Press coverage. Because redundancy is bliss.
Okay, so it seems like we've already been over this once. But that was in the other dimension. While pondering the whole space-time continuum, take a look a the recent articles written about Davenport Group.
Davenport Group President, Paul Clifford, stresses the growing importance of managing data efficiently.
Storage Efficiency Key to Managing Fast-Growing Data
CRN - November 16, 2011 - By Joseph Kovar
"Customers think about efficiency because of the cost of storing their data, Clifford said. It used to be less of a concern because customers didn't need so much capacity. But capacity keeps growing, and needs to be managed efficiently."
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Davenport Group President, Paul Clifford, talks about Dell's channel relationships at Dell World in Austin, Texas.
Michael Dell Eyes Channel Growth, Makes Grab for HP VARs
CRN - October 13, 2011 - By Joseph Kovar
"Dell has gathered some of the best intellectual property on Earth with its acquisitions over the last year or so, Clifford said. That makes it easy to work with Dell to sell solutions, and not just hardware, he said."
Davenport Group CEO, Sonia St. Charles, comments on customer financing options
IT Vendors Offer More Customer Financing to Boost Sales
Channel Insider - July 18, 2011 - By Alison Diana
"Davenport Group, which specializes in Dell Compellent data center storage solutions, works with vendor partners and clients' existing financing companies, Sonia St. Charles, of the St. Paul, Minn.-based solution provider, told Channel Insider."
Davenport Group connects with customers at the Dell Storage Forum in Orlando, Florida.
Bringing Solution Providers and Customers Together
CRN - June 15, 2011
"Like the old C:Drive event, the Dell Storage Forum was a chance for solution providers and their customers to attend together. Some solution providers went all out. Long-term Compellent partner and now Dell partner Davenport Group of St. Paul, Minn., brought five people who took the opportunity to meet with customers such as John Loy of the South Carolina Attorney General's office, a Davenport customer and Compellent user."
Davenport Group CEO and co-founder, Sonia St. Charles, remarks on the positive progress of Dell's channel program.
Rewriting Dell's Channel DNA
ChannelBuzz.ca - June 14, 2011 - By Steve Wexler
"Dell has some legacy issues they need to overcome with the channel," said Sonia St. Charles, CEO of Davenport Group. However, she said she can't say enough good about Compellent's channel program and was told by Dell that they learned from the EqualLogic experience and are not going to repeat their mistakes. She added that she also sees the walls coming down between the direct and indirect sides of the business.
Davenport Group CEO and co-founder, Sonia St. Charles, comments on the growing trust between Dell and channel members as Dell sets its sights on gaining market share in the storage industry.
Dell Targets HP, EMC in Race to Win Storage Market
Channel Insider - June 10, 2011 - By Alison Diana
"Dell has made tremendous progress since we became partners in 2009. The trust is building both ways."
Davenport Group CEO and co-founder, Sonia St. Charles, participates in a roundtable discussion on Dell's growth in the channel business at the 2011 Dell Storage Forum in Orlando, Florida.
3 Dell Channel Executives. 5 Bloggers. 2 Dell Partners. One Room. 45 Minutes. Party Time!
Channel Tech Network - June 9, 2011 - By Brett Martin
"Dell's tools and support have evolved tremendously over the last 3 years. We loved Compellent's program and Dell has incorporated that into their program."
Sonia St. Charles, CEO and co-founder of Davenport Group, engages in a conversation with top Dell executives at the Dell Storage Forum in Orlando, Florida.
Michael Dell: I love Storage, I Love The Channel
CRN - June 8, 2011 - By Joseph F. Kovar
"During the audience question-and-answer portion of the presentation, the first question came from Sonia St. Charles, CEO of the Davenport Group, a St. Paul, Minn.-based solution provider and partner of Dell, Compellent, EqualLogic, who asked how storage will impact Dell's future. Dell said storage is one of the IT industry's fastest-growing businesses, and that there is a big push to integrate servers, storage, and networking technologies."
Davenport Group CEO and co-founder, Sonia St. Charles, talks about how close customer relationships have contributed to the company's success.
Dell Storage Forum: Davenport Group Finds Success in Intimacy
The VAR Guy - June 8, 2011 - By Dave Courbanou
"Our experience has been that our customers make buying decisions on sales persons first, then company, and then product. We really try to focus on the relationships rather than the transaction. Davenport Group is committed to understanding what's going on in your environment and how we can help in other ways."
Davenport Group's Sonia St. Charles and Bill Parker comment on storage innovation as a result of Compellent's acquisition by Dell.
Dell Offers Peek At Upcoming Compellent Storage Innovations
CRN - June 7, 2011 - By Joseph Kovar
"All the things on the roadmap will get even better because of the resources Dell is putting behind Compellent."
Davenport Group founders, Paul R. Clifford and Sonia St. Charles, discuss their long-term relationship with Compellent Technologies and express their opinions about Dell's recent acquisition of Compellent.
Davenport Goes Deep With Compellent
CRN - May 19, 2011 - Joseph F. Kovar Interview
"They (Compellent Technologies) were a true partner, it wasn't that we just existed to sell their products, it was a real partnership. It has been terrific to this day, and now with the Dell acquisition, it is just going to continue and not go backwards."
Paul R. Clifford of Davenport Group is quoted concerning Dell's newly found appreciation for the channel.
Dell Killing Partners ... With Kindness
IT Channel News - May 2, 2011 - By Pat Oullette and Barbara Darrow
"Dell was always difficult for channel partners because of its direct sales, and there are still pockets of resistance. But I really think overall Dell has done a terrific job recently with partners,"
Davenport Group's Paul R. Clifford is quoted talking about Dell's new vStart virtualization appliances.
Dell vStart Bundle Draws VAR Interest
IT Channel News - April 7, 2011 - By Pat Ouellette
"Paul Clifford of Davenport Group, a St. Paul-based solution provider, thinks his customer will like the idea of a reasonable priced, preconfigured package."
Davenport Group CEO and co-founder, Sonia St. Charles, shares her thoughts on Dell's acquisition of Compellent.
Dell and Compellent: When Consolidation Equals Growth
Around the Block Blog - February 22, 2011 - By Sonia St. Charles
"Watch us grow! Dell's acquisition of Compellent is now final and the engines are revving on multiple fronts for accelerated growth. Consolidation in the storage sector means rapid expansion of the Compellent product offering via the enhanced marketing and distribution capabilities available through Dell. Growth of Dell's market share in the storage sector will also occur since the Compellent offering is a natural fit for the enterprise space."
Davenport Group's President, Paul R. Clifford, comments on Dell's potential acquisition of Compellent Technologies and its impact on customers.
Partners Endorse Dell's Bid For Compellent, But Question Product Overlap
CRN - December 9, 2010 - By Joseph F. Kovar
"Dell's plan to acquire storage vendor Compellent has the strong approval of some of its top solution providers who find the combination of the two the best way for both to grow going foward."
Davenport Group juggles fewer relationships and avoids conflict by partnering with a single best-of-breed vendor for many of the IT solutions it offers.
The Virtues of One Vendor Partner
System Channel News - October 2010 - By Sonia St. Charles
“There are a few different ways to approach vendor relationships, and no single strategy will work for every channel business. But finding the right vendor can mean the difference between channel success and struggle."
Paul R. Clifford discusses the role of Netbooks with cloud computing.
VARs See Need For Device to Fill the Cell Phone-Laptop Gap
System Channel News - June 19, 2009 - By Erin Kelly
“When everything is in the cloud, all you’ll need is a netbook because they deal with some of the greatest issues companies have -- primarily security,” Clifford said."
Paul R. Clifford discusses Davenport Group targeted marketing efforts aimed at S Family customers.
VAR Reactions Mixed on NetApp's StoreVault Move
IT Channel News – June 10, 2009 - By John Moore
“When NetApp discontinued that line, they really did damage some relationships," said Paul Clifford, president of Davenport Group. "In realizing that, we have actually targeted those customers ... to give them an alternative."
Paul R. Clifford discusses Compellent's channel friendly model.
When Vendors Get Too Big (and Channel Unfriendly), VARs Get Going
IT Channel News - April 13, 2009 - By Barbara Darrow
"To me it's all about relationships," Clifford said. "At 60 thousand feet, what we do is develop, maintain, and grow our relationship with a client."
Paul R. Clifford explains the biggest mistake CIOs make when building a DR plan.
Avoid These Architecture Mistakes in Your Disaster Recovery Planning
CIO News - April 2, 2009 - By Linda Tucci
The complexity of IT systems today accounts for 80% of systems downtime, yet companies design their disaster recovery systems in the same way -- complexly -- representing one of the biggest mistakes in disaster recovery planning.
Davenport Group's Paul R. Clifford discusses the complexity of introducing a new OS into the market.
Google Android OS on Netbooks; An Intriguing Proposition
IT Channel News - April 2, 2009 - By Barbara Darrow
"Bringing any new OS into the market is a very big uphill battle, no matter who embraces it," said Paul Clifford, president of Davenport Group, a St. Paul, MN solutions provider.
Davenport Group's Paul R. Clifford comments on the need to create flexibility in your DR plan.
Virtualized SAN, Dual Purpose Data Line Bolster Disaster Recovery Plan
Search CIO - March 31, 2009 - By Linda Tucci
The problem with disaster recovery plans, Greg Folsom says, is not only anticipating all the things that can go wrong, but also paying for protection against them.
Paul R. Clifford talks to writer Sharon Linsenbach about NetApp decision to discontinue StoreVault.
NetApp Discontinues SMB Storage Line
Channel Insider - February 2009 - By Sharon Linsenbach
NetApp's decision to kill off its StoreVault product, targeted to the SMB market and sold through NetApp's channel partner solution providers, is raising eyebrows across the industry, and opening up opportunities for the storage giant’s competition.
Davenport Group's exclusive System Architecture Assessment is featured.
System Architecture Assessment
ArcNews Online - Winter 2008/2009
ESRI Business Partner offerings to GIS Community specifically calls out Davenport's assessment tool designed to assist GIS users.
Davenport Group CEO, Sonia St. Charles, named a "Woman to Watch" by Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal.
Women in Business
Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal - July 14, 2008 - Sonia St. Charles
"Our business is...helping our customers gain control over their data."
Rudolph Technologies' Peter Fitch, a Davenport Group client, discusses the migration of his data to a Compellent Storage Center SAN.
Migrate Data Without Mistakes
Storage - June 2008
"Fitch says 99.95% of the data migrated by the [Compellent] DPM ends up on Tier 3 storage, leaving Tier 1 for important applications that need to be fresh."
Davenport Group's Paul R. Clifford gives advice on information retention strategies and tiered storage management.
How to Reduce Your Data
Processor - June 6, 2008 - By Elizabeth Millard
"Reducing data isn't as easy as filling up a digital trash can and throwing it out every few months, but there are methods for cutting down on the amount that needs to be stored"
Paul R. Clifford talks to writer Jeff Gould about the current midrange SAN technology.
Midrange SANs: All Grown Up?
CRN Supplement, Everything Channel - June 2008 - By Jeff Gould
"Midrange SAN vendors such as Compellent who have embraced both iSCSI and Fibre Channel are finding that sometimes even their smaller customers need the faster technology."
Davenport Group's Paul R. Clifford talks about how to create an effective long-term data storage strategy.
Two-Pronged Challenge: Storing Large Amounts of Data for the Long Term
Baselinemag.com - April 25, 2008 - by Elizabeth Millard
Enterprises must find innovative ways to file archives in light of increasing compliance, productivity, and cost-control needs. For the enterprises that choose to store data for decades, finding a long-term solution can be challenging, particularly as media changes.
Davenport Group founders, Sonia St. Charles and Paul R. Clifford, discuss their growing business, Storage Area Networks (SANs), and their position as a top business partner with Eden Prairie's Compellent Technologies, Inc.
There's more in store for this partnership
Star Tribune, Business/Section D - January 28, 2008 - by Todd Nelson
"Starting their own company helped Paul Clifford and Sonia St. Charles get a handle on their family's schedule while helping business clients manage their data."
Davenport Group discusses the importance of managing data.
Get a Grip - On Your Data.
Finance and Commerce - January 30, 2008 - by Jim Martyka
"For even the smallest companies, knowing how to manage data is vital to success."