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Storage Area Network (SAN) Solutions and Services

• February 26, 2016 26 Feb'16

  VMware aiming to get channel to sell beyond vSphere

  As it looks to transition its business into high growth areas VMware is encouraging partners to embrace the full breadth of its product range

• 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

• 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 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

  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

• 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

• 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 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 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 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

• July 12, 2013 12 Jul'13

  Nutanix launches worldwide reseller programme

  Datacentre infrastructure business formalises worldwide channel engagement to take advantage of continuing cloud and virtualisation growth

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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 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.

• 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.