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Fusion-io CEO Wants More Choice in Flash Market, Hails NetApp Team-Up
Fusion-io co-founder and chief executive David Flynn was one of the attendees at the NetApp Customer Day mini-event at VMworld 2012. The executive discussed his company, the partnership with NetApp and flash storage in an interview with Wikibon founder Dave Vellante (full video below). The Cube alumnus said that it his company has seen sales ...
This Week in the Cloud: New Apps and a $25M Surprise
A handful of cloud service vendors had big news this week. Among them is ServiceSource, a cloud service provider that’s making a strong appeal to the industry at large. ServiceSource helps tech firms manage their recurring revenue. This week the company introduced a new hosted toolset that covers analytics, operations, CRM and a couple other ...
Double Sales Growth for VirtuStream, Thanks to Solutions like NetApp
Flexibility in supporting a range of architectures has been important for NetApp’s appeal to customers and partners, including VirtuStream, who’s been able to extend the benefits to its string of Fortune 500 companies. Today we hear from Simon Aspinall, the chief marketing officer of the up-and-coming cloud service provider. Wikibon Founder Dave Vellante chatted up ...
NetApp on Virtualization: Flash Strategy Looks to the Channel
Flash is kind of a big deal for storage darling NetApp. The company’s seeking out the best strategy for Flash SSD, with emphasis on the partner channel. Wikibon’s Dave Vellante caught up with Tim Russel, the head of data lifecycle products for NetApp, at the storage vendor’s mini event during VMworld 2012 (see the full ...
IBM Boosts its Channel Strategy with MSP Initiatives
IBM is promoting its SmartCloud and PureSystems line-up with new incentives for the managed service providers (MSPs) that provide client companies with the local expertise needed to get things up and running. Big Blue is really sweetening the deal with this push, via the addition of ‘unmatched’ sales and marketing assistance as well as other ...
Bloomfire Continues Expansion with Salesforce Integration
Bloomfire is a social enterprise startup that touts its platform as a cloud-based ‘unified knowledge hub.’ It’s a cross between a CMS and a social network that works as an add-on for content-driven services that a client may already be using, such as Google Apps. Starting this week Bloomfire also supports Salesforce – and it’s ...
What to Expect at Oracle OpenWorld 2012: Reinforcing “Open” Technologies
Oracle OpenWorld 2012 is kicking off on the 30th and will be held through October 4, 2012 in San Francisco. The conference will attract tens of thousands of IT pros as well as hundreds of partners, and will provide a very good perspective on where Oracle now stands in the market. For starters, Oracle’s set ...
ServiceSource Launches Cloud Application for Cloud Service Providers
ServiceSource sells technology that helps companies manage customer subscriptions and contracts, unveiling a new cloud platform that aims to help tech firms better manage their recurring revenue sources. Renew OnDemand is a suite of applications that covers a lot of ground: there are separate tools for operational activities and direct sales, and another dedicated to ...
TokuDB Update Improves Flash Performance
MySQL solutions maker Tokutek is launching the latest version of its flagship database solution, TokuDB 6.5. The new release features a number of improvements, including optimization for flash storage environments. For starters, TokuDB has been enhanced to extend the life of flash memory, thanks to tweaks made to Fractal Tree, the company’s proprietary alternative to ...
FalconStor Wraps US Partner Program Rollout with ANZ Launch
Just over a year after rolling out its three-tiered PartnerChoice channel program in the US, data protection firm provider FalconStor is launching the initiative for the Australia New Zealand region. ANZ is the last location on the company’s channel roadmap. “FalconStor employs a 100 percent channel business model, and we believe the PartnerChoice program will ...