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Network Virtualisation

• June 05, 2013 05 Jun'13

  jetNEXUS launches VAR programme, hunts Microsoft business

  Home-grown load balancing and app acceleration specialist dips its toes in channel waters for the first time, touting a margin-rich programme

• January 28, 2013 28 Jan'13

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 25 January 2013

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

• January 22, 2013 22 Jan'13

  Riverbed pins support badge on DiData

  South Africa-based integrator Dimension Data has been handed Riverbed Authorised Support Partner (RASP) status

• January 18, 2013 18 Jan'13

  Cisco buys into virtualisation outfit Parallels

  Desktop virtualisation software specialist Parallels has sold a 1% stake in itself to Cisco with the intent of supporting joint go-to-market activities and boosting take-up of its products in mainstream Cisco environments

• January 15, 2013 15 Jan'13

  Brocade names Lloyd Carney as CEO

  Brocade has announced Lloyd Carney as its new chief executive officer (CEO), taking over with immediate effect

• 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 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 13, 2012 13 Nov'12

  Langkjaer new Brocade EMEA channel chief

  Brocade has named its DACH OEM boss Thomas Langkjaer as its new EMEA channel sales director

• November 05, 2012 05 Nov'12

  Brocade adds Vyatta to software networking offer

  Brocade has forked out an undisclosed sum to acquire US-based network software expert Vyatta

• October 30, 2012 30 Oct'12

  Riverbed swoops on OPNET in billion dollar deal

  IT performance company Riverbed Technology has bought OPNET Technologies in a deal estimated to be worth $1 billion in equity and $921 million in enterprise value

• August 28, 2012 28 Aug'12

  SDG to distribute Mitel comms solutions

  Comms software provider Mitel has announced a new partnership with technology distributor SDG to sell hosted and virtual voice and unified communications based on the VMware desktop virtualisation platform.

• July 24, 2012 24 Jul'12

  VMware picks up Nicira to expand beyond the server

  Virtualisation player VMware has acquired Nicira as part of wider plans to expand into the data center and cloud networking markets

• 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 01, 2012 01 Jul'12

  MicroScope's Top Stories, week ending 29 June 2012

  Our weekly run-down of the most viewed stories on MicroScope.co.uk