Recent Articles
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Parrish: NetApp Committed to the Channel
Refuting persistent rumors and speculation that NetApp will shake off its solution providers in favor of a direct sales model, newly installed global channel chief Julie Parrish says the storage vendor is committed to growing its channel and working with solution providers to battle competitors head on. “I don’t think [NetApp] would have hired senior…
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BMC Chief: Time to Redesign, Automate IT
Financial markets continue to slide, forcing enterprises and small businesses alike to cut spending and lay off even mission-critical employees. Although unfortunate, this is looking like a good trend for vendors and resellers specializing in business service management and automation tools. BMC Software, a leader in BSM software and methodologies, reported Oct. 30 that its…
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Iomega StorCenter ix2 Offers Ample Storage for Negligible Price
If Eddie Money penned a song about the Iomega StorCenter ix2, it would probably be titled, "I’ve Got Two Tickets to Terabytes." That’s because the latest network-attached storage unit from Iomega can be configured one of two ways, as a 2TB "just a bunch of disks" storage device or 1TB device that uses drive mirroring…
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Asigra Gets Flexible on Pricing
Recognizing that its backup and recovery technology isn’t exactly cheap, storage vendor Asigra is no longer requiring channel partners to lay out tens of thousands of dollars up front for the software. Instead, the vendor is licensing its Televaulting backup and recovery platform to partners on a month-to-month basis, with partners paying $500 monthly or…
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Symantec Launches Two-Tier Symantec Protection Network SAAS Channel Partner Program
Two years in the making, Symantec last week at the Symantec PartnerEngage conference announced the formal launch of its Symantec Protection Network—the company’s software-as-a-service entry designed to be sold through channel partners. "Our focus is on the midmarket and SMB, and as a result of that we made a strategic early decision to focus this…
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EMC Gives Weak Outlook, Sees Slower Tech Spending
By Jim Finkle BOSTON, Oct 22 (Reuters) – EMC Corp (EMC) forecast earnings for the current quarter at the low end of Wall Street expectations as the world’s top corporate storage equipment maker faced slower spending on information technology. But shares rose 7 percent on relief that the news wasn’t worse and also by stronger-than-expected…
