Recent Articles
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NetApp Creates a Federation for the Channel in the Cloud
One of the more frustrating aspects of being a solution provider is the number of channel programs you have to participate in, even when there are two or more vendors that are selling something that they are mutually dependent upon to deliver. With the rise of cloud computing that’s becoming a whole lot more common…
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Variations on a Cloud Storage Theme in the Channel
Now that EMC has announced that it’s going to rely even more on the channel to push products and services for the cloud, a lot of solution providers are going to have to ask themselves what exactly is the best business model when it comes to storage in the cloud. At the EMC World 2012…
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Virtualization Drives Backup and Recovery Opportunities for the Channel
With the rise of virtualization it’s becoming clear that more companies than ever are struggling with backup and recovery and by extension disaster recovery. There are several key issues that IT organizations are struggling to manage, including fundamentals such as the fact that ther amount of processor capacity available to the backup and recovery application…
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Promoting Virtualization Diversity
One assumption that is often made about desktop virtualization is that whatever is on the back end of the solution is going to be from the same vendor on the front end. But it turns out that right now the most popular desktop virtualization combination is Citrix on the client and VMware on the server.…
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Mastering Storage in the Cloud
When it comes to emerging technologies it usually the path of least resistance that winds up gaining favor with most IT customers. Right now there’s a massive amount of interest in anything to do with cloud storage. But beyond using the cloud for anything more complex than backing up files and archiving data, the promise…
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Appreciating the Nuances of Cloud Storage
Storage is one of the hottest contested areas in the cloud so it should come as little or no surprise that the vendors competing in this space are looking to increase their size of their arsenals. Case in point is Nirvanix, which this week announced it has picked up an additional $25 million in funding.…