Servers & Storage

Microsoft enlists channel help for server, desktop management

Microsoft enlists channel help for server, desktop management

As it strives to improve its reputation in the server and desktop management arena, Microsoft announced on Tuesday Virtual Server 2005 and Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2005 as well as the first public beta of Windows Update Services.
Paula Rooney Nov 17 2004, 12:00AM Hardware
IBM Lotus developers to ride Java Express

IBM Lotus developers to ride Java Express

IBM has extended its Express portfolio for SMBs, adding a version of Workplace Services Express that lets resellers use a single server with their Java development platform.
Fleur Doidge Nov 10 2004, 12:00AM Software
Avnet in HP refurbish deal

Avnet in HP refurbish deal

Distributor Avnet Partner Solutions has been appointed to move refurbished HP high-end servers and storage hardware products under a worldwide initiative dubbed HP Renew.
Byron Connolly Nov 2 2004, 12:00AM Hardware
iSCSI finds fans in Australian channel

iSCSI finds fans in Australian channel

The Australian market may finally be ready for iSCSI storage, if the experience of Sydney specialist distributor Lan 1 is any guide.
Fleur Doidge Oct 28 2004, 12:00AM Data centre
Microsoft: 2005 a "breakout" year for Windows server

Microsoft: 2005 a "breakout" year for Windows server

Labelling 2005 a "breakout year" for its server operating-system line, Microsoft this week laid out a revised road map for Windows Server 2003 that promised the release of the second edition in the last half and a service pack in the first.
Staff Writers Oct 19 2004, 12:00AM Software
WiMAX prospects fall between optimism, pessimism

WiMAX prospects fall between optimism, pessimism

While some industry observers and vendors think WiMAX wireless broadband will be wildly successful and others believe it will fizzle, the truth undoubtedly lies somewhere between, according to a study released Thursday by ABI Research.
Staff Writers Oct 15 2004, 12:00AM Mobility
StorageTek beefs up channel with new program

StorageTek beefs up channel with new program

Storage vendor StorageTek has outlined plans to ramp up channel sales to 60 percent of its turnover in two years, flagging a possible raft of new local signings from early 2005.
Fleur Doidge Oct 14 2004, 12:00AM Data centre
Users prefer thin clients: Wyse survey

Users prefer thin clients: Wyse survey

Thin client vendor Wyse Technology has been travelling Australia promoting a recent survey that suggests most users actually do prefer server-centric computing to desktop PCs.
Fleur Doidge Oct 13 2004, 12:00AM Strategy
LAN Systems grabs exclusive EMC deal

LAN Systems grabs exclusive EMC deal

LAN Systems has scored an exclusive distribution agreement with enterprise-cum-SMB storage vendor EMC, in a deal that would potentially catapult its storage sales to 15 percent of its business over the next 18 to 24 months.
Byron Connolly Oct 1 2004, 12:00AM Data centre
SanDisk sees photo memory opportunity in Big W

SanDisk sees photo memory opportunity in Big W

Memory vendor SanDisk is taking its digital camera flash memory cards to the retail mass merchant channel for the first time with the news that it has signed a distribution deal with Big W.
Sarah Stokely Sep 30 2004, 12:00AM Data centre
NEWSFLASH: Ingram buys Tech Pacific

NEWSFLASH: Ingram buys Tech Pacific

Distribution giant Ingram Micro Inc has acquired Tech Pacific in a $700 million (US$493 million) cash deal.
Byron Connolly Sep 27 2004, 12:00AM Strategy
Sun shines light on servers, storage in latest lineup

Sun shines light on servers, storage in latest lineup

Sun's latest quarterly products announcement emphasises servers, workstations and storage in a growing push towards utility computing and lower cost networking, company executives said.
Fleur Doidge Sep 23 2004, 12:00AM Hardware
Fiorina talks down HP storage problems, talks up channel

Fiorina talks down HP storage problems, talks up channel

Before a throng of end users at Hewlett-Packard's Americas StorageWorks Conference, chairman and CEO Carly Fiorina downplayed the impact of recent problems in HP's storage business, but she talked up the channel.
Joseph F. Kovar Sep 15 2004, 12:00AM Data centre
Asia-Pacific server sales up 12.4 percent

Asia-Pacific server sales up 12.4 percent

Server sales across the Asia-Pacific region were up 12.4 percent in the second quarter to US$1.4 billion, according to new Gartner Dataquest figures.
Staff Writers Sep 6 2004, 12:00AM Data centre
DYO Services seeks resellers

DYO Services seeks resellers

Australian backup technology company DYO Services is cranking up a campaign to recruit resellers to sell its SME storage software DYObackup and has promised margins of 30 percent with the product.
Byron Connolly Sep 3 2004, 12:00AM Data centre
Small Business Server a hit

Small Business Server a hit

Microsoft's Small Business Server is a remarkable hit, said a research firm this week as it released the results of a survey that claimed an astounding 86 percent of small- and mid-sized businesses either use the server bundle or are planning to deploy it.
Gregg Keizer , Gregg Keizer Aug 10 2004, 12:00AM Software
Feeling the heat

Feeling the heat

Heat problems associated with SCSI hard drives in IBM's eServer BladeCenter are slowing the vendor's march into the sizzling blade server market at a time when rival HP is also turning up the competitive heat.
Steven Burke , Craig Zarley Aug 10 2004, 12:00AM Software
Optima ups channel push with new programs and product plans

Optima ups channel push with new programs and product plans

Local box-maker Optima outlined a new channel program, a chance for resellers to win a bigger slice of government deals and plans to get into data storage at its annual dealer conference in Sydney.
Fleur Doidge Aug 9 2004, 12:00AM Software
EMC centralises Asia-Pacific partner support

EMC centralises Asia-Pacific partner support

Storage vendor EMC has centralised Asia-Pacific partner support, opening seven reseller help centres in what it sees as key markets.
Fleur Doidge Aug 5 2004, 12:00AM Data centre
Quantum responds to its customers

Quantum responds to its customers

Quantum buyers want storage products that are easier to install, while resellers have failed to take full advantage of the range of benefits available through its partner program, the vendor found at a recent partner summit.
Fleur Doidge Aug 2 2004, 12:00AM Services

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