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Channel News Briefs: Week of Aug. 10
Avnet Technology Solutions has signed a distribution agreement with Nutanix to distribute its web-scale converged infrastructure solution in the United States and Canada. Under this agreement, Avnet will provide its channel partners with the Nutanix Virtual Computing Platform, which partners can use to design and develop converged compute and storage infrastructure for virtualized data centers. The…
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Extreme Networks Intros Unified Channel Program
Following Extreme Network’s acquisition of Enterasys last year, the merger of the two organizations’ channel programs, had been a work in progress. Now, Extreme Networks is rolling out a revamped channel program that, not only combines much of the best of what both companies previously offered, but also adds a couple of new twists. At…
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Channel News Briefs: Week of July 20
Tech Data Adds McAfee SaaS Offerings to Solutions Store McAfee will provide its software-as-a-service (SaaS) security offerings to Tech Data’s channel of solution providers through the company’s TDCloud business unit. The cloud-based security offerings, including McAfee’s SaaS Email Protection, SaaS Email Archiving and SaaS Web Protection, will be available through Tech Data’s Solutions Store. In addition,…
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Why the IBM-Apple Deal Is Good for All
On July 15, IBM and Apple announced a new relationship that will ultimately mean wonders for the enterprise and consumers. It also will show that while mobile handsets are a real concern for CIOs and IT decision-makers, with the right partnership and the right team, they can actually add quite a bit of value to…
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Channel News Briefs: Week of July 13
Parallels Supports Microsoft Cloud Solution Provider Program Parallels, the platform provider for cloud service delivery, is supporting the new Microsoft Cloud Solution Provider Program with Parallels SmartStart for Office 365. The new Microsoft provider program expands the opportunity for Microsoft’s channel to resell Microsoft Office 365. The SmartStart program delivers a full range of Microsoft…
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IronKey by Imation Enhances Its Channel Program
One of the more interesting approaches to securing a PC environment has been the emergence of Windows To Go, an instance of Windows 8 that can be booted off a USB drive. The idea is to allow organizations to better secure their PCs by issuing USB drives that workers plug into a PC to bring…
