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Avnet Technology Solutions recently launched its “Storage Academy” in association with HP to educate its channel partners the importance of designing efficient storage solutions and enhancing their skill-sets. With data growing at an explosive rate, storage has become a main component of HP’s Converged Infrastructure model. Avnet took Storage Academy to Kuwait, Riyadh, Beirut, Cairo and was overwhelmed by the large participation of HP Channel Partners everywhere. During the program both Avnet and HP highlighted various techniques that can be used to design an effective storage infrastructure, such as data tiering, thin provisioning, data de-duplication, archiving and backup strategies to protect precious data. Brocade added value to the academy with a presentation about the latest developments in SAN infrastructure. It also covered key topics like cost competitiveness, margins. Another important topic was Storage Virtualization and the advantages of this technology compared to others.
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With hundreds of convenience stores attached to its filling stations across Africa and ambitious plans for further expansion, oil and gas company Engen needed rugged Point of Sale (PoS) equipment that could withstand harsh environments as well as serve as a long term solution. Compatibility with its other peripherals was also vital.
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HP continued its bying spree and recently brought over a leading global provider of utility storage 3PAR Inc.

Now combining 3PAR’s leading-edge utility storage products with HP’s existing storage solutions will strengthen HP’s impressive storage, server and networking portfolio.Read More…