Year: 2016

Data Centre

HPE, Docker look to future with major strategic alliance

June 8, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on HPE, Docker look to future with major strategic alliance
The two companies announced a broad range of Docker ready HP servers, which will be available in Q4, and a broad range of Docker integrations and other solutions for HPE, which are available now.

Data Centre

HPE extends software-defined storage strategy

June 7, 2016 Mark Cox 1
The company has announced more details about its composable data fabric strategy, made possible by extending its StoreVirtual technology across all its form factors, to serve as the basis of its strategy for making software-defined ubiquitous in the date centre.

Storage

Expanded drive, container support highlight HPE 3PAR all-flash upgrades

June 7, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Expanded drive, container support highlight HPE 3PAR all-flash upgrades
All-flash has been a many-faceted boon to the channel, and HPE’s new announcements will add some new opportunities for the company’s partners

Managed Services

Auvik adds NetFlow analysis

June 7, 2016 Robert Dutt 1
Networking RMM vendor partners with Kentik to bring AuvikFlow NetFlow analysis to help MSPs answer common customer questions their networks.

Cloud

Avaya adds Oceana to customer engagement portfolio

June 7, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Avaya adds Oceana to customer engagement portfolio
Built on top of the Avaya Breeze engagement platform, Oceana is designed to deliver on industry promises of next-gen customer engagement, and while it is much more of an enterprise play than mid-market, should be a useful tool for partners who play in the enterprise space.

Servers

Dell upgrades four-socket server portfolio

June 6, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell upgrades four-socket server portfolio
The enhancements reflect the increased capacity of Intel’s new Xeon E7 and E5 v4 processor. Dell has also refreshed its PowerEdge R830 rack server, which had not been updated since 2011.

Cloud

Solarwinds MSP: What does the future look like?

June 6, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Solarwinds MSP: What does the future look like?
Alistair Forbes, LOGICnow’s general manager, discussed what the creation of the new company will mean to partners, and the new company’s priorities going forward.

Channel Programs

Salesforce deepens partner training, specializations

June 6, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Salesforce deepens partner training, specializations
New partner initiatives the company is working on include deepening technical and product training in their face-to-face training programs, and developing the concept of being trusted advisors together with partners to their joint clients.

Data Centre

Dell announces breakthrough in liquid cooling technology

June 2, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell announces breakthrough in liquid cooling technology
Dell’s new Triton technology, which came out of a special project its ESI [Extreme Scale Infrastructure] group did for eBay, is still far from being a commercially available product. Nevertheless, it represents an important advance in liquid cooling.

Data Centre

Dell’s Futuresville 2.0 office looks into crystal ball

June 2, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell’s Futuresville 2.0 office looks into crystal ball
Futuresville 2 – Dell’s Chief Technology Office for Enterprise – discussed their work in identifying key trends and co-ordinating responses within Dell, and talked about some of those trends they deem vitally important going forward.