Month: August 2016

Storage

Tegile Systems announces massively scalable IntelliFlash Cloud Platform

August 29, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Tegile Systems announces massively scalable IntelliFlash Cloud Platform
Tegile says its new scale-out platform, with flash prices starting at about 50 cents/GB, will make on-prem flash cheaper than the public cloud and thus give channel partners a powerful weapon.

Cloud

eXalt upgrades intelligence, customer experience in new KWaaS offering

August 29, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on eXalt upgrades intelligence, customer experience in new KWaaS offering
eXalt has made B2B rules engines for IT companies for years, but has now revamped their offering for the digital era to adjust to modern customer preferences and buying patterns.

Data Centre

Nutanix enhances cloud platform with PernixData, Calm.io acquisitions

August 28, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Nutanix enhances cloud platform with PernixData, Calm.io acquisitions
Nutanix makes its first foray into acquiring other people’s technology with a pair of deals designed to enhance their storage-class memory systems and improve their cloud automation and management capabilities.

Data Centre

Lenovo’s hyperconverged play [Video]

August 26, 2016 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Lenovo’s hyperconverged play [Video]
Don Frame of Lenovo discusses the vendor’s hyperconverged play, the expanding number of workloads suitable for hyperconverged, and more.

Notebooks

HP targets ‘visual hacking’ with HP Sure View integrated privacy screen

August 25, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on HP targets ‘visual hacking’ with HP Sure View integrated privacy screen
HP Sure View is available as an option on two HP commercial models, HP EliteBook 1040 and HP EliteBook 840.

Storage

Exablox expands partner primary flash storage opportunities with scale-out OneBlox 5210

August 25, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Exablox expands partner primary flash storage opportunities with scale-out OneBlox 5210
Exablox unveils the OneBlox 5210, a scale-out low-cost flash product with object storage under the hood, that lists for $29,000 diskless, with 4 TB SSDs a further $2,000 each.

Channel Programs

SmartFile enhances channel program in push to expand enterprise channel business

August 23, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on SmartFile enhances channel program in push to expand enterprise channel business
Tyler Snetselaar has been named Director of Strategic Alliances and Channel Partnerships, as SmartFile looks to expand its channel presence, especially among systems integrators serving the enterprise.

Computers

Lenovo channel chief pleased with North American performance

August 23, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Lenovo channel chief pleased with North American performance
Sammy Kinlaw reviews Lenovo’s recently concluded quarter in North America and indicates their initiatives going forward, including a new distribution agreement for the Motorola products.

Storage

Caringo SwarmNFS aims to mainstream object storage by eliminating gateways to NFS

August 23, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Caringo SwarmNFS aims to mainstream object storage by eliminating gateways to NFS
Caringo has developed a patent-pending process that eliminates the need for a gateway by connecting the NFS server directly to the Object Storage. This significantly cuts costs and improves efficiency, opening up new use cases that Caringo believes will mainstream object storage.

Security

AppSense adds patch management to Endpoint Security Suite in 2.0 release

August 23, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on AppSense adds patch management to Endpoint Security Suite in 2.0 release
This release becomes the first AppSense product to benefit from the LANDESK merger, as it adds patch management from Shavlik Protect, which is an independent business unit within LANDESK.