CRN Storage News

Dell EMC Channel Chief Byrne brings Millard into the new role as Dell EMC contends with flat sales and declining demand in its market-leading storage business.

Partners say they aren't necessarily worried about Dell EMC losing its position as storage market kingpin, but aggressive, innovative competitors like Pure Storage and NetApp are beginning to appear larger in the rearview mirror.

Veritas and Microsoft are partnering to bring new Veritas 360 Data Management portfolio capabilities including data protection and migration to multi-cloud environments.

NetApp's impressive gains over HPE and Dell EMC were overshadowed by the ODM vendor sales to hyperscalers powering the public cloud.

It's been a year since Dell engineered the landmark $58 billion acquisition of data storage giant EMC, and through the first half of its first full fiscal year, the results have beaten forecasts, Dell said.

Outside of his VMworld keynote presentation, Michael Dell used a couple of question-and-answer sessions to talk about how he views Dell Technologies' and VMware's position in the cloud, in partnerships and in ecosystems that include competitors.

Over the next few quarters, the company will hire storage specialists across its go-to-market segments, global specialty teams and channel teams, says Infrastructure Solutions Group President David Goulden.

Here's a look at which executive comings and goings made our August list.