D&H co-President Dan Schwab was in attendance at the Toronto show and gave his views on the event and their Canadian business in general.
Distribution, Small Business
D&H celebrates tenth year in Canada at Toronto trade show
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Managed Services, Sponsored Content
3 Warning Signs of a Problem Client
by Mark Cox •
Barracuda MSP identifies three warning signs early in a client relationship, which indicate it may be time to cut bait.
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Storage, Virtualization
HCI software vendor Maxta announces migration capability from VMware to Red Hat
by Mark Cox •
Maxta has developed the ability to migrate customers seamlessly from VMware ESXi to Red Hat, using their software, and looking to appeal to customers who want to move some of their workloads to a less expensive hypervisor.
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Cloud, Data Centre, Storage, Virtualization
Dell EMC XC series upgrade with Avamar integration highlights Microsoft-focused news
by Mark Cox •
The XC series, which Dell EMC aims at the Microsoft hypervisor market, is also getting a new Azure Log Analytics Solution.
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Storage
Tintri unveils all-flash 10TB T1000 for ROBO, departmental and (shhh) SMB deployments
by Mark Cox •
Following the announcement of their new high-end enterprise cloud platform earlier this month, Tintri now announces availability of a much smaller 10 TB system, aimed at smaller deployments within – and quite possibly outside – the enterprise.
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Backup, Cloud, Managed Services
Rubrik Alta 4.1 brings Azure functionality up to AWS level
by Mark Cox •
Data management vendor Rubrik also adds support for the Google Cloud Platform, extends their AWS support, and improves management security for MSPs.
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Cloud, Storage
Scality expands S3 connectivity for Azure with Scality Connect offering
by Mark Cox •
Following up their multi-cloud theme which has been central to Scality’s vision since the announcement of Zenko this summer, Scality unveils a tool that lets apps for Amazon S3 support Microsoft Azure Blob Storage without having to be modified.
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Uncategorized
Riverbed previews Hyper-V-powered SteelFusion Azure-Ready Edge at Microsoft Ignite
by Mark Cox •
The SteelFusion Azure-Ready edge is Riverbed’s first virtualization offering outside the VMware architecture.
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Networking, Operating Systems, Security
SonicWall makes biggest set of solution announcements in their history
by Mark Cox •
SonicWall makes five major announcements, including a new firewall OS, a new firewall platform, a new family of Wave 2 access points, a new mobile access OS, and a cloud analytics application.
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Channel Programs, Storage
Dell EMC brings Scott Millard into channel storage role as storage push continues
by Mark Cox •
Millard, a veteran EMC channel exec who has most recently been in charge of channels at Virtustream, comes on board the Dell EMC channel team as a focused storage specialist.
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Cloud
IndependenceIT announces Windows app service for Google Cloud Platform
by Mark Cox •
Several vendors have attempted a Windows App Service for Google before, with indifferent success. Cloud workspace solution provider IndependenceIT, working with Google, has leveraged their automation skills to provide a solution which is much easier to use than previous efforts.
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Cloud, Software
IR makes updated UC assessment and testing solution available in the cloud
by Mark Cox •
Last year, IR introduced a network assessment and testing tool. It is being well received by Microsoft partners, and the new version is switching from software to a cloud-based tool.
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Cloud, Partnerships
Containerized app vendor Mesosphere extends strategic relationships with Dell EMC, Hitachi
by Mark Cox •
The reseller deal with Dell EMC, and OEM relationship around the Hitachi Enterprise Cloud Container program should significantly increase Mesosphere’s growing channel business.
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Backup, Virtualization
Comtrade enhances built-for-Nutanix HYCU backup solution
by Mark Cox •
Comtrade launched their purpose-built solution for Nutanix three months ago. The new version includes the ability to set Nutanix Storage Dense nodes as backup targets, and adding autodiscovery for Microsoft Active Directory.
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Unified Communications, Video over IP
Avaya unveils channel-only video conferencing and collaboration service
by Mark Cox •
Avaya Equinox Meetings Online is a rebranded and significantly upgraded updating of Avaya Live Video. It is a service which integrates well with on-prem video, and is aimed at the premium part of the market where video quality matters.
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Networking, Storage
Mellanox provides HPE’s first Ethernet storage switches in HPE StoreFabric M-Series
by Mark Cox •
The M-Series family OEMed from Mellanox, which provide 100 GbE Ethernet connectivity, but also scale down to an SMB price point, provide HPE with a strong channel offering that has a large price-performance differential over Fibre Channel.
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Cloud, Software, Storage
Archive360 enhances SharePoint Online, announces support for new Microsoft services
by Mark Cox •
Archive360 supports Azure Archival, the Azure alternative to AWS Glacier, as well as Microsoft Azure Cognitive & Media Services, which allows accurate transcription of audio and video files in real time.
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Channel Programs, Internet of Things, Storage
Hitachi shift in focus to Internet of Things likely to be major plus for channel
by Mark Cox •
Hitachi Data Systems’ former channels head in Canada, who has moved over to Vantara, and a top Canadian partner share their views on what the restructuring and Internet of Things re-emphasis will mean for the channel.
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Internet of Things
Hitachi intensifies focus on Internet of Things at inaugural customer event
by Mark Cox •
In addition to forming a new company, Vantara, to consolidate around the IoT opportunity, Hitachi rebooted their Lumada IoT platform and announced their first IoT appliance, based on Lumada. While they were never close to the top in enterprise storage, their goal is to be the leader in the IoT space.
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Computers, Mobility
Panasonic beefs up memory, enhances keyboard in semi-rugged Toughbook 54
by Mark Cox •
8GB memory is now standard, up from 4 GB, with the high end model moving from 8GB to 15 GB. The keyboard is now backlit with red rather than white for better nighttime use.
