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Network Attached Storage (NAS) Solutions and Services

• February 18, 2020 18 Feb'20

  Veeam fills gap for partners with NAS support

  Backup and data management specialist Veeam is working with its channel base to make sure resellers take advantage of the updates to its flagship product Availability Suite

• January 21, 2020 21 Jan'20

  Ignition Technology and Global Distribution add to vendor rosters

  Distributors adding depth to the portfolio to widen the solutions and services they can put in front of resellers

• November 05, 2018 05 Nov'18

  WDC: The channel needs to view us as a technology company

  The storage player has expanded its portfolio over recent years and has more infrastructure products to sell via partners

• June 05, 2015 05 Jun'15

  Storage channel has to embrace change

  One of the main conclusions from a MicroScope storage roundtable is that the storage channel is being forced to navigate changes to the reseller and vendor communities

• October 10, 2014 10 Oct'14

  Oracle urges resellers to build on hardware

  Traditional hardware resellers are being encouraged by Oracle to add software and services to their customer pitches

• August 08, 2014 08 Aug'14

  Avnet extends OEM relationship with EMC

  Avnet continues to build on a decade plus old relationship with EMC providing more products for OEMs and ISVs

• June 12, 2014 12 Jun'14

  Lenovo takes on Arrow to handle servers and storage

  Lenovo has appointed Arrow Electronics to handle its server and storage products as it looks to grow its channel around those technologies

• 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

• 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 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

• 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

• 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 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

• 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 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

• 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 07, 2013 07 Aug'13

  Avnet looks ahead on back of solid Q4

  Avnet has revealed that it had a better end to its fiscal year and with its restructuring complete it has more confidence about the future

• 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

• 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 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 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

• 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

• 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

• 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 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 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

• 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 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

• 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

• 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 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 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 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.