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Data Storage Services

• March 31, 2014 31 Mar'14

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 28 March 2014

  Catch up on all the biggest channel news stories from the past week, including full coverage of HP Global Partner Conference and Cisco Partner Summit in Las Vegas

• March 26, 2014 26 Mar'14

  Qsan highlights small business SAN opportunity

  The market for storage attached networking is widening with more SMEs looking to buy the technology according to Qsan and CMS Distribution

• March 20, 2014 20 Mar'14

  Veeam looking for SOHO and mid market growth

  Virtualisation specialist Veeam is looking for growth in both the mid market and low end

• March 18, 2014 18 Mar'14

  SolidFire: flash evangelists missing the big picture

  Flash array vendor SolidFire has unveiled a series of enhancements to its operating system and criticised rivals for failing to look beyond pure speed when it comes to solid state sales

• March 17, 2014 17 Mar'14

  Gartner: disk storage market expands 5% in Q4’13

  Analysts see a return to growth in the storage market following a dismal third quarter, with things looking good for EMC and HP

• March 17, 2014 17 Mar'14

  Kelway lands £150m Atos contract

  Kelway has been given a five year contract by Atos to handle its workspace and datacentre infrastructure

• March 17, 2014 17 Mar'14

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 14 March 2014

  SaaS most beloved cloud option, says report, Microsoft channel boss speaks out on reseller transition, and Azzurri cements recovery with cloud UC. Catch up on the biggest channel stories from last week

• March 12, 2014 12 Mar'14

  Violin’s Rose to play for Pure in EMEA expansion

  Steven Rose swaps one flash vendor for another as Pure Storage claims eightfold expansion

• March 10, 2014 10 Mar'14

  IBM boss admits last year missed expectations

  In the chairman's letter in IBM's 2013 annual report there is talk of cloud and growth but also an admission that last year did not meet expectations

• February 26, 2014 26 Feb'14

  Veeam rolls out enhancements to partner programme

  Improved deal registration rewards and a certified engineer status are included in enhancements to Veeam's partner programme

• February 26, 2014 26 Feb'14

  IBM cloud investment will boost UK datacentre options

  Plans by IBM to spend $1.2bn on building more global datacentres will see millions spent in the UK

• February 24, 2014 24 Feb'14

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 21 February 2014

  SCC buys into managed print game, Andy Gass returns to Blighty, and Phoenix offers assistance to sunken SMEs. Catch up on the biggest channel news stories of last week

• February 19, 2014 19 Feb'14

  HDS extends partnership with Symantec to take advantage of big data surge

  HDS is extending its partnership with Symantec to resell Symantec NetBackup data protection software and Enterprise Vault information archiving software

• February 17, 2014 17 Feb'14

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 14 February 2014

  Claranet CEO talks cloud channel landscape, Yorks cricketer heads to Big Technology and Discount-Licensing hits out at FAST. Catch up on last week's biggest channel news stories

• February 11, 2014 11 Feb'14

  Avnet, EMC speed time to deployment on VNXe, Data Domain kit

  Avnet Technology Solutions joins EMC in SME initiative to promote VNXe storage and Data Domain backup and remove barriers to its deployment in the channel

• February 10, 2014 10 Feb'14

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 7 February 2014

  Microsoft clashes with reseller in copyright case, Dell extends SME managed print options, and Tintri forges ahead with virtual storage plan. Catch up on the biggest stories of last week

• February 06, 2014 06 Feb'14

  IHS Technologies: SSD market flying but HDD segment struggling

  Figures from IHS Technologies indicate that hard disk drives and optical drives are struggling as SSD ramps up

• February 04, 2014 04 Feb'14

  Veeam extends switch programme to grow user base

  Virtualisation backup specialist Veeam has extended a programme to encourage users to switch as it also announced strong results for last year

• February 04, 2014 04 Feb'14

  Tintri forges new channels to promote virtual storage growth

  Storage virtualisation specialist Tintri is preparing to revamp its channel outreach to support the launch of its Global Center management tool and prepare it for future growth

• February 03, 2014 03 Feb'14

  Weeks of interim leadership end as Violin Memory unveils CEO

  Violin Memory has reacted quickly after terminating its relationship with its last CEO in December by bringing on board a fresh face

• February 03, 2014 03 Feb'14

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 31 January 2014

  Azzurri boss departs after restructure, channel speaks out over Windows XP malware support, and Cisco in cloud conflict warning. Catch up on the biggest channel news stories from last week

• January 30, 2014 30 Jan'14

  Quantum boss highlights VAR cloud backup programme

  Revealing the highlights of its third fiscal quarter the boss of Quantum has drawn attention to its cloud backup reseller programme

• January 29, 2014 29 Jan'14

  Cloud threatens to cause data recovery headaches

  Kroll Ontrack has warned that storing information in the cloud might cause challenges when it comes time to recovery that data

• January 29, 2014 29 Jan'14

  Hybrid cloud demand bolsters VMware

  VMware is looking forward to this year with a fair amount of confidence after it delivered a solid 2013

• January 28, 2014 28 Jan'14

  Accenture predicts more enterprise IT innovation

  Accenture's Technology Vision 2014 report outlines a world where large companies are as innovative as start-ups when it comes to using IT to improve the business

• January 24, 2014 24 Jan'14

  Pure Storage soups up UK partner ops to account for growth

  Flash array vendor Pure Storage says it will attack rivals’ business models, not just their installed base, as the expansive firm ramps up its partner scheme

• January 22, 2014 22 Jan'14

  Toshiba finalises OCZ purchase, relaunches subsidiary

  A month after buying SSD firm OCZ out of Chapter 11, Toshiba has finalised the acquisition and relaunched OCZ Storage Solutions as a new subsidiary

• January 22, 2014 22 Jan'14

  Lenovo One Channel refresh targets SME, server, storage lines

  Lenovo has refreshed its One Channel partner programme as it targets market leadership in EMEA, adding new rewards around its server and storage product lines

• January 21, 2014 21 Jan'14

  Druva takes wraps off channel programme

  Backup and file sharing specialist Druva has taken the wraps off a channel partner programme to increase its reseller numbers

• January 20, 2014 20 Jan'14

  RnD uses Alvea to underline SME cloud options

  RnD Systems Integration has rolled out hosted storage for a London-based marketing agency within just a few weeks of getting sign-off on the project

• January 17, 2014 17 Jan'14

  WD gives Hammer access to Sentinel NAS and Arkeia backup lines

  Relationship between WD and Hammer expands to include compact unified NAS storage hardware and business network backup solutions in the UK and Nordics

• January 17, 2014 17 Jan'14

  Colt’s Simon Walsh heads to EMC

  Former Colt EVP and Computacenter UK MD Simon Walsh takes up the post of EMEA chief operating officer at EMC

• January 14, 2014 14 Jan'14

  EMC shares first details of new Business Partner Programme

  Eight months after first telling the channel it was binning its Velocity partner programme, EMC has been sharing the first details of its new scheme

• January 13, 2014 13 Jan'14

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 10 January 2014

  McAfee brand killed off by Intel, Avnet gets new UK management and Gartner bets on enterprise software. Catch up on the biggest channel news stories from the past week

• January 08, 2014 08 Jan'14

  D-Link hands Routledge UK sales, marketing manager role

  Former European business development boss takes charge of UK and Ireland sales and marketing efforts

• January 07, 2014 07 Jan'14

  Comstor expands CA relationship with monitoring software

  Comstor resellers to get access to CA Technologies’ IT monitoring software after expanding US relationship into Europe

• January 06, 2014 06 Jan'14

  Avnet Services lands Veeam education training status

  Avnet Services has been appointed an education centre by virtualisation specialist Veeam

• January 02, 2014 02 Jan'14

  MicroScope's top stories: December 2013

  AMD predicts PC resurgence, Microsoft launches cloud partner network, and HP unveils 2014 hardware ranges. Catch up on the biggest channel news stories from December 2013

• December 20, 2013 20 Dec'13

  Customers overlooking PC upgrade options

  Crucial.com has found that customers are buying new PCs rather than upgrading existing hardware

• December 19, 2013 19 Dec'13

  Context: Enterprise demand fuels SSD sales rise

  Figures from Context indicate that in October SSD sales through distribution increased significantly year-on-year

• December 18, 2013 18 Dec'13

  Unitrends bolsters backup options with PHD Virtual buy

  Data protection specialist Unitrends has bolstered its options by buying PHD Virtual Technologies

• December 09, 2013 09 Dec'13

  Backup Technologies offers lifeline to Symantec Backup Exec.cloud channel

  Iomart-owned Backup Technologies offers migration path for stranded Symantec Backup Exec.cloud partners and customers

• December 09, 2013 09 Dec'13

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 6 December 2013

  AMD sees bespoke system builders fighting back, EC lets DiData acquisition plans slip, and Microsoft simplifies licensing. Catch up on the biggest channel news stories from last week

• December 03, 2013 03 Dec'13

  Toshiba pounces on fallen OCZ, eyes SSD market dominance

  Toshiba buys OCZ’s SSD client, enterprise and software assets out of Chapter 11, boosting its own NAND flash memory business

• December 02, 2013 02 Dec'13

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 29 November 2013

  HP CEO's vision for 3D printers, Riverbed chucks revenue targets, and Exclusive Networks CARMS things down a bit. Check out some of the bigger stories from the past week

• December 02, 2013 02 Dec'13

  Accumuli bolsters big data credentials with Eqalis buy

  Security player Accumuli has moved to improve its position in the big data market after acquiring Bracknell-based Eqalis

• November 28, 2013 28 Nov'13

  G-Technology launches tiered partner programe

  Audio-visual storage player G-Technology has kicked off a tiered channel programme

• November 25, 2013 25 Nov'13

  Disk drive problems take shine off Xbox One launch

  The launch of the Xbox One has been tarnished by growing reports of disk drive problems

• November 25, 2013 25 Nov'13

  WD positions combined SSD, HDD dual drive as upgrade opportunity

  WD reckons newest addition to its high performance disk drive portfolio will help the channel give customer PC estates a new lease of life and reduce cloud reliance

• November 20, 2013 20 Nov'13

  IDC: Time for the digital media industry to embrace cloud storage

  The entertainment and media industry has not been quick to embrace cloud but that will need to change according to IDC

• November 15, 2013 15 Nov'13

  Veeam outlines expansion ambitions

  Virtualisation specialist Veeam is planning to expand both its reseller numbers and headcount as it plans for more growth in 2014

• November 14, 2013 14 Nov'13

  NetApp and Overland highlight tough storage market

  Financial results showing an impact on revenues from a challenging market have been issued by both NetApp and Overland Storage

• November 13, 2013 13 Nov'13

  AVG adds online backup to CloudCare platform

  Security specialist AVG has extended the functionality of its CloudCare platform adding online backup to the options resellers can offer SMEs

• November 11, 2013 11 Nov'13

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 8 November 2013

  Fujitsu bosses rubbish Dell strategy, Acer CEO walks after losses mount, and Ingram Micro gets into managed print. Catch up on the biggest channel stories from the past seven days

• November 07, 2013 07 Nov'13

  Fujitsu bosses reflect on transformative channel year, lay into HP, Dell

  At Fujitsu Forum in Munich, company leadership reflects on a busy year for its indirect business and ramps up the rhetoric against its rivals

• November 05, 2013 05 Nov'13

  CMS extends enterprise reach with Interactive Ideas buy

  CMS Distribution has extended its enterprise credentials after buying software distributor Interactive Ideas

• November 05, 2013 05 Nov'13

  Redstone sells off Comunica infrastructure arm

  Redstone has completed its restructuring with the sale of its Comunica infrastructure business for £9.5m

• November 04, 2013 04 Nov'13

  Overland Storage widens reach with Tandberg Data deal

  Overland Storage will have more of a footprint in Europe and Asia with the acquisition of Tandberg Data

• November 04, 2013 04 Nov'13

  Nexenta recruits COO to support growth strategy

  Software defined storage player Nexenta has recruited an industry veteran to help it develop its strategy

• November 01, 2013 01 Nov'13

  PernixData embarks on flash UK channel quest

  Server virtualisation start-up hunts partners for FVP flash hypervisor technology

• October 29, 2013 29 Oct'13

  Quantum launches cloud backup partner programme

  Resellers and MSPs alike will be able to offer Quantum virtual deduplication appliance and vmPRO backup software-powered backup-as-a-service

• October 29, 2013 29 Oct'13

  Avnet brings CloudEnhance data management programme to UK

  Launch of Avnet Technology Solutions’ CloudEnhance channel programme intended to help partners address gaps around management of unstructured data

• October 28, 2013 28 Oct'13

  Entatech to push Kingston SSM memory into the channel

  Entatech deepens relationship with Kingston Technology by adding its System Specific Memory products to its portfolio

• October 23, 2013 23 Oct'13

  Big data and social media on CompTIA radar

  Channel organisation CompTIA has used its EMEA member conference to discuss some of the major trends in the industry

• October 23, 2013 23 Oct'13

  EMC hits all targets, but US shutdown drags on sales

  Despite hitting all its goals for the third quarter, EMC has professed itself disappointed thanks to a decline in US government spending

• October 22, 2013 22 Oct'13

  KPMG calls for analytics to be used in fight against fraud

  KPMG views big data analytics as a way of highlighting potential fraud inside a business

• October 21, 2013 21 Oct'13

  Flash vendor Tegile launches EMEA channel scheme

  Capitalising on a growing wave of interest in flash storage arrays for business, newcomer Tegile Systems has launched its first partner programme, backed by Exclusive Networks

• October 21, 2013 21 Oct'13

  Arrow makes double signing with Quantum and McAfee

  It has been a busy start to the week for Arrow Electronics with the signing of storage player Quantum and security vendor McAfee

• October 16, 2013 16 Oct'13

  UKFast plans more datacentre investment

  Cloud specialist UKFast is planning to reinvest its profits in more datacentre capacity

• October 14, 2013 14 Oct'13

  Exclusive Networks cuts ribbon on Big Technology

  Exclusive Networks Group has launched a new distributor in the UK Big Technology aimed at the datacentre market

• October 14, 2013 14 Oct'13

  IDC points to the cloud for the backup market

  More backup and recovery solutions will be delivered via the cloud as part of a wider platform sale according to IDC

• October 07, 2013 07 Oct'13

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 4 October 2013

  Getronics buys NEC Enterprise Solutions, HP tweaks PartnerOne programme again, and Intrinsic names new CEO. Catch up on the biggest channel news stories from the past week

• October 04, 2013 04 Oct'13

  Violin plans European distribution expansion

  Violin Memory is planning to expand its European distribution base to gain better coverage on the continent

• October 03, 2013 03 Oct'13

  Phoenix handed uni storage, server framework spot by NetApp

  Managed services provider Phoenix selected by NetApp as a partner under the National Server and Storage Framework

• October 01, 2013 01 Oct'13

  Ingram Micro buys hardware recycling outfit CloudBlue

  Ingram Micro buys into reverse logistics business with acquisition of US-based asset disposition, data destruction and e-waste recycling firm CloudBlue Technologies

• October 01, 2013 01 Oct'13

  iomart splashes out on Backup Technologies

  Cloud specialist iomart has bolstered its portfolio after acquiring hosted backup and disaster recovery player Backup Technologies

• September 30, 2013 30 Sep'13

  Aorta Cloud: Nirvanix rescue mission gathers steam

  Brits ride to rescue of stranded Nirvanix customers, as defunct cloud storage provider extends end of service deadline into October

• September 30, 2013 30 Sep'13

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 27 September 2013

  Outsourcery fills Microsoft cloud gap, Ingram hires new president, COO, Avnet pitches desktop virtualisation programme at channel. Catch up on last week's biggest stories

• September 25, 2013 25 Sep'13

  Virtual data loss continues to be a problem

  Users appear to think they are safe in a virtual environment but figures from Kroll Ontrack reveal problems with data loss

• September 25, 2013 25 Sep'13

  Comstor signed up by X-IO

  Comstor has inked a deal with X-IO to extend storage to those resellers selling data centre and cloud solutions

• September 25, 2013 25 Sep'13

  Node4 appoints channel head to grow reseller business

  Datacentre specialist Node4 has appointed a head of channel sales to develop its reseller activities

• September 24, 2013 24 Sep'13

  Avnet aims to help resellers with desktop virtualisation

  Avnet Technology Solutions is setting out to make desktop virtualisation an easier sale for resellers

• September 23, 2013 23 Sep'13

  channelfusion adds Infrascale to vendor list

  Storage distributor has added Infrascale to the growing list of vendors on its books

• September 23, 2013 23 Sep'13

  Citrix looks for unified strategy with EMEA channel head

  Citrix has appointed an EMEA channel head with a brief to develop a unified strategy across the region

• September 22, 2013 22 Sep'13

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 20 September 2013

  HP UK boss Wilson heads Down Under, Advanced rides to rescue of 2e2 public sector customer, and Outsourcery strikes Ingram Micro deal. Catch up on the biggest channel news stories from the past week

• September 18, 2013 18 Sep'13

  Aorta Cloud mounts rescue mission for Nirvanix customers

  Following revelations that US cloud provider Nirvanix is shuttering its service, UK partner Aorta Cloud embarks on fundraising mission to offer service continuity to customers

• September 17, 2013 17 Sep'13

  Tandberg Data signs up Hammer

  Tandberg Data has signed up Hammer to distribute its product range across Europe

• September 11, 2013 11 Sep'13

  Hammer flaunts new disk drive channel resources

  Registered Disk Partner scheme brings together key Hammer HDD vendors to give storage resellers new levels of support

• September 10, 2013 10 Sep'13

  Western Digital embraces SME backup specialists

  Storage vendor Western Digital on a quest to strengthen its channel and remind partners that following its acquisition of Arkeia, it also now does backup

• September 09, 2013 09 Sep'13

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 6 September 2013

  Gartner warns resellers not to bank on cloud, German contract fall-out hurts Computacenter, and Trustmarque opens new London office. Catch up on the biggest channel news stories from the past week

• September 05, 2013 05 Sep'13

  Brocade locks in Lipsin to run global channel

  Datacentre networking specialist Brocade taps former Arbor Networks channel boss Bill Lipsin to take charge of channel, system integrator sales

• September 02, 2013 02 Sep'13

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 30 August 2013

  IaaS data shows Amazon Web Services out in front, Arrow guzzles Computerlinks, and Ballmer calls it quits. Catch up on the biggest channel news stories from the past seven days

• August 29, 2013 29 Aug'13

  Pure Storage funding round to support EMEA business, IPO

  Enterprise flash array cheerleader claims $150m private funding round is the largest in storage history

• August 28, 2013 28 Aug'13

  Arrow splashes out €230m for ComputerLinks

  Arrow Electronics has announced it will acquire ComputerLinks as it looks to bolster its position in serving the datacentre market

• August 27, 2013 27 Aug'13

  Buffalo hires CMS Distribution to target NAS market

  Networking and storage firm Buffalo Technology says agreement with storage specialist distie CMS Distribution will help it strengthen its grip on the network attached storage market

• August 27, 2013 27 Aug'13

  Violin sets out bold channel strategy in IPO proposal

  Flash storage specialist Violin has revealed it is looking for channel expansion as it lays out a proposal for an IPO for later this year

• August 19, 2013 19 Aug'13

  Violin gets aggressive with Blackall appointment

  Channel management specialist Vince Blackall to crack the whip at flash storage vendor Violin Memory in aggressive expansion plan

• August 14, 2013 14 Aug'13

  Brocade profits rise despite stifled sales

  With sales of both its networking and SAN portfolios falling, Brocade surprises itself by more than doubling profits

• August 14, 2013 14 Aug'13

  Kelway announces new disaster recovery package

  ServiceWorks Assure to replicate VMware-based server workloads to Kelway’s own UK-based cloud infrastructure

• August 14, 2013 14 Aug'13

  New body to educate on HDD technology

  Hard disk vendors form industry body to promote storage technology as big data pushes up demand