Year: 2017

Distribution

Synnex: Westcon buy is distie deal with little overlap

June 8, 2017 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Synnex: Westcon buy is distie deal with little overlap
Synnex purchases Westcon Comstor’s North American business, gets access to new key vendors, including Cisco.

Partnerships

Hedvig’s distributed storage platform now available through HPE Complete program

June 8, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Hedvig’s distributed storage platform now available through HPE Complete program
The Hedvig software-defined technology collapses disparate tiers of storage and unifies block, file, and object interfaces in a single platform, providing HPE and its partners with a capability not otherwise available to them through HPE.

Data Centre

HPE CEO Whitman says new HPE creating innovation on multiple levels

June 7, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on HPE CEO Whitman says new HPE creating innovation on multiple levels
The HPE CEO says the company has been fundamentally transformed in her tenure, not just by selling off non-core areas and increasing focus, but by making more changes in sales and channel organization and corporate culture.

Partnerships

Scale-out vendor Qumulo goes on offense with HPE partnership

June 7, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Scale-out vendor Qumulo goes on offense with HPE partnership
Qumulo’s software on HPE servers gives HPE a strong distributed file system offering to compete against Isilon and NetApp.

Storage

Coho Data converged solution with HPE and Arista publicly launches

June 7, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Coho Data converged solution with HPE and Arista publicly launches
Coho Data, which has recently reworked itself into a software-defined vendor, has just launched a converged turnkey solution through the HPE Complete program.

Mark Hill, vice president of digitization, Cisco
Software

Cisco streamlines software buys with new Enterprise Agreement

June 7, 2017 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Cisco streamlines software buys with new Enterprise Agreement
The new Cisco Enterprise Agreement brings together terms for all of Cisco’s software suites, provides options for customers to grow comfortably.

Data Centre

Mellanox scores major OEM win with 25G Ethernet switch for HPE Synergy platform

June 7, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Mellanox scores major OEM win with 25G Ethernet switch for HPE Synergy platform
The upgrade to the HPE composable computing platform provides it with 25GB/s connectivity to its blade servers, and 100 GB/s connectivity to its uplinks.

Partnerships

Mesosphere expands HPE relationship with new strategic alliance

June 6, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Mesosphere expands HPE relationship with new strategic alliance
Mesosphere is looking for this new deal, which integrates their technology directly into HPE Synergy and HPE OneView, to further expand their reach among enterprises facing digital transformation.

Servers

HPE introduces ‘breakthrough’ Gen 10 of its ProLiant servers

June 6, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on HPE introduces ‘breakthrough’ Gen 10 of its ProLiant servers
HPE says that ProLiant Gen 10 is not only the world’s most secure Industry Standard Server – but that none of their competitors can possibly catch up.

Backup

Barracuda expands MSP Professional Services offerings

June 6, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Barracuda expands MSP Professional Services offerings
The new services for MSPs are around the Barracuda NextGen Firewall and Barracuda Backup Appliance, with the firewall service thought likely to generate the most demand.