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NimbleConnect Community Is Now Live! Get tips and tricks, best practices, technical insights, scripts, and more...from the experts and your peers! Dear IT professional, Nimble Storage, the new community from the industry's leading provider of flash-optimized storage solutions, is live at connect.nimblestorage.com NimbleConnect is designed for storage professionals and other IT experts, and is packed with tips and tricks, technical discussions, scripts, and practical suggestions. Topics include virtualization and VDI, Microsoft apps, data protection, Oracle, and more. Your contributions are welcome - NimbleConnect is a great place to share best practices and gain insights based on real-world deployments. We're sending active contributors an exclusive NimbleConnect t-shirt. We welcome your input, and look forward to seeing you in the new NimbleConnect community! 2740 Zanker Rd.| San Jose, CA 95134| Tel: 408-432-9600 www.nimblestorage.com | ...

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Citrix has announced the next generation of its Global Channel Programs. To help partners keep pace with the rapid technological expansion in cloud computing and mobile workstyles, Citrix is launching two growth-oriented programs, an enhanced Citrix Solution Advisor (CSA) program and a new Citrix SaaS Advisor (CSSA) program. Both programs are designed to make it easier than ever for partners to do business with Citrix. They also enable them to earn greater rewards, establish a competitive advantage in new and established markets and grow revenue by selling complete mobility, desktop virtualisation, cloud networking, cloud platforms, collaboration and data sharing solutions which empower people to work and collaborate from anywhere and securely access apps and data on any of the latest devices, as easily as they would in their own office. Simon McCullough, channel manager, Citrix South Africa, says : “The Citrix Global Channel Programupdate encourages deeper dialogue with existing Citrix custo ...

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"I am glad to announce, that after year's engagement with Nimble USA (www.nimblestorage.com), we have got the contract to distribute Nimble in WESCA, including South Africa." Virtual Works CEO Abraham George Parel About Nimble Storage With HQ in California USA, offices in UK, Australia, being in the market for just over 24 months, Nimble has crossed 1,250 customers with about 3000 install bases. The Executive team of Nimble are mainly from NetApp and Data Domain. The Strength of Nimble is its Complete Software (identical to NetApp)and in its innovative hybrid model of combining Flash with Sata. Nimble is a Flash Optimised Hybrid Storage system, that combines Flash and Sata technology to provide the best on Performance, Data Protection and Reliability. Nimble has close collaboration with Cisco / Vmware / Microsoft / Citrix and Commvault. They already have pre-validated "Smart Stacks" (similar to flexpod and expresspod), with Cisco, Microsoft, VMWare and Citrix. "Africa and the Middle East a ...

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Strong Industry Support Drives Need for Independent Xen Project Initiative SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – Citrix and The Linux Foundation today announced that open source community development for the Xen® virtualization platform will become a Linux Foundation Collaborative Project. Leveraging its proven model of collaborative development for the new Xen Project™ initiative, The Linux Foundation will provide infrastructure, guidance and a collaborative network. The neutral, member-led community will help accelerate cross-industry innovation around the Xen Project hypervisor, bringing guidance and contributions from a more diverse group of technology leaders. Over the past decade, collaborative innovations in cloud computing, security and advanced processor support have made Xen the most scalable and secure hypervisor in the industry. It is these innovations that have led to the adoption of Xen and Citrix XenServer® as the platforms for powering approximately two-thirds of the public clo ...

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