Hitachi takes BladeSymphony to channel

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Having trouble viewing our HTML mailer? View it online.   homesubscribe nowcontact editorialsend to a friend View the US Edition     JANUARY 07, 2008Issue 2478 It should help expose the product as an option for the enterprise customers critical to Hitachi's success. Overall, I consider this partner partnership to be good for Arrow and necessary for Hitachi and I would not be surprised if Hitachi pursues other channel partnerships. Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT.       Sean Kerins, vice president of Arrow ECS' Storage Group, which will be bringing Hitachi servers back to the channel.   Hitachi takes BladeSymphony to North American channel It is "back to the future" as Hitachi makes a new push into North American server market it vacated years ago with the introduction of the BladeSymphony blade server product line to the channel, courtesy of Arrow ECS. Full Story >>> Vendors reveal their security channel plans for 2008 A number of security vendors are promising to work on their channel relationships in the next year by enhancing partner programs and working on reseller-friendly products. Full Story >>> Role of VAD will continue to evolve in 2008 The role of the value-added distributor (VAD) is evolving. The model has been changing in the last year or more, and the evolution is likely to continue in 2008. Bringing services of various types to reseller customers has changed not only the way that resellers present themselves, but also the role that the VAD plays in their businesses. Full Story >>> Weak markets to drive increased investment in global outsourcing A survey from Syntel, an IT outsourcing and BPO company, of 250 IT professionals in global companies found that most IT professionals feel a weak economy in 2008 is more likely to increase spending on global outsourcing rather than limit it. Full Story >>> Data migration features highlight new StorMagic solution StorMagic's new ISCI based $8.000 storage area network management software solution, one of a number of companies that see a growing opportunity in SMB market. Full Story >>> Got a comment, question, suggestion or tip for eChannelLine Daily News? E-mail us and let us know what's on your mind. > NetApp to acquire storage management software vendor Onaro > Lenovo launches new brand for consumer PC market > Hitachi and ASUS collaborate to on first one terabyte notebook PC > Profitability returns to hard-drive industry: iSuppli > BlueStar to distribute Metrologic MS9590 VoyagerGS linear bar code scanner eChannelLine Daily News is an email publication devoted to bringing you the latest news from Canada's channel community. It is published free of charge by Integrated mar.com and distributed to subscribed readers. If you are not a subscribed reader, please use the link below to be removed from our mailing list. UNSUBSCRIBE HERE, or 1. Call Robert Cohen, President, Integrated mar.com at 905.763.1200 or email [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2. Call Steve Wexler, Editor-in-Chief, eChannelLine at 416.282.0091 or email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To manage your subscription, subscribe to any of our publications, or to change your e-mail address for delivery, Manage your subscription here. eChannelLine Daily News is published 5 days a week by: Integrated mar.com Corporation 17 Moodie Drive Richmond Hill, ON L4C 8C9 Canada Integrated mar.com is committed to protecting the privacy of your personal information. ©2007 Integrated mar.com Corporation | 1.800.465.2059   -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]