Year: 2019

Networking

Stateless adds new capabilities in general release of Luxon software-defined interconnect platform

September 23, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Stateless adds new capabilities in general release of Luxon software-defined interconnect platform
The improvements to Stateless’ Luxon platform are intended to expand its use cases and its appeal as an open interconnect platform which easily allows things to be built on top.

Partnerships

Avaya expands ReadyNow’s global footprint, AI capabilities with IBM partnership

September 23, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Avaya expands ReadyNow’s global footprint, AI capabilities with IBM partnership
Avaya sees the synergy between the two companies and IBM’s consultancy capabilities as important assets in meeting the unexpectedly high demand for ReadyNow as-a-service from larger customers.

Channel Programs

OVH launches revamped Partner Program in Canada and other non-U.S. markets

September 20, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on OVH launches revamped Partner Program in Canada and other non-U.S. markets
The program, which moves to a two-tier model, will launch separately in the U.S. next week for legal reasons.

Channel Programs

SOAR vendor D3 Security leverages MITRE ATT&CK framework, new partner enablement, to drive channel growth

September 20, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on SOAR vendor D3 Security leverages MITRE ATT&CK framework, new partner enablement, to drive channel growth
D3 is the first SOAR vendor to embed the MITRE framework into their tool to make it more granular and more proactive.

Artificial Intelligence

Pure Storage deepens AI expertise with product, partnership announcements

September 18, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pure Storage deepens AI expertise with product, partnership announcements
Pure is announcing both the doubling of FlashBlade to 150 blades, an expansion of AIRI with the AI Data Hub, aimed at end-to-end use cases beyond simply training AI, and AIRI-as-a-Service, which will be delivered by Pure partner Core Scientific.

Data Centre

Pure Storage, Vertica partner on first database solution to separate compute and storage architecture on-prem

September 18, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pure Storage, Vertica partner on first database solution to separate compute and storage architecture on-prem
In what can best be described as an example of customer-led innovation, where an important customer wanted a joint solution to suit their needs, Vertica and Pure Storage have developed a solution that will facilitate a hybrid database strategy.

Storage

Pure Storage expands FlashArray capabilities at both high and low ends

September 17, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pure Storage expands FlashArray capabilities at both high and low ends
Pure announces the FlashArray//C for Tier 2 storage, and DirectMemory cache to chop latency and accelerate applications on their FlashArray//X.

Storage

Pure CEO Giancarlo lays out vision to virtualize data for modern data experience

September 17, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pure CEO Giancarlo lays out vision to virtualize data for modern data experience
The virtualization of data remains the last frontier in the data centre, and that’s what Pure Storage CEO says is the company’s objective going forward.

Managed Services

IT Glue announces product enhancements, roadmap elements at GlueX

September 17, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on IT Glue announces product enhancements, roadmap elements at GlueX
Specific product enhancements announced at GlueX include a new Dark Mode interface and improvements to their passwords functionality.

Cloud

Pure Storage expands Cloud Data Services portfolio with Cloud Block Store for AWS

September 17, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pure Storage expands Cloud Data Services portfolio with Cloud Block Store for AWS
Pure also extends their CloudSnap cloud backup technology, introduced a year ago for the AWS platform, to Azure, and rebrands ES2 to Pure as-a-Service to reflect the move to offering all their products on an OPEX model.