Platform as a Service providers

News and information on platform as a service providers. Look into the potential for developing services and customized offerings around platform providers such as Amazon Web Services and Salesforce.

June 06, 2019 06 Jun'19
No-code app development vendor Crowd Machine bets on channel

Crowd Machine is enlisting help from channel partners as it bids to differentiate itself in the growing no-code app development platform marketplace.
November 17, 2017 17 Nov'17
Midrange storage: More Dell EMC partner resources, incentives ahead

Dell EMC continues to make moves in the midrange storage space, adding new products, enhancements and support for channel partners; other news from the week.
March 30, 2017 30 Mar'17
Panasas, Promark pursue scale-out NAS storage market

In the scale-out NAS market, Panasas is partnering with Ingram Micro's Promark value-added distributor subsidiary to boost government and commercial channel sales.
January 24, 2013 24 Jan'13
Corporate cloud storage: Storage Purchasing Intentions fall 2012 survey results

We examine the fall 2012 storage Purchasing Intentions survey to investigate how fast corporate cloud storage is being adopted for nonbackup use.

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cloud provisioning

Cloud provisioning is the allocation of a cloud provider's resources and services to a customer. Continue Reading
Solid-state/flash storage technology: Customer insight

In this Tech Buyer Snapshot, we offer insight into the challenges and purchasing priorities of solid-state/flash storage technology customers. Continue Reading
How to sell storage into virtualized infrastructure environments

Knowing today's best storage options and how they best match to your customers' virtualized infrastructure is critical when crafting storage offerings. Continue Reading

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CPaaS market could boost partners with the right skills

Channel companies that want to become CPaaS partners should expect to encounter a new set of buyers, a rapidly changing technology and the need for coding skills. Continue Reading
Primary and secondary storage combos attract channel partners

Nontraditional storage vendors, such as ClearSky Data and Reduxio, are attracting resellers and managed service providers with technology, simplicity and business partnerships. Continue Reading
IPv6 addressing brings benefits, few problems to storage administrators

IPv6 addressing brings benefits to storage networking in terms of scalability and performance, without big downsides for storage administrators. Continue Reading

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NAS systems implementation guide

Use this NAS systems implementation guide to navigate the issues related to customers' existing or new network-attached storage systems, including techniques to curb the growth of data on their NAS and advice on how to size a NAS. Continue Reading
How to manage EMC, NetApp arrays with Perl scripting

The more pieces of hardware you have, the more complicated managing them becomes. Find out how one consultant simplifies management of EMC Symmetrix DMX and NetApp arrays using Perl scripting. Continue Reading
NAS filer implementation: Solving three big problems

Implementing NAS filers for a local company is a simple project. But when the job is for a global company with offices all around the world, it's a much bigger challenge. Find out how one consultant solved the NAS filer implementation problems for a... Continue Reading

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Unified storage architecture approaches: Modular vs. integrated

Find out what the considerations are for VARs with customers looking for both file and block storage in a single device. Continue Reading
All-flash storage systems: Types and use cases

Learn about all-flash appliances and all-flash storage arrays, as well as the scenarios they're best suited for. Continue Reading
SMB SAN solutions: Storage networking options

Find out which SMB SAN solutions might be a good fit for your customers. Storage networking options examined include Fibre Channel, FCoE, InfiniBand, iSCSI, AoE and SAS. Continue Reading