CRN Storage News

"In some of these instances you have to have a few examples that people look at and say, 'Oh God, these people are serious,'" said Dell EMC President Marius Haas.

A multi-cloud data protection technology like CloudPoint 2.0 is important because customers do not use only one cloud, says Veritas' Alex Sakaguchi, who adds that integration with AWS and other clouds is coming.

With the acquisition, Rubrik will become an early leader in the managing and protection of data generated by the most common NoSQL database and big data vendors, letting it provide such data with a comprehensive data management environment.

Iventosch brings years of experience in developing channels at NetApp, Isilon, and Nimble Storage to Qumulo where he reunites with some of his former colleagues from Isilon.

Joyce Mullen, an 18-year Dell veteran who is now president of global channels, OEM and IoT Solutions, spoke with CRN about enabling partners to drive more storage sales, the potential integration of VMware into the Dell EMC Partner Program, and her channel vision for 2018.

CRN looks at 10 key products in the Dell EMC storage lineup, one that offers the broad capabilities to match the company's position as the world’s largest storage vendor.

The all-flash storage vendor expects to be a software company by the end of this quarter, leaving the integration, supply chain, logistics, support, financing and order taking to Tech Data.

Dell EMC's Marius Haas talks about the company's storage blitz, market differentiation, new stand-alone storage quotas for partners, and the channel call to action for the new year.