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Data Storage Services

• July 09, 2013 09 Jul'13

  Slow storage market hits Brocade revenues

  Networking firm Brocade blames SAN sales not meeting expectations for a revenue slide of 8% in its second quarter

• 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

• June 13, 2013 13 Jun'13

  MicroScope ACEs 2013: The winners

  We reveal the full list of winners in the 2013 MicroScope ACEs

• 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

• June 05, 2013 05 Jun'13

  Virtual backup market heading for SME churn

  Research from Veeam has revealed that many customers will change their choice of virtual backup tools next year

• 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

• May 29, 2013 29 May'13

  GFI Software aims to grow business and channel sales following acquisition

  GFI Software has swooped on Netherlands-based IASO, an online backup software company, to bolster its GFI MAX Remote Management business

• May 29, 2013 29 May'13

  CMS gets Euro rights to Connected Data's 'Transporter'

  CMS Distribution has acquired exclusive European distribution rights to cloud storage technology from US company Connected Data

• May 29, 2013 29 May'13

  MicroScope’s top stories, week ending 18 May 2013

  Our regular look back at the biggest ICT channel news stories of the past seven days, as selected by MicroScope readers

• 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

• May 22, 2013 22 May'13

  Security fears holding back big data moves

  Research from Voltage Security has revealed that customers are walking away from big data and cloud projects because of worries about security

• 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

• May 20, 2013 20 May'13

  Veeam reaches out to tape users

  Virtualisation backup specialist Veeam has reached out to tape users providing them with support for the first time with the latest version of its flagship product

• 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

• May 16, 2013 16 May'13

  Colt launches cloud storage service

  Colt has taken the wraps off a cloud storage service that resellers can offer to customers looking to take advantage of putting their data into a hosted environment

• May 15, 2013 15 May'13

  Veeam aims to rekindle channel spark

  Veeam is looking to strengthen its channel and encourage more to embrace cloud storage solutions

• May 15, 2013 15 May'13

  Embotics brings in Zycko after dropping Avnet

  Virtualisation and cloud specialist Embotics has signed up Zycko to handle its products after taking the decision to part company with Avnet

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• May 07, 2013 07 May'13

  Hockin launches storage distributor channelfusion

  Bruce Hockin has launched a high-end focused storage distributor channelfusion

• April 29, 2013 29 Apr'13

  EVault launches cloud disaster recovery service in EMEA

  Seagate-owned disaster recovery and backup specialist EVault has brought its Cloud Disaster Recovery (CDR) service across the Atlantic for the first time

• April 29, 2013 29 Apr'13

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 26 April 2013

  Our regular look back at the biggest IT channel news stories from the past seven days, as selected by MicroScope readers

• 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

• April 25, 2013 25 Apr'13

  Phoenix shows off business continuity investment

  Services house throws open day at revitalised Scottish facility to show customer and peers what’s under its kilt

• April 24, 2013 24 Apr'13

  Egnyte, NetApp offer channel double rebates in new partnership

  File-sharing specialist Egnyte hopes offer will drive more NetApp partners into its arms

• April 23, 2013 23 Apr'13

  Zycko to run Aptare EMEA distribution

  Storage software specialist goes two tier in EMEA with self-styled “market maker” VAD

• April 22, 2013 22 Apr'13

  Tintri sets out to rearticulate channel vision

  VM-aware storage specialist wants to re-educate its partners following a major product refresh

• 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

• 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.

• April 11, 2013 11 Apr'13

  Tandberg Data launches into own-brand NAS market

  SME storage specialist says marketing its own NAS product will bring tighter integration with its portfolio and enhance the VAR experience

• 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

• April 04, 2013 04 Apr'13

  Enables IT chairman departs

  Enables IT has confirmed the departure of its chairman thanking him for his involvement in the reverse takeover last year by Nexus Management

• 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

• March 28, 2013 28 Mar'13

  Arrow close to completing virtualisation jigsaw

  Arrow Electronics has been building up a portfolio of vendors that will support selling a virtualisation solution

• March 25, 2013 25 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

• March 22, 2013 22 Mar'13

  QLogic set to expand channel to support caching SAN launch

  QLogic is looking at expanding its channel as it takes the wraps off a SAN adapter range that should speed up performance in virtual environments

• March 22, 2013 22 Mar'13

  Big data, cloud and virtualisation driving enterprise revenues

  Big data, cloud and virtualisation technologies are driving enterprise revenues through distribution and have managed to offset the decline in server sales

• 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

• 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

• 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

• March 20, 2013 20 Mar'13

  Veeam adds rental licenses to cloud programme

  Veeam has responded to market demand and added the option for rental licenses to its reseller cloud programme

• 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

• March 04, 2013 04 Mar'13

  Wick Hill fills thin client gap with Becrypt security lines

  Wick Hill has added cybersecurity solutions specialist Becrypt to its vendor line-up enable it to better address thin client security and thus enable more effective BYOD policies among customers

• March 04, 2013 04 Mar'13

  Backup failures costing firms thousands

  Customers continue to understand the need for backup but are failing to use the right tools to ensure that they can restore information quickly according to Veeam

• 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

• February 28, 2013 28 Feb'13

  Brocade pledges tighter channel integration

  Brocade’s new EMEA channel chief Thomas Langkjaer has said he will seek to integrate more closely with partners

• February 18, 2013 18 Feb'13

  Brocade profits disappear into California coffers

  Brocade has blamed changes to the tax code in its home state of California for a $21m (£13.5m) net loss, down from $54m in the previous quarter and $59m year-on-year

• February 15, 2013 15 Feb'13

  Barracuda management rejig to grow storage biz

  Barracuda Networks has handed its former UK and Ireland country manager, Jason Howells, the post of UK and Ireland regional sales director in an attempt to drive more growth on the storage side of its business

• February 15, 2013 15 Feb'13

  Vision aims at Citrix users with cloud disaster recovery

  Vision Solutions is targeting the Citrix channel with a new line of cloud protection and recovery solutions, based on its Double-Take and MIMIX lines

• 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

• February 05, 2013 05 Feb'13

  Veeam enhances partner programme

  Veeam has introduced a specialisation to its partner programme for the first time and beefed up the rewards on offer through its deal registration system

• February 04, 2013 04 Feb'13

  Storage veteran Poulsen joins Datacore to grow UK buisness

  A former senior executive from HDS and Brocade has joined Datacore as the storage virtualiusation vendor looks to grow business across Northern Europe

• February 04, 2013 04 Feb'13

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 1 February 2013

  Our regular look back at the biggest channel news stories from the past seven days

• 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

• January 30, 2013 30 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

• January 29, 2013 29 Jan'13

  Cloud Distribution sinks claws into Talon

  Cloud Distribution has signed an exclusive UK distie partnership with next-gen storage and application delivery software firm Talon

• January 29, 2013 29 Jan'13

  VMware cuts staff to boost bottom line

  VMware is to lay off 900 staff, mostly in non-core functions, as the virtualisation giant seeks to breathe new life into flat profits

• January 28, 2013 28 Jan'13

  Phoenix claims UK first with cloud-to-cloud backup service

  Phoenix IT Group has launched the UK’s first cloud-to-cloud backup service to the local market, targeting Salesforce customers

• January 25, 2013 25 Jan'13

  Embotics targets VMware customers with upgrade offer

  Embotics has targeted VMware customers with an upgrade offer that is designed to appeal to those facing end of life support

• January 23, 2013 23 Jan'13

  Acronis hooks Powles as new UK MD

  Acronis has named Rick Powles as its new UK and Ireland managing director and tasked him with reinvigorating its channel strategies to take account of growth in virtualised and cloud storage environments, and consumerisation

• January 22, 2013 22 Jan'13

  Veeam thanks channel as customer base grows

  Veeam has realeased an insight into its performance last year thanking the channel for helping it add thousands of new customers

• January 22, 2013 22 Jan'13

  Mimecast hires new Euro channel team

  Mimecast has snapped up Microsoft's Phil Atkinson and HP's Andrew Duce to bulk up its European channel team

• 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

• 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)

• January 09, 2013 09 Jan'13

  HP introduces big data channel certification

  HP has launched a big data certification for channel partners supporting its Vertica Analytics Platform as it looks to develop reseller skills in the market

• 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

• January 07, 2013 07 Jan'13

  Hammer joins DataCore Software distie line-up

  Storage virtualisation specialist DataCore Software has added Hammer to its UK distribution roster, ending its exclusive tie-up with Avnet

• January 07, 2013 07 Jan'13

  Rebooted CMS to sell Western Digital SME NAS kit

  Just days after ditching its CMS Peripherals moniker, newly-renamed CMS Distribution has signed on to sell Western Digital’s SME network attached storage (NAS) hardware

• 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

• January 04, 2013 04 Jan'13

  Lenovo, EMC fomalise NAS joint venture

  Lenovo and EMC have completed the formation of a new joint venture, LenovoEMC, incorporating EMC’s Iomega assets to offer co-branded network attached storage (NAS) to business customers

• 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%

• 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

• 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

• 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

• December 11, 2012 11 Dec'12

  Deduplication and archiving helping to cut storage costs

  Deduplication and archiving technologies are helping storage resellers shave costs off their customer's bills even more than cloud and virtualisation

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• November 21, 2012 21 Nov'12

  AVG exceeds reseller cloud ambitions

  AVG has signed up three times as many resellers as it aimed for to sell its CloudCare platform

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• November 13, 2012 13 Nov'12

  Avnet adds Riverbed support to WAN services line-up

  Avnet Technology Solutions has picked up Riverbed Authorised Support Partner (RASP) status, meaning it can now offer round-the-clock support to Riverbed WAN optimisation resellers in the UK

• 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

• 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

• 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

• October 31, 2012 31 Oct'12

  Dot Hill hopes to woo channel

  SAN storage vendor, Dot Hill Systems, is attempting to drive the adoption of its AssuredSAN storage products by launching try-and-buy and trade-in programmes

• October 31, 2012 31 Oct'12

  'VM-aware' viruses on the rise

  Viruses targeting virtual machines (VMs) are growing in numbers and will soon be the dominant force in the world of cyber crime, says Kaspersky

• 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

• 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