Articles by Mark Cox

Big Data

HP Haven Startup Accelerator program to offer developers upgrade over free Vertica and IDOL

August 24, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on HP Haven Startup Accelerator program to offer developers upgrade over free Vertica and IDOL
New HP Big Data announcements also include a new release of HP Vertica optimized for the Internet of Things, and an extension of the HP Haven Big Data platform to provide the building blocks for about 80 per cent of solutions, with HP partners or professional services finishing off the job.

Security

ESET looks to new Toronto office to drive Canadian business

August 21, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on ESET looks to new Toronto office to drive Canadian business
Iva Peric-Lightfoot, a longtime Symantec veteran who was most recently in charge of Canadian distribution for ESET’s Canadian retail distributor, becomes ESET’s first Canadian country manager.

Data Centre

Lenovo expands hyperconverged portfolio with SimpliVity alliance

August 20, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Lenovo expands hyperconverged portfolio with SimpliVity alliance
Lenovo announces its second hyperconverged partnership this week, which like the first is focused primarily on the SMB space, where Lenovo is initially focusing with its hyperconverged strategy.

Storage

Kaminario breaks sub-$1/GB flash pricing barrier with new array

August 20, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Kaminario breaks sub-$1/GB flash pricing barrier with new array
The all-flash vendor also announces the first industry support for 3D TLC Drives, native array-based replication and its Perpetual Array program. Boston-based Kaminario has unveiled its K2 v5.5 all-flash primary storage array, which becomes the
Big Data

Predixion partners with Wind River on IoT analytics

August 19, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Predixion partners with Wind River on IoT analytics
Predixion’s technology is well suited to the IoT because its small footprint can push predictive analytics out to the edge, to sensors and machines with limited connectivity.

Storage

Partners need to sell the foundation of the dream, says EMC Canada’s Kerr

August 19, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Partners need to sell the foundation of the dream, says EMC Canada’s Kerr
EMC’s Canadian channel chief lays out EMC’s value proposition and how partners can best position themselves within it.

Software

Dell adds Scality to partners in software-defined storage portfolio

August 18, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell adds Scality to partners in software-defined storage portfolio
The addition of Scality to Dell’s software-defined roster is likely to extend its market reach considerably, and partners Dell up with a leading object storage vendor.

Data Centre

Lenovo, StorMagic partner on hyperconverged low cost ROBO solutions

August 17, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Lenovo, StorMagic partner on hyperconverged low cost ROBO solutions
Lenovo teams up with software-defined storage vendor StorMagic to offer three new hyperconverged offerings. They are unlikely to be their last.

Storage

ExaGrid ramps up scalability with enhanced deduplication, Oracle RMAN Channel support

August 17, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on ExaGrid ramps up scalability with enhanced deduplication, Oracle RMAN Channel support
ExaGrid, which competes against much larger players like EMC Data Domain, is in a growth spurt, has ramped up its internal sales which work with channel partners, and hopes to go public in between two and two and a half years.

Data Centre

New Nutanix Americas channel chief Chris Morgan lays out strategy

August 14, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on New Nutanix Americas channel chief Chris Morgan lays out strategy
Morgan discusses his priorities in making sure that the strength of Nutanix’s channel infrastructure keeps up with the rapid growth of its sales.