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Start: 2012-03-08 00:00 End: 2012-03-08 23:59

Wondering how to provide greater value to your SMB customers in 2012?

Come to Kerio ICE to discover how to solve more of your customers’ essential needs to connect, communicate and collaborate securely.

WHERE?

Cambridge, UK

WHO IS IT FOR?

This is a business event for value added resellers and technology solution providers that will benefit Sales, Marketing, Business and Technical managers*.

*Note Kerio ICE includes an introduction to Kerio products & how they can help the SMB, but is not an in-depth technical session.

WHY ATTEND?

1.Gain insights into the SMB market and the technology needs of SMBs
2.Hear how enterprise technology products are suitable for large enterprises, but do not meet the needs of many smaller businesses
3.Learn more about Kerio solutions for messaging, collaboration, voice and network security
4.Find out how to differentiate and position Kerio products
5.Discover how to provide more value to your customers with integrated Kerio solutions
6.Hear from other resellers and discuss new ideas

+REGISTER HERE

Kerio Technologies have announced the newest version of its award-winning IP PBX phone system. Kerio Operator 1.2 allows small and midsize organizations improve communication, reduce telephony costs, and stay connected anywhere, while providing ease of use for the user and the IT administrator. Organizations that deploy Kerio Operator eliminate the need to have an expensive telephony agent on standby to make simple adjustments to the phone network. The enhanced version is built on the industry-standard SIP VoIP protocol and Asterisk 1.8, the software behind Kerio Operator’s innovative new capabilities.

“With Kerio Operator 1.2, we have found the balance between functionality and simplicity by delivering a product that offers the essential voice features that are critical for business while not overwhelming customers with an over complicated system,” said Scott Schreiman. “Because of its integration and similarity to other Kerio products, our channel will find it easy to deploy Kerio Operator for clients who are looking for an economical way to upgrade their phone system.”

+READ MORE  +LEARN MORE ABOUT KERIO OPERATOR 1.2  +ENQUIRE ABOUT KERIO OPERATOR 1.2

EnterpriseDB, the leading worldwide provider of PostgreSQL and Oracle database compatibility products and services, have announced the general availability of Postgres Plus® Cloud Database on Amazon Web Services.  
Postgres Plus Cloud Database is a full-featured, enterprise-class PostgreSQL database-as-a-service (DBaaS). EnterpriseDB also announced that CloudBees and Engine Yard have selected Postgres Plus Cloud Database as one of their leading database solutions.

Postgres Plus Cloud Database dramatically simplifies the setup and configuration of PostgreSQL in the cloud. In addition to support for Amazon EC2, EnterpriseDB has worked with HP to ensure Postgres Plus Cloud Database will run well with HP Cloud Compute.  HP Cloud Compute currently leverages the OpenStack Nova compute platform and API.

+READ MORE  +LEARN MORE ABOUT POSTGRES PLUS CLOUD DATABASE  +ENQUIRE ABOUT POSTGRES PLUS CLOUD DATABASE   

The highly anticipated Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization event took place on 18th January with an overwhelming amount of resellers in attendance.

Interactive Ideas joined Red Hat for this prestigious event, where a live webcast to the entire worldwide partner community took place and very important news about Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization was announced.

Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3, which is available to purchase now, will benefit customers with no high upfront license fees, including a 1 year subscription with software access, updates, support and access to the Red Hat Customer Portal. RHEV also delivers industry-leading performance for your Linux and Microsoft Windows workloads and many other new functionalities that makes it easy, fast, open and affordable.

You will find more information on RHEV 3, comparison guides of both server and desktop versions along with a video overview of Red Hat's collaborations on RHEV 3 including interviews with IBM, HP, Intel and Cisco senior personnel by clicking on the RHEV 3 product page.

To request more information click here.

Over the next few months Acronis will be running a number of webinars on some of their products, including: Acronis Backup & Recovery 11, Acronis Backup & Recovery 11 Virtual Edition and Acronis vmProtect 6.

To find dates and information on these upcoming webinars please see below and click on the relevant links:

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26-Jan

 

Acronis® Backup & Recovery™ 11

07-Feb

 

Acronis® Backup & Recovery™ 11 Virtual Edition

09-Feb

 

Acronis® vmProtect™ 6

21-Feb

 

Acronis® Backup & Recovery™ 11

23-Feb

 

Acronis® Backup & Recovery™ 11 Virtual Edition

06-Mar

 

Acronis® vmProtect™ 6

08-Mar

 

Acronis® Backup & Recovery™ 11

20-Mar

 

Acronis® Backup & Recovery™ 11 Virtual Edition

22-Mar

 

Acronis® vmProtect™ 6

03-Apr

 

Acronis® Backup & Recovery™ 11

05-Apr

 

Acronis® Backup & Recovery™ 11 Virtual Edition

17-Apr

 

Acronis® vmProtect™ 6

19-Apr

 

Acronis® Backup & Recovery™ 11

01-May

 

Acronis® Backup & Recovery™ 11 Virtual Edition

03-May

 

Acronis® vmProtect™ 6

15-May

 

Acronis® Backup & Recovery™ 11

17-May

 

Acronis® Backup & Recovery™ 11 Virtual Edition

29-May

 

Acronis® vmProtect™ 6

31-May

 

Acronis® Backup & Recovery™ 11

 

 

 

Start: 2012-02-09 08:00 End: 2012-02-09 13:00 SolarWinds will be holding a channel partner event on Thursday 9th February (8:00am – 1:00pm) at Chelsea Football Club in London.

Presentations from commercial, sales and marketing with technical demonstrations on some of their products will be made and there will be an opportunity to network by asking questions and meeting the team.

Agenda:

• 08:00 - 08:30 - Breakfast
• 08:30 - 10:00 - Channel Update [Q4 Performance, Focus for Q1, New Products and Acquisitions] Emmet Florish, Channel Development Manager
• 10:00 - 10:30 - Marketing Update [Marketing collateral, Email Campaigns, Q1 Marketing Strategy] Edel Ledwith, Marketing Manager
• 10:30 - 12:30 - Technical Product Demonstrations [LEM, Systems & App Mgt, Virt & Storage] Ciaran Luttrell, Sales Engineering Manager
• 12:30 - 13:00 - Questions and Answers

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Novell have announced the availability of Novell GroupWise 2012, a powerful collection of collaborative tools that improves the way users work and interact. The latest version of Novell GroupWise 2012 includes features to support productivity across the enterprise, including an enhanced web interface, web-based iPad support and integration with Novell Vibe and Skype*. Novell GroupWise 2012 also demonstrates Attachmate's commitment to provide more frequent product updates that reflect customer needs.

GroupWise 2012 extends secure and reliable messaging into the world of social collaboration, boosting personal productivity with integrated Skype presence, SMS and click-to-call features. New Novell Vibe integrations bring team productivity, document and content management, and business process automation into the familiar Novell GroupWise interface millions of users rely on for daily productivity. Novell has devoted significant engineering time to enhancing these collaborative capabilities, delivering an environment that combines the ubiquity and reliability of email with the latest team collaboration tools to maximize information sharing and idea exchange.

+READ MORE  +LEARN MORE ABOUT GROUPWISE 2012  +ENQUIRE ABOUT GROUPWISE 2012

Novell have announced the availability of Novell ZENworks Application Virtualization 9.
This latest release leverages a unique approach to application harvesting that enables enterprise IT staff to tap into a library of trusted resources and find the best stored version to build the necessary virtual application dynamically. By harvesting work that has already been done, IT users can scan a target endpoint and quickly build a set of needed virtual applications, saving time and ensuring quality.

+READ MORE  +LEARN MORE ABOUT ZENworks APPLICATION VIRTUALIZATION 9  +ENQUIRE ABOUT ZENworks APPLICATION VIRTUALIZATION 9

Acronis, a leading provider of easy-to-use disaster recovery and data protection solutions for physical, virtual and cloud environments, have announced that it has added 3,000 new partners in the last six months of 2011, following the introduction of its new Global Partner Programme, bringing its worldwide total to over 25,000 partners.

The increase in the number of registered channel partners has been partly attributed to the introduction of the new Global Partner Programme which significantly improves the tools, assets and support available to Acronis partners. It is a multi-tier progression-based programme offering financial benefits, expanded use of support tools, special pricing, technical training and marketing collateral.

+READ MORE  +LEARN MORE ABOUT THE PARTNER PROGRAMME  +ENQUIRE ABOUT THE PARTNER PROGRAMME

While enterprise Linux vendor Red Hat is preparing for strong growth in 2012, the situation is far less rosy at competitor Mandriva.

In recent days Red Hat has announced a new enterprise storage appliance platform based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1. The company also anticipates that the growth in cloud computing, particularly as a back-end to consumer appliances, will mean the deployment of more Linux servers by business.

+READ MORE  +LEARN MORE ABOUT RED HAT  +ENQUIRE ABOUT RED HAT

On December 20th Oracle (ORCL) reported disappointing results that sent its stock down 9% after-hours. After my December 18th interview with Ed Boyajian, president and CEO at EnterpriseDB, I was not surprised.

How so? EnterpriseDB offers an awful lot of information processing software for a fraction of the price that Oracle charges. And with corporate IT being asked to do more with less money, it’s becoming harder for Oracle to scare its customers into overpaying.

+READ MORE  +LEARN MORE ABOUT ENTERPRISEDB  +ENQUIRE ABOUT ENTERPRISEDB

Readers and editors at leading IT media outlets Windows IT Pro and Redmond Magazine have awarded SolarWinds SWI +2.15% Network Performance Monitor, SolarWinds Virtualization Manager, and SolarWinds VM Monitor top honors over the past month.

SolarWinds received recognition from Redmond Magazine for its network management software, SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor, and VM Monitor in the Microsoft magazine's 2011 Readers Choice Awards. Windows IT Pro awarded SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor "Gold" for Best Network Management Product and SolarWinds Virtualization Manager "Bronze" for Best Virtualization Product.

+READ MORE  +LEARN MORE ABOUT SOLARWINDS  +ENQUIRE ABOUT SOLARWINDS

With the basis of email, file sharing and online storage in mind, Kerio is launching its SaaS program for Kerio Connect, its messaging, calendar and contacts server, and Kerio Workspace, its online file sharing and social collaboration tool.

With Kerio, SaaS, channel partners provide Kerio software to their clients as an on demand service, while generating a monthly recurring revenue stream with a simple pricing model.

"We are quite pleased with how simple it has been to use the Kerio SaaS model," said Guy Algot, CEO, Graphic Dimensions, a Kerio Authorized Partner in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. "When a customer needs to add users, we can do so without having to purchase additional licenses. We go live as soon as a customer signs up and have been growing our business because we're providing stable Kerio products with flexible deployment options and better prices for our clients."

+LEARN MORE ABOUT KERIO'S SaaS INITIATIVE  +ENQUIRE ABOUT KERIO'S SaaS INITIATIVE

Novell have recently announced the availability of Novell Open Enterprise Server 11. The latest release is built on SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1, providing customers with more flexibility and choice.
Novell Open Enterprise Server 11 simplifies and streamlines management of file and print networks so customers can leverage existing investments to help lower costs and enhance end-user productivity.

Novell Open Enterprise Server is a SUSE Linux Enterprise-based workgroup operating system with enterprise-class file and print services that are easy to deploy and manage. It serves the needs of knowledge workers by delivering industry-leading interoperability, reliability and scalability. The latest release extends the flexibility of SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP1, allowing customers to choose from a broad array of support options, driver tools and modules. Customers also gain more deployment options via SUSE Studio to build and deploy software appliance-based services to their Novell Open Enterprise Server environment using SUSE Studio templates from Novell.

+READ MORE  +LEARN MORE ABOUT NOVELL OPEN ENTERPRISE SERVER 11  +ENQUIRE ABOUT NOVELL OPEN ENTERPRISE SERVER 11

Start: 2012-01-18 16:00 End: 2012-01-18 21:00

Please join Red Hat in central London at an exclusive event for Red Hat business partners. The focus will be a major announcement about...

The future of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization

At the core of the event will be a live webcast that the entire worldwide partner community will be tuning into. Prior to the live event will be a Red Hat virtualization preview so you'll be among the first to hear the news. You will be able to put into perspective the impact the announcement has upon the virtualization market and how it translates into a new business opportunity for partners.

Being present will also mean you'll hear the announcement in the company of senior Red Hat executives, who will both set the scene beforehand and comment on the impact of the news for the UK & Ireland, as well as answering any questions you may have.
The occasion will be hosted by Hitesh Patel, UK & Ireland Business Manager for Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization.

Red Hat will be celebrating all the good news afterwards with champagne, cocktails and canapes, providing the opportunity to network with other Red Hat partners and further engage with Red Hat representatives.

+REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT NOW

Wondering how to provide greater value to your SMB customers in 2012?

Come to Kerio ICE to discover how to solve more of your customers’ essential needs to connect, communicate and collaborate securely.

WHO IS IT FOR?

This is a business event for value added resellers and technology solution providers that will benefit Sales, Marketing, Business and Technical managers*.

*Note Kerio ICE includes an introduction to Kerio products & how they can help the SMB, but is not an in-depth technical session.

WHY ATTEND?

1.Gain insights into the SMB market and the technology needs of SMBs
2.Hear how enterprise technology products are suitable for large enterprises, but do not meet the needs of many smaller businesses
3.Learn more about Kerio solutions for messaging, collaboration, voice and network security
4.Find out how to differentiate and position Kerio products
5.Discover how to provide more value to your customers with integrated Kerio solutions
6.Hear from other resellers and discuss new ideas

+REGISTER HERE

The oVirt project announced that Canonical, Cisco, IBM, Intel, NetApp, Red Hat and SUSE have joined together to help create a new open source community for the development of open virtualization platforms, including virtual management tools to manage the Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) hypervisor.  With the oVirt project, the industry gains an open source, openly governed virtualization stack.

The oVirt project was formed to deliver and establish a development community around an integrated virtualization platform that offers advanced virtualization management capabilities for hosts and guests, including high availability, live migration, storage management, system scheduler and more.  With this project, Red Hat has open sourced its Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization management technology.  The project combines the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization management technology code with established open technologies, including KVM, the oVirt node for running virtual machines and virtualization tools such as libvirt and v2v.  oVirt aims to deliver both a cohesive stack and discretely reusable components for open virtualization management, and to improve key building blocks for private and public cloud deployments.

+ENQUIRE ABOUT THE OVIRT PROJECT  +DOWNLOAD RHEV 3.0 DATASHEET HERE  +READ MORE