Year: 2017

OpenText CEO Mark Barranechea
Big Data

OpenText brings Magellan to life

July 12, 2017 Robert Dutt Comments Off on OpenText brings Magellan to life
Waterloo-based OpenText says its new Magellan will be “a boom” for partners who can build out the applications and algorithms to power it for customers.

Mobility

Nutanix-powered Dell XC Xpress for VDI highlights flurry of Dell VDI announcements

July 12, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Nutanix-powered Dell XC Xpress for VDI highlights flurry of Dell VDI announcements
Dell also announces a new Latitude VDI notebook, upgrading of its ThinOS 8.4 software, and new management software.

Servers

New Dell EMC PowerEdge servers hit the streets

July 11, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on New Dell EMC PowerEdge servers hit the streets
Dell EMC is emphasizing that the new 14G servers go well beyond the traditional conception of a compute platform.

Distribution

Cisco Meraki finally comes to D&H Canada

July 11, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cisco Meraki finally comes to D&H Canada
There has been a six month lag between D&H signing on Cisco Meraki in the U.S. and its availability in Canada, but the company thinks their partners – many of whom haven’t been selling cloud at all – will find it worth the wait.

Michael Calce
Printing and Imaging

Is print the unrecognized security weak point?

July 11, 2017 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Is print the unrecognized security weak point?
HP’s been focused on the security of its print lineup, but wonders if anyone is listening. It’s still trying to turn up the volume in its message to IT.

Cloud

Quest unveils new Quest on Demand SaaS platform for Microsoft solutions

July 11, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Quest unveils new Quest on Demand SaaS platform for Microsoft solutions
Quest is releasing the new platform at Microsoft Inspire, because they see it as a strong channel offering, and are looking to recruit new partners to sell it.

VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger at VMworld 2014.
Internet of Things

VMware’s Gelsinger seeks to do the ‘boring, hard’ parts of IOT

July 11, 2017 Robert Dutt Comments Off on VMware’s Gelsinger seeks to do the ‘boring, hard’ parts of IOT
VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger discusses how the Internet of Things will empower “a beautiful competition of business models” and why security is “a screwed-up industry.”

Backup

Modernization of HPE Data Protector highlights revamp of HPE ABR Suite

July 11, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Modernization of HPE Data Protector highlights revamp of HPE ABR Suite
The HPE Adaptive Backup and Recovery suite is composed of three products released last year as a unified package, and this release is designed to further that unified vision.

Backup

Arcserve adds direct-to-cloud capability with Zetta acquisition

July 11, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Arcserve adds direct-to-cloud capability with Zetta acquisition
Arcserve also says out a roadmap to have, within twelve months, a midmarket disaster recovery offering based on a fusion of the two technologies that overcomes today’s pricing, complexity and efficiency issues.

Channel Programs

Mitel will protect own channel in Toshiba UC acquisition

July 10, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Mitel will protect own channel in Toshiba UC acquisition
Mitel’s acquisition of the Toshiba business is all about acquiring customers, and their channel. In order to protect their own Mitel channel partners, the two channels will, however, remain separate.