Year: 2017

Data Centre

John Dathan takes HPE Canada reins in restructured Canadian operation

October 5, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on John Dathan takes HPE Canada reins in restructured Canadian operation
HPE Canada loses country management status, but it still has a general manager, and a seat at the table in decisions. Decision-making authority has not been moved to the U.S.

Backup

NetApp, Veeam extend partnership with first resell agreement

October 5, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on NetApp, Veeam extend partnership with first resell agreement
The deal is aimed at strengthening Veeam in the enterprise, and NetApp in the midmarket and SMB, and follows up several other recent Veeam resale partnerships.

Software

New ONTAP 9.3 release highlights NetApp Data Fabric announcements

October 4, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on New ONTAP 9.3 release highlights NetApp Data Fabric announcements
NetApp has announced upgrades to key software products that make up their Data Fabric, including ONTAP 9.3.

Storage

Komprise extends data management capabilities in 2.6 release of flagship software

October 4, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Komprise extends data management capabilities in 2.6 release of flagship software
Komprise adds full lifecycle management abilities, as well as the ability to confine defined data to make it invisible without deleting it, and the ability to build custom queries.

Security

Cloud security policy: The questions you need to ask

October 4, 2017 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Cloud security policy: The questions you need to ask
ESET’s Lysa Myers covers the question you need to ask when crafting a cloud security policy for your clients.

Cloud

NetApp extends Microsoft partnership with NFS service for Azure powered by NetApp

October 4, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on NetApp extends Microsoft partnership with NFS service for Azure powered by NetApp
NetApp indicated no plans to extend this service capability to AWS, although from a functionality purpose it is the logical extension of this deal.

Servers

‘Old news’ of NetApp HCI solution availability still the big INSIGHT highlight to NetApp channel

October 4, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on ‘Old news’ of NetApp HCI solution availability still the big INSIGHT highlight to NetApp channel
The first-ever NetApp HCI solution, announced in June, will be available in October, and that, rather than the shinier and newer announcements at INSIGHT, was what had solution providers buzzing.

Storage

NetApp turns on Watson-powered Elio virtual support for customers

October 4, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on NetApp turns on Watson-powered Elio virtual support for customers
Elio is a chatbot that provides first level technical support using IBM Watson technology. NetApp has also enhanced their ActiveIQ cloud-based analytics.

Cloud

VIPRE makes move into the cloud with cloud endpoint security offering

October 3, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on VIPRE makes move into the cloud with cloud endpoint security offering
VIPRE Endpoint Security – Cloud Edition, is a built for the cloud solution, not its server product ported into the cloud.

Storage

Data Dynamics broadens channel opportunities with StorageX 8.0 file management solution

October 3, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Data Dynamics broadens channel opportunities with StorageX 8.0 file management solution
The enhancements to the Data Dynamics solution include the addition of S3 support and improved API availability.