Year: 2018

Distribution

Tech Data secures sole North American distribution for Cohesity

December 4, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Tech Data secures sole North American distribution for Cohesity
Cohesity has tabbed Tech Data as their first comprehensive distribution partner in North America, after soliciting bids through an RFP process. Cohesity says that bringing on distribution won’t change its fundamental principles towards partnering, and using a value-focused channel.

Backup

Nutanix-focused backup vendor HYCU to be resold by Lenovo

December 4, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Nutanix-focused backup vendor HYCU to be resold by Lenovo
HYCU extends the market reach for their backup solution designed specifically for Nutanix environments with this new reseller agreement, which will let Lenovo sell HYCU with their Nutanix solutions in a single sale.

Greg Onoprijenko, director of the cloud business for Ingram Micro Canada
Cloud

“The cloud has been very good to me” – a chat with Greg Onoprijenko [Podcast]

December 3, 2018 Robert Dutt Comments Off on “The cloud has been very good to me” – a chat with Greg Onoprijenko [Podcast]
Ingram Micro Canada cloud boss Greg Onoprijenko talks about his own cloud journey in this edition of the ChannelBuzz.ca Podcast

Artificial Intelligence

HPE highlights memory-driven computing in cutting edge genomic research at HPE Discover

December 3, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on HPE highlights memory-driven computing in cutting edge genomic research at HPE Discover
Biotech startup Jungla is the first HPE customer to use the new Memory-Driven Computing Sandbox, to accelerate processing of individualized genomic testing data by more than 200 times compared with traditional hardware, taking the time needed to get results from around 250 days to as little as a day.

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.