Month: November 2018

Bob Stegner, senior vice president of North American marketing at Synnex
Channel Communities

Synnex looks to up the ante on Varnex education offerings

November 29, 2018 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Synnex looks to up the ante on Varnex education offerings
Synnex’s Varnex community will add education content for members as it looks to ramp up the community in 2019, group leaders say.

Sponsored Content

The essentials of leadership: Trust, inclusivity and transparency

November 29, 2018 Deanna Thomson Comments Off on The essentials of leadership: Trust, inclusivity and transparency
Dell EMC Canada channel chief Deanna Thomson on the qualities that make for a good leader in today’s technology landscape.

Cloud

HPE SMB leader Tim Peters lays out the business unit strategy, with storage being the next target

November 29, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on HPE SMB leader Tim Peters lays out the business unit strategy, with storage being the next target
HPE made a big play in 2018 around servers in the SMB space, followed up by solutions related to hybrid cloud. While those will continue in 2019, the company is also looking to roll out similar initiatives around simplification around storage and hyper-converged solutions for SMBs.

Cloud

Nutanix reintroduces Xi as suite of five cloud services, including Xi IoT

November 27, 2018 Mark Cox 1
The Xi IoT offering is the first fruits of Project Sherlock, the Internet of Things initiative that Nutanix unveiled this spring at their .NEXT event.

Uncategorized

Expanded HPE partnership makes Cohesity an OEM partner and greatly expands go-to-market motion

November 27, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Expanded HPE partnership makes Cohesity an OEM partner and greatly expands go-to-market motion
Long-time HPE partner Cohesity expects to see major go-to-market gains from the expanded relationship, which makes HPE more likely to position Cohesity aggressively in takeaway deals, and further encourages HPE salespeople to sell Cohesity.

Internet of Things

HPE asserts disruptive potential of new convergence of OT and IT systems in same Edgeline chassis

November 27, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on HPE asserts disruptive potential of new convergence of OT and IT systems in same Edgeline chassis
HPE has had IoT appliances on the market for several years, but at HPE Discover this year they are announcing the EdgeLine OT Link Platform, software that combines OT and enterprise grade IT functionality in the same box, which will make it easier to manage massive amounts of devices at the edge.

Cloud

Extension of HPE InfoSight across infrastructure highlights flurry of intelligent storage news at HPE Discover

November 27, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Extension of HPE InfoSight across infrastructure highlights flurry of intelligent storage news at HPE Discover
Several other significant intelligent storage announcements were also made, including a new Workload Planner utility for InfoSight, new Docker and Kubernetes support for HPE Cloud Volumes, the extension of Peer Persistence from HPE 3PAR to HPE Nimble – and the introduction of HPE Memory-Driven Flash, first for 3PAR, and for Nimble next year.

Cloud

HPE extends hybrid cloud composable strategy with HPE Composable Cloud

November 26, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on HPE extends hybrid cloud composable strategy with HPE Composable Cloud
The big announcement is that the composable capabilities of HPE Synergy has now been extended to rack server environments, but there are several other related goodies, including the expansion of the InfoSight predictive analytics from HPE Nimble beyond storage to all of the infrastructure.

Channel Programs

SOAR vendor Siemplify brings in Bradd Barmettler as first global channel chief to execute transition to partner-led model

November 26, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on SOAR vendor Siemplify brings in Bradd Barmettler as first global channel chief to execute transition to partner-led model
Barmettler’s planned initiatives include a major revamp of the Siemplify channel program. He also wants to build out a channel presence in Canada, where he has had success in the past at other companies.

Cloud

Cloud challenges and opportunities with Tech Data Canada [Podcast]

November 26, 2018 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Cloud challenges and opportunities with Tech Data Canada [Podcast]
Tech Data Canada’s Irene Buchan and Eric Ledoux discuss the changes they’ve seen in the cloud market, best first steps for solution providers, and how the distributor can help smooth the road in this edition of the podcast.