeted routing equipment, dubbed My Net.
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June 14, 2012
14
Jun'12
Dell to channel: resistance is futile
Michael Dell has said that Dell's portfolio has grown so broad that there is now "not a question" of whether or not resellers are going to have a relationship with it but "a question of when and how".