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The onetime printer/copier vendor is eight years into a journey toward delivering comprehensive technology services, with its legacy print dealers along for the ride. Will IT-oriented channel pros be invited to participate as well?

The new Recovery Series MAX devices are designed to fill a gap in the Unitrends portfolio for economically-priced, modestly-scaled hardware with enough power to run entire backup infrastructures locally.

Six months after Cisco’s multi-billion-dollar purchase of multifactor authentication vendor Duo Security, both companies are barreling down the road toward offering bundled solutions and combining separate partner programs into one.

The four new Storwize V5000 series products introduced today are designed to put enterprise-class functionality, availability, and reliability in reach of companies with modestly-scaled budgets.

The 15 servers and five converged infrastructure appliances provide double-digit performance increases and a 12.5x improvement in recovery times, according to their manufacturer.

Available in the second quarter of the year, the new products are designed to deliver faster performance, greater control over server infrastructure, and reinforced protection against security threats.

Aimed squarely at what the company calls a $300 billion market opportunity, the new offerings include a portfolio of 2nd-Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors, more than 50 workload-optimized chips, and new Optane DC persistent memory technology.

Speaking with ChannelPro weeks before its 2019 Global Partner Summit, channel chief Joyce Mullen (pictured) said Dell will emphasize operational enhancements, cross-portfolio selling, and next-generation technologies in its current fiscal year.

The SaaS ERP vendor’s SuiteLife initiative gives existing partners access to enriched training resources and assistance from NetSuite’s in-house professional services organization as well.

Speaking at yesterday’s West Coast Technology Show, cloud exec Jason Bystrak revealed that software/hardware bundles and a new digital commerce platform will be core elements of the distributor’s efforts to seize online market share.