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3X Marries Local, Cloud SMB Backup
Managed services in general, and in the cloud, specifically, are attracting the interest of small-medium businesses, according to a new study from AMI, and a number of vendors are looking to tap into this growing market. Although the study doesn’t break down the current size of the opportunity, it does say that SMB annual spending…
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Is Server Hassle Pushing IT to the Cloud
Is Server Hassle Pushing IT to the Cloud Off to the CloudThere is a lot driving the cloud, including the hassle of managing servers. A recent survey of 441 IT professionals revealed that the majority of businesses would “love to never have to buy another server again.” Channel Insider takes a look at the Rackspace…
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Microsoft, i365 Aim to Spoil Symantec`s Grip on Storage Protection Market
Microsoft and i365, the Seagate subsidiary built off its EVault acquisition, announced a partnership today for a new multi-platform, cloud-connected data protection solution they say will disrupt the midmarket in data backup and recovery and give Symantec a run for its money. The two companies are teaming up to extend the capabilities of Data Protection…
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Symantec Reveals 2010 Channel Plan at Partner Engage Conference
Security and storage channel providers converged in Orlando, Fla., this week to meet up with representatives at Symantec for the company’s annual Partner Engage conference. The intensive day-and-a-half event is highlighted by several sneak peeks into Symantec’s channel plans for 2010, including a new demo platform and a newly adjusted renewal incentive plan tweaked to…
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Data Dedupe Heats Up with Acquisitions Such as Data Domain and Kadena
Data dedupe and backup-and-restore software were put under the spotlight recently when EMC outdueled NetApp to buy Data Domain, shelling out $2.1 billion for a company that was generating less than $300 million in annual sales. The good news for EMC is that Deloitte LLP ranked Data Domain as the seventh fastest growing technology company…
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Storage Fusion Drives Professional Services
Specializing in storage analytics, UK-based Storage Fusion is reaching out to the broader channel with a new flat-rate pricing model for its SRA (Storage Resource Analysis) service. Based on a SaaS (Software as a Service) platform, the latest release of SRA combines all of the company’s analytic modules into a single unified service with a…
