Posts Tagged ‘Servers’
November 5, 2018
Nearly 20 years after the .com crash, the cause of which was due (in part) to the hype around eCommerce, you would think it would be relatively easy to buy a Server online from a Reseller or Retailer. Well channelcentral knows the answer as we’ve surveyed 21 online Resellers/Retailers in the UK during October 2018 – a market that is well established with eCommerce.
The Server Market is now consolidated so that there are only three or four vendors of scale who sell via the Channel. We picked the two biggest: HPE and Dell/EMC. Three SKUs each from their stock/promo supply chain ranging from single CPU tower to dual CPU rack. We have expected that Lenovo, Fujitsu would be similar and we weren’t sure whether Cisco sold Servers ex-stock.
In the Survey we looked at a number of basics:
- Was the System Unit available?
- Did the Store offer Hardware Options? Software? Services?
- Were Product Reviews available? Leasing/Finance? Promotions?
- Did anyone offer CPQ (Configure Price Quote)? channelcentral’s favourite subject.
- What else was interesting? Any best practices? Any worst practices?
The results were incredibly insightful and so we’ll be releasing the information in the following ways:
- Look out for our Blog articles as we feed conclusions into it.
- We’ll issue the entire Survey as a White Paper.
- For people with tiny attention spans we’ll do an Infographic.
- Any Reseller who was in the Survey can get a version of the White Paper with their performance benchmarked against the other 20.
Importantly, channelcentral wasn’t asked to conduct a survey, it’s not sponsored by anyone and our software resides in Distribution. Where we have a potential conflict of interest we happily point it out. In other words we’re 100% impartial.
If your job is selling Server, Software, Services & Accessories/Options, be prepared.
Posted in channelcentral.net, CPQ, CPQ Software, Marketing, Product Management, Uncategorized | Tagged blog, Marketing, Quotes, Servers, Trends | 1 Comment »
January 23, 2015
12G SAS.
Only as fast as the slowest component – this has always been the mantra of IT systems. HP now has 12G SAS available across its range of server and storage products. The 12G interface essentially doubles performance over existing 6G solutions. Both HP SSD and 15K HDD benefit from this blisteringly fast performance.
Posted in Hewlett Packard, Product Management | Tagged 12G, HDD, Hewlett Packard, HP, SAS, Servers, Storage | Leave a Comment »
December 16, 2014
See the new HP ProLiant Gen9 servers in 2 minute videos that provide front, inside and back views of these next generation servers along with their leading available options.
The HP QuickLook video series will show you the next generation view of the HP ProLiant ML350, DL160, DL180, DL360 and the DL380 Gen9 servers:
View HP QuickLook Videos.
HP QuickLook videos provide a simple way to provide an overview for your customer of the new servers when one is not available. The videos are also useful for demonstrations, tradeshows or quick reviews with customers.
Have you taken a look at the Gen9 models in HP iQuote? Have a look today www.hpiquote.net developed by www.channelcentral.net
Posted in Hewlett Packard, iQuote, Microsoft | Tagged Gen9, Hewlett Packard, HP iQuote, HPE, ProLiant, Servers, Video | Leave a Comment »
September 24, 2014
With HP Gen9 servers you now get 1TB of free Virtual Storage Appliance, and better still, it sets itself up for you! HP servers have a great feature called “Intelligent Provisioning”, when you use this wizard to setup your VMware or Hyper-V server it will ask if you want to install the VSA software too. VSA is just the ticket to have shared storage.
Posted in Hewlett Packard, Product Management | Tagged Gen9, Hewlett Packard, HPE, Hyper-V, Servers, Storage, Virtual Storage, VMware, VSA | Leave a Comment »
September 15, 2014
Product Release
channelcentral is delighted to announce the availability of the new HP ProLiant DL380 Generation 9 Servers in HP iQuote. Over the next few days the following Generation 9 Servers will be added:
DL360
ML350
Please look out for further updates as more Generation 9 Server families are added.
The new models will help customers lower IT service costs, accelerate service delivery time and will boost business value. For further information on this new product release, read the HP Guide outlining the announcement, product information and Frequently Asked Questions.
We recognise the significance of this product release and we will be announcing the availability of the remaining models as soon as possible.
Posted in Channel Business, Hewlett Packard, iQuote Update, Product Management | Tagged Gen9, Generation 9, Hewlett Packard, HP iQuote, HP iQuote Service Update, HPE, ProLiant, Server, Servers | Leave a Comment »
August 21, 2014
What’s the difference?
HP offer Gold and Platinum Common Slot Power Supplies for servers. Have you ever wondered what the difference is? Yes, the Platinums are more power-efficient but it goes a lot further than that!
HP Intelligent Power Distribution Units use HP Power Discovery Services to automatically track new server and storage installations for devices which have Platinum*, Platinum Plus or Titanium power supplies installed. The power supplies automatically provide identification information such as server name, Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) number, and IP address to the iPDU.
Next time your client wants an HP rack solution don’t forget to upsell Intelligent Power Supplies with the HP Intelligent Power Distribution Unit.
Are you using HP iQuote yet? If you want to Configure, Price and Quote HP Solutions with maximum efficiency contact your distributor today!
* Some Platinum power supplies do not support HP Power Discovery Services; these have a black power socket rather than blue. By using HP iQuote you can be sure which PSUs support HP Power Discovery Services.
Posted in Channel Business, Hewlett Packard, Product Management | Tagged Gold Power, Hewlett Packard, HP iQuote, HPE, Platinum Power, Power, Rack, Servers, Storage | Leave a Comment »
June 9, 2010
The latest ProLiant G7 Servers to be available in iQuote are the DL360G7s. Featuring the latest Intel® Xeon® 5600 Series Processors (six and four core), with choices of DDR3 Registered or Unbuffered DIMMs, Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) and PCI Express Gen2 technology.
New DL360G7 Models Added (all BTO/A Model SKUs):
605030-425 (UK Top Value other TV/GO/SB Models coming)
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Posted in Hewlett Packard, iQuote, iQuote Update | Tagged configurator, HP, HP ProLIant, HP Warranty, Intel, iQuote, Return on investment, Servers, Xeon | Leave a Comment »
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