Year: 2018

Big Data

Hitachi Vantara announces hardware, software enhancements to Unified Compute Platform

June 6, 2018 Mark Cox 1
Just in time for SAP SAPPHIRE, several significant new SAP HANA software applications were announced, but that’s only a part of a fairly comprehensive Hitachi Vantara announcement.

Artificial Intelligence

Riverbed delivers enhanced scalability, integrated licensing with new SteelCentral release

June 6, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Riverbed delivers enhanced scalability, integrated licensing with new SteelCentral release
The enhanced SteelCentral also adds Prism, which uses AI to visualize the conversion funnel and spot issues, and full integration with Riverbed Xirrus WI-Fi.

Channel Communities

Jitterbit transitions to partner-first program with high-touch PoweredBy Jitterbit Program

June 6, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Jitterbit transitions to partner-first program with high-touch PoweredBy Jitterbit Program
Jitterbit’s increased investment in developing partner skillsets includes joint strategic business and marketing plans for their top two partner tiers, as well as new go-to-Market accelerators and enhanced technical enablement.

Networking

HPE adds new orchestration software, smaller model to Ethernet M-Series storage switches

June 5, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on HPE adds new orchestration software, smaller model to Ethernet M-Series storage switches
The HPE Smart Fabric Orchestrator provides the same capabilities for Ethernet that HP’s Smart SAN does for Fibre Channel, while the new M-Series SN2010M is a smaller switch for the secondary storage market.

Software

Attunity deepens SAP relationship with SAP HANA certification for enhanced Attunity Replicate

June 5, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Attunity deepens SAP relationship with SAP HANA certification for enhanced Attunity Replicate
Attunity is also highlighting their new Attunity Gold Client for Data Protection for SAP environments, which is designed to satisfy the new EU GDPR ‘right to be forgotten’ compliance requirements.

Security

Barracuda unveils PhishLine offering for mid-size organizations

June 5, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Barracuda unveils PhishLine offering for mid-size organizations
Barracuda has released a version of the PhishLine social engineering simulation offering they acquired early this year that is targeted at the 1000 seat market and under, with the big difference from the enterprise version coming from the removal of industry-specific customization options.

Storage

Scality introduces new 3-server HPE Apollo configurations for lower entry point

June 5, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Scality introduces new 3-server HPE Apollo configurations for lower entry point
The new configurations were facilitated by some of the enhancements in the new Scality RING 7.4 software, which has improving ease of use as its primary focus.

Cloud

Nexsan announces new cloud transfer capability for on-prem Assureon secure archiving

June 5, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Nexsan announces new cloud transfer capability for on-prem Assureon secure archiving
Assureon Cloud Transfer is Nexsan’s first cloud offering, but the company is pledging that it won’t be the last.

Partnerships

HPE formally announces HPE Complete program and opens it to all partners

June 5, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on HPE formally announces HPE Complete program and opens it to all partners
The HPE Complete program, in existence since late 2016 in what amounted to beta form, has now been opened to General Available, allowing all HPE partners, including those outside the U.S., to participate.

Mobility

ThinPrint sees strong channel opportunities in new mobile initiatives

June 4, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on ThinPrint sees strong channel opportunities in new mobile initiatives
ThinPrint has begun to re-emphasize mobile print solutions, which include the introduction of a new next-gen solution, and a partnership with MobileIron that they expect will be very strategic.