News
Data Storage Services
-
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
-
October 23, 2012
23
Oct'12
Veeam signs up 1000th partner
Virtualisation specialist Veeam has reached 1000 partners in the UK as it continues to build its channel base looking to recruit more Microsoft resellers
-
October 22, 2012
22
Oct'12
MicroScope's top stories, week ending 19 October 2012
Our regular look back at the most popular ICT channel news stories from the past week
-
October 19, 2012
19
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
-
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
-
October 17, 2012
17
Oct'12
CA appoints Hammer to handle data protection line
CA Technologies has added Hammer to its distribution roster giving the storage specialist responsibility for its ARCserve product
-
October 16, 2012
16
Oct'12
VDI in a box re-engages Citrix channel
Citrix has found its VDI in a box solution has been a way of opening doors with partners and to rebuild its channel after it pruned it back last year
-
October 11, 2012
11
Oct'12
Acronis looks to build channel post GroupLogic purchase
Acronis has sounded the call for more resellers to get on board as it looks to build up its channel operations after the acquisition of GroupLogic
-
October 11, 2012
11
Oct'12
Government Digital Service hands SCC G-Cloud hosting contract
SCC has revealed it has been awarded the G-Cloud services contract to provide the UK Government Digital Service (GDS) with hosting solutions and services
-
October 09, 2012
09
Oct'12
VMworld Europe: Tintri signs Arrow ECS in EMEA
VM-aware storage platform specialist Tintri has announced the signing of a pan-European distribution contract with Arrow Enterprise Computing Solutions (ECS) at VMworld Europe 2012 in Barcelona
-
October 09, 2012
09
Oct'12
VMworld Europe: Colt adds backup, disaster recovery services to vCloud
Cloud and network provider Colt Technology Services has added backup and disaster recovery services to its vCloud services platform in response to channel and customer demand
-
October 08, 2012
08
Oct'12
Storage bottleneck should be concern for VMworld partners, says Avere
As VMworld Europe 2012 begins in Barcelona, NAS specialist Avere has warned that storage ‘bottlenecks’ in virtualised systems are becoming a serious worry
-
October 05, 2012
05
Oct'12
Greater investment needed to reap virtualisation ROI
Resellers should be advising customers to build on their virtualisation investments if they want to achieve greater return on the expenditure they have made on the technology
-
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
-
October 02, 2012
02
Oct'12
Cloud Distribution sets the Ball rolling
Value added distie Cloud Distribution has named network veteran James Ball as its technical manager as it seeks to capitalise on its recent growth and move up “to the next level”
-
October 02, 2012
02
Oct'12
Embotics sets out channel growth ambitions
Virtualisation and cloud specialist Embotics has recruited an EMEA vice president who plans to use a two-tier channel model in the UK to drive growth plans
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
September 26, 2012
26
Sep'12
Acronis plans strategy shift to meet BYOD challenge
Acronis has hired a former Red Hat executive to help it change strategy and move beyond its core backup and recovery markets
-
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
-
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
-
September 19, 2012
19
Sep'12
Mozy looks for SME growth with Arrow ECS
Online storage specialist Mozy has expanded on its relationship with Arrow ECS getting the distributor to grow its share in the SME market
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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.
-
September 03, 2012
03
Sep'12
Veeam gets evangelical about branding
Virtualisation specialist Veeam is using an EMEA evangelist position to get the message out about its branding and to increase the support for partners
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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
-
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
-
August 14, 2012
14
Aug'12
SMEs in ICO firing line
Small firms could be caught out by a more aggressive Information Commissioners Office if they fail to look after their data and customer information securely
-
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
-
August 01, 2012
01
Aug'12
NAS product of choice on storage front
TechTarget research has revealed that NAS remains the most popular storage hardware for customers
-
July 26, 2012
26
Jul'12
Symantec calls time on Salem's stint as CEO
Symantec has changed its CEO as it looks to take the firm forward after reporting just a single percent increase in revenue for its first fiscal quarter
-
July 25, 2012
25
Jul'12
Fujitsu raises the bar for virtual desktop
Fujitsu has made the move to offer resellers higher margins on its FUTRO range of thin clients
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
July 17, 2012
17
Jul'12
Infortrend takes on Hypertec to grow SME market
Infortrend has appointed distributor Hypertec to sell its NAS products into the SME market to take advantage of strong demand from that customer base
-
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
-
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.
-
July 10, 2012
10
Jul'12
XOR hires Breen to drive growth
XOR Professional Services has hired former Azlan executive Joe Breen to drive its partner sales and help it meet ambitious growth targets
-
July 10, 2012
10
Jul'12
On Direct powers up cloud services expansion
Cloud services provider On Direct has embarked on a partner recruitment drive as it prepares to deliver a series of enhancements to its Cloud Direct offering.
-
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.
-
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.
-
June 29, 2012
29
Jun'12
The cloud pitch should be slow and steady
Resellers selling cloud services should not rush customers and should consider starting with a service like backup as a springboard to further applications
-
June 26, 2012
26
Jun'12
ComputerLinks adds NextIO to data centre portfolio
ComputerLinks adds to its data centre product portfolio after being signed up by US vendor NextIO.
-
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.
-
June 25, 2012
25
Jun'12
Consumer cloud new service provider opportunity, says Gartner
Cloud providers may soon be able to consider adding a new string to their bow in the shape of consumer cloud services, as home users begin to turn to the cloud to store photos, videos and other content.
-
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.
-
June 15, 2012
15
Jun'12
ANS among first to nab elite Cisco NetApp FlexPod badge
Networking and cloud integrator ANS has become one of the first Cisco and NetApp partners in the UK, alongside DiData and Logicalis, to be named to the vendors' joint FlexPod Premium Partner Framework.
-
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".
-
June 07, 2012
07
Jun'12
Coraid appointment to target EMEA growth
Ethernet SAN specialist Coraid has appointed former Isilon Systems northern EMEA boss Peter Godden as its new senior director of EMEA in an attempt to replicate the recent tenfold growth it has seen in its US operation.
-
June 07, 2012
07
Jun'12
Ingram gets Crucial and Lexar brands
Micron's Crucial and Lexar memory and storage brands are being added to Ingram Micro's line-up in a bid to increase the firm's exposure to the UK channel.
-
June 01, 2012
01
Jun'12
Nutanix commences Euro channel blitz with SDG signing
'SAN-free' datacentre specialist Nutanix has fetched up on European shores, announcing its first UK partners in the shape of distie SDG and solutions provider Kelway, as well as appointing former EMC andVMware operatives Alan Campbell as EMEA sales ...
-
May 25, 2012
25
May'12
High capacity HDD sales helped by price reductions
Western Digital has benefited as the prices of high capacity hard disc drives (HDD) start to return to pre-Thailand flood levels.
-
May 24, 2012
24
May'12
HP slashes staff, restructures as profits plunge 31%
HP has announced plans to ditch 27,000 jobs, or 8% of its workforce, and will embark on a radical restructuring programme in a bid to cut costs of between $3bn to $3.5bn (£1.9bn to £2.2bn) over the next two years.
-
May 24, 2012
24
May'12
Channel given nod as NetApp delivers solid Q4
The channel was highlighted as one of the reasons, along with its product portfolio, for the solid performance clocked up by storage player NetApp.
-
May 23, 2012
23
May'12
Michael Dell pins Windows 8 hopes on consumer upgrades
Michael Dell has spoken of his hopes for the upcoming launch of Microsoft Windows 8, saying that although enterprise buyers were still in the process of upgrading to Windows 7 and would tend to hold off, there were early signs of a massive refresh ...
-
May 22, 2012
22
May'12
Partners top the agenda on day one of EMC World 2012
Following last month's launch of its midmarket cloud infrastructure product VSPEX, EMC used the first day of its EMC World 2012 conference in Las Vegas to launch two new cloud practices within its Velocity Solution Provider Programme, and unveil a ...
-
May 15, 2012
15
May'12
Xsigo Connections Partner programme launched
Xsigo Systems has announced a new partner programme to recognise and support its growing network of global resellers as a companion initiative to its recent global expansion, writes Linda Endersby.
-
May 15, 2012
15
May'12
Column: In the kingdom of the blind, the one API man is king
Is data the IT infrastructure's version of flab? Are great useless 'big' data files, a sort of information cholesterol, clogging the arteries of the network and blocking up the I/O interfaces?
-
May 14, 2012
14
May'12
Daisy lifts wraps on underground Manchester hideout
Comms and networking provider Daisy Group has poured a million pound investment in its Manchester city centre datacentre, adding more energy efficient technology to the underground facility that it claims could save it up to £25,000 a year.
-
May 11, 2012
11
May'12
Regulatory pressures reveal poor risk management controls
A recent survey shows that in times of increasing regulatory pressures only a third of businesses think they have robust processes in place to manage governance risk and compliance (GRC), writes Linda Endersby.
-
May 10, 2012
10
May'12
Mozy backs up reseller programme with online portal
Data protection provider Mozy, has taken the wraps off first online portal for resellers in the UK just days after it kicked off its channel programme, writes Linda Endersby.
-
May 10, 2012
10
May'12
NCC aims to reduce web attacks with .secure domain
NCC Group has set up a separate business to deliver secure web infrastructure services to meet the growing need for watertight web surfing.
-
May 09, 2012
09
May'12
In-depth: Many servers need better balancing
Leigh Bradford looks at why the growth in the server market is fuelling the drive for load balancing among small and medium-sized enterprises - and why this is good news for those operating in the channel.
-
May 08, 2012
08
May'12
Acronis blames downturn for poor disaster recovery strategy
The Acronis Global Disaster Recovery (DR) Index 2012 findings from the industrial sector have revealed that only 53% of respondents were confident they could recover quickly in the event of a disaster, writes Linda Endersby.
-
May 08, 2012
08
May'12
In-depth: Dress servers up for sales success
To succeed in an evolving server market, resellers must package up hardware and services to sell a complete solution.
-
May 04, 2012
04
May'12
In-depth: What does the server market hold in store for 2012?
2011 was a brisk year for server revenues, but the floods in Thailand and other issues brought final quarter figures down - so what lies in store for the market this year, asks Billy MacInnes The global server market looks like a pretty good place ...
-
May 03, 2012
03
May'12
Mozy sticks Union Jack on VAR programme
EMC-owned online backup specialist Mozy has unveiled a UK-specific version of its partner programme, with a Sterling price list and country specific lead generation and allocation at its core.
-
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 ...