Articles by Mark Cox

Servers

Intel Canada channel chief Phil Vokins sees big impact for new Xeon launch in Canada

April 4, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Intel Canada channel chief Phil Vokins sees big impact for new Xeon launch in Canada
Phil Vokins, Intel Channel Manager in Canada, emphasized that the new 2nd-Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors will greatly expand the ability of Canadian customers to use applications requiring dense memory.

Backup

Unitrends upgrades entry-level offerings for MSPs and distributed locations with Recovery MAX appliances

April 4, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Unitrends upgrades entry-level offerings for MSPs and distributed locations with Recovery MAX appliances
The Unitrends MAX appliances are targeted at the lower end of the market, providing it with failover capabilities and other capabilities which have not been available previously to these customers.

Security

Okta announces new support services for channel partners at Oktane customer event

April 3, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Okta announces new support services for channel partners at Oktane customer event
The new initiatives include the creation of teams of sales engineers and business development reps specifically to engage with the channel.

Servers

Intel emphasizes data-centric transformation of company at new Xeon launch

April 3, 2019 Mark Cox 1
While highlighting its new product, including the new Cascade Lake processors and Optane persistent memory, Intel focused on the way it highlights what they said was a fundamental  transformation of the company.

Virtualization

Teradici rearchitects PCoIP protocol to meet modern graphics-intensive applications in multi-cloud environments

April 3, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Teradici rearchitects PCoIP protocol to meet modern graphics-intensive applications in multi-cloud environments
The new PCoIP Ultra includes an expanded multi-codec architecture for third party codecs, to meet the graphics-intensive needs of much modern content.

Storage

Pure Storage expands unified data services with acquisition of Swedish firm Compuverde

April 2, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pure Storage expands unified data services with acquisition of Swedish firm Compuverde
Compuverde has been around for a decade, and their mature technology will be integrated into Pure’s FlashArray offering, so that it can offer fully unified protocols, data services, and unified cloud management.

Servers

Dell EMC emphasizes synergies between newly-launched Intel processors and its OpenManage software enhancements

April 2, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell EMC emphasizes synergies between newly-launched Intel processors and its OpenManage software enhancements
While the sizzle in the new Intel server processors is the new Optane persistent memory, Dell EMC is emphasizing that new systems management software enhancements will optimize its potential over competitive servers.

Servers

Lenovo shipping new Cascade Lake-enabled servers and appliances

April 2, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Lenovo shipping new Cascade Lake-enabled servers and appliances
Lenovo  is announcing, and shipping, 15 new ThinkSystem servers and 5 ThinkAgile appliances, which are both optimized to work with Intel’s new Second Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors, and add some additional wrinkles of their own.

Servers

Supermicro unveils huge roster of market-ready Cascade Lake SKUs at Intel launch

April 2, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Supermicro unveils huge roster of market-ready Cascade Lake SKUs at Intel launch
While its large portfolio of SKUs for any and all use cases has always been a key part of Supermicro’s value proposition to the channel, they are emphasizing their Resource Saving Architecture’s power and saving capabilities in the refreshed models.

Security

Okta announces Advanced Server Access, and new capabilities for custom integrations

April 2, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Okta announces Advanced Server Access, and new capabilities for custom integrations
In addition to Okta Advanced Server Access, Okta Identity Engine and Okta Hooks both facilitate much great custom integration capabilities.