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May 03, 2012 03 May'12
Virtualisation spending rising on back of VDI demand

The demand for virtualisation has started to head back to the levels enjoyed in 2010 as customers start to roll out desktop projects. For the first time in the best part of two years the market in Q2 showed a 5.4% increase in those IT ...
April 30, 2012 30 Apr'12
WD meeting HDD demand as Thai floods become a memory

The impact of the Thailand floods has finally become a historical issue for Western Digital as it revealed its operations had got to a point where they could now meet demand.
April 27, 2012 27 Apr'12
Column: Data dieting for dummies

You know you've got a problem when people start denying it, "You're not a fat company," your so called analyst friends will say, "You've just got big data." Big data. It's one of those weasel words they use to avoid embarrassment.
April 26, 2012 26 Apr'12
Danish Debriefing courts Brocade, IBM resellers for UK launch

StorageISV Debriefing is targeting partners of both Brocade and IBM with the UK launch of its cloud-based storage resource management (SRM) and monitoring tool Wizards Storage Portal.

April 18, 2012 18 Apr'12
Dell recruits channel development director

Dell has appointed a channel development director to mastermind growing the business the vendor gets from the top end of its reseller base.
April 17, 2012 17 Apr'12
ComputerLinks extends storage portfolio with Infortrend

Computerlinks continues to expand beyond its traditional security business bolstering its other lines with the signing of networked storage specialist Info trend.
April 12, 2012 12 Apr'12
Stordis to push discount 10Gb Ethernet bundles

Specialist high-performance storage networking distie Stordis is planning to help its resellers grab a larger slice of the 10GbE market, offering a 15% discount on integrated bundles comprised of Fujitsu, Dot Hill and Emulex kit.
April 11, 2012 11 Apr'12
Egnyte takes aim at file-sharing rivals' market share

Cloud file-sharing specialist Egnyte has hit out at its rivals, arguing that consumer-grade solutions from firms such as Drop box and Boxare unsuitable for business use. "The low-end and consumer market is saturated.
April 10, 2012 10 Apr'12
Veeam targets legacy rivals with channel promo

Veeam has taken the wraps off an aggressive promotion designed to help resellers prize users away from rival legacy backup products.
April 04, 2012 04 Apr'12
HDD output back to pre-flood levels in the second half of 2012

The Hard Disc Drive (HDD) market, hit hard by the floods in Thailand last year, should have got back to normal by the second half of this year.

March 28, 2012 28 Mar'12
HDS will work with channel to make more noise in the market

Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) is planning to make more noise in the market and deepen its channel relationships as it looks to flex its muscles in the storage market.
March 16, 2012 16 Mar'12
KACE grows channel to meet midmarket, BYOD opportunity

Dell's systems management division, Dell KACE, is to expand its partner programme further in the coming months in order to capitalise on growing opportunities in the midmarket, as well as the anticipated move to Windows 8 and, naturally, BYOD.
March 06, 2012 06 Mar'12
Iomega revamps channel support to drive NAS sales

Storage specialist Iomega has made changes to its channel programmes around its network attached storage (NAS) products to encourage resellers to put more muscle behind the portfolio.
March 01, 2012 01 Mar'12
Proact and NetApp team up for ISV service programme

Storage and cloud reseller Proact has brought vendor partner NetApp in on a new Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) programme to target its expanding base of ISV customers.
February 20, 2012 20 Feb'12
Westcoast signs SanDisk to extend storage portfolio

West coast has moved to bolster its storage portfolio after signing with SanDisk to carry the vendor's range of USB and SSD drives. The tie-up is being described as one that benefits both parties because SanDisk is looking to increase its share in ...