Mark Corrigan, recently appointed Head of Azlan’s Enterprise and Access Networking business unit, talks about his plans to encourage closer working partnerships between Azlan and its vendor and reseller partners

Mark Corrigan has been around in the channel for more than two decades (so many of you reading this probably already know him). He has worked in various business development roles covering networking, security and latterly virtualisation solutions and helping distribution businesses to create high performing teams that get results and when the opportunity to join Azlan came up, he had no hesitation in accepting.

‘I started in the industry more than 20 years ago now and even then, Azlan were the organisation you looked up to and I have always had that perspective ever since. To me, Azlan sets the standard for what value-added distribution should deliver. The other reason I came here is the scale of the opportunity. Azlan has established Cisco, IBM and HP business in enterprise networking and there is a great opportunity to enhance and develop that core business by working with complementary vendors such as Juniper, Brocade, APC and ZyXEL to build a complete, solutions-based approach. Looking to the future we will add additional vendors that enhance our portfolio.’

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Microsoft Datacentre Security & Management Update

Well unless you’ve been living in a cave the big news this time is the release of Windows 8 Server Beta which can be downloaded from here. If you want to get the best out of Windows 8 Server Beta you must register in order to gain access to all of the technical resources. However over on the Windows 8 TechNet page a Springboard Series has been launched to provide resources and keep you apace of developments.

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The perfect place to grow your Apple business

Computer 2000’s new online Apple store will be launched soon with Apple products, accessories and add-ons that will make it easier for you to grow your Apple business. 

With the whole Mac range, Apple has encouraged millions of business and consumer buyers to keep on spending on their favourite technology brand and in doing so, stimulated phenomenal growth in sales for itself and for channel partners and retailers. Apple is such a vital and successful brand now that we’ve decided it’s time to give all-things Apple it’s very own web space.

We’ve been busy creating a dedicated store with which you’ll find more potential for growth than you can imagine. The new store contains literally hundreds of Apple products, accessories and add-ons that you can order from Computer 2000.

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ZyXEL plans to help partners drive education sales

ZyXEL, which is making strong inroads into the switching, WiFi and security market, is running a programme aimed at supporting reseller sales into the public sector market throughout 2012. This is the height of the buying season for education and with schools and colleges looking to make the most of their budget this year, now is the time to make them aware of what you have to offer.

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Symantec and Microsoft work better together for virtual environment protection

When customers move to a virtual environment that can change the dynamics of their network and system protection – the best way to make sure that they are safe and sound is to use the best solutions around. Symantec System Recovery Server Edition (formerly Backup Exec System Recovery) is ideal for deployment with Microsoft Hyper-V and other virtual systems. It delivers fast and reliable system recovery that will restore physical and virtual systems in minutes, even to bare metal, dissimilar hardware, remote locations, or virtual environments. With more than 787,000 protected systems, Symantec System Recovery is proven, trusted, and reliable backup server software – and it’s a perfect answer when you need a simple backup solution for newly virtualised systems. Call the Software team or email software@computer2000.co.uk to find out more.