Dell joins forces with Softcat on the NSSA to deliver servers and storage to universities

Dell has confirmed Softcat as one of its nominated resellers on the National Servers & Storage Agreement (NSSA) operated by the Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium (SUPC). The four-year contract which started in November 2012 will see Softcat – recently announced as Dell’s ‘EMEA Platinum Partner of the Year’ and ‘UK Reseller of the Year 2013’ – selling Dell’s server and storage solutions to UK universities.

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Riverbed appoints Keith Hoskison

Executive brings 25+ years of leadership experience in IT management, networking, application delivery, virtualisation, cloud, storage, unified communications and mobility markets.

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Huawei helps Jazztel

Jazztel, a fixed network operator in Spain, will use the Huawei NE5000E 400G core router to construct IP backbone networks, providing more and better services for millions of fixed network users in Spain. This is the first 400G backbone network in Western Europe, ushering in the era of commercially-used 400G core routers.

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Brocade bootcamps

TDAzlan has started running a series of free Brocade Certified Network Engineer (BCNE) Bootcamps as part of its Brocade Partner enablement programme. The intensive two-day sessions are specifically designed to help resellers prepare for and pass the BCNE exam and thus take a massive step towards gaining accredited status with Brocade.

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