Articles by Mark Cox

Artificial Intelligence

Pure Storage targets high end of AI market with Hyperscale AIRI

March 25, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pure Storage targets high end of AI market with Hyperscale AIRI
In addition to these new hyperconverged models produced with partners NVIDIA and Mellanox, Pure Storage announced FlashStack for AI, an AI-optimized version of their Cisco-focused converged offering.

Managed Services

Liongard adds Datto Autotask PSA integration, with more integrations on the way

March 25, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Liongard adds Datto Autotask PSA integration, with more integrations on the way
Liongard has provided roundabout integration with Autotask through their existing integration with IT Glue, but the integration streamlines the process, and provides access to Autotask customers who don’t use IT Glue.

Networking

Expanded Mitel, Martello partnership bears fruit with new platform support in latest Mitel MPA release

March 25, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Expanded Mitel, Martello partnership bears fruit with new platform support in latest Mitel MPA release
The extension of Martello’s relationship with Mitel around Mitel Performance Analytics to include assets acquired from ShoreTel both strengthens that partnership and positions Martello well for aggressive growth on other fronts.

Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft Canada highlights Canadian AI initiatives at Future Now 2019 event

March 22, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Microsoft Canada highlights Canadian AI initiatives at Future Now 2019 event
Microsoft holds this annual event both to demonstrate Microsoft’s position on the cutting edge of new technology, and to inspire customers and prospects in attendance with examples of how Canadians have had strong results putting these concepts into practice.

Partnerships

Plantronics rebrands as Poly, unveils new product and strategic initiatives

March 22, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Plantronics rebrands as Poly, unveils new product and strategic initiatives
Poly is designed to provide a new joint identity for the Plantronics-Polycom combination. In addition to new pipeline product announced at Enterprise Connect this week, the company also emphasized new and expanded strategic partnerships which have more joint offerings on the way.

Backup

Canadian businesses doing more with their data: Dell EMC study

March 21, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Canadian businesses doing more with their data: Dell EMC study
Since the last time this study was done in 2016, data has grown globally by 569 per cent – but this pales besides the Canadian data growth rate of 941 per cent over the same period.

Storage

Formulus Black launches software stack to vastly increase power of In-Memory compute

March 20, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Formulus Black launches software stack to vastly increase power of In-Memory compute
Formulus Black is a software rethinking of technoloigy originally developed by its predecessor company, Symbolic IO, designed to make DRAM non-volatile, inexpensive and usable for storage.

Cloud

VMware, channel, see big benefits in VMware Cloud on AWS Canadian availability

March 19, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on VMware, channel, see big benefits in VMware Cloud on AWS Canadian availability
VMware thinks that their now being available on the AWS cloud in Canada will make it much easier for customers to migrate some applications which have been problematic move candidates to date.

Distribution

Silver Peak looking to grow partner base with new Synnex relationship for North American distribution

March 19, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Silver Peak looking to grow partner base with new Synnex relationship for North American distribution
Synnex is particularly strong in Canada, a market where Silver Peak is not as strong as it would like, and recruitment of strong partners in the Canadian market is a priority.

Distribution

Next-gen security vendor Votiro signs global deal with Ingram Micro

March 19, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Next-gen security vendor Votiro signs global deal with Ingram Micro
The agreement is a North American one, but it’s expected to be about eight to ten months before Votiro’s content disarm and reconstruction [CDR] technology finds its way to Ingram Micro partners in Canada.