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HPE announces new offerings, cloud services and AI capabilities around GreenLake, private cloud portfolio and strategic partnerships

June 21, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on HPE announces new offerings, cloud services and AI capabilities around GreenLake, private cloud portfolio and strategic partnerships
HPE made several major announcements in their opening keynote, but the one that clearly excited CEO Antonio Neri the most was entering the Artificial Intelligence public cloud market.

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HPE further fleshes out Partner Ready Vantage program with new competencies, Centers of Expertise

June 20, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on HPE further fleshes out Partner Ready Vantage program with new competencies, Centers of Expertise
Vantage combines both the HPE hybrid cloud and HPE Aruba offerings into a program focused on partner business outcomes, that complements the existing Partner Ready program, and while the Aruba side has the advantage of past work in this area, the HPE side is still being built out, with several elements coming in November or early next year.

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HPE Aruba names Lene Skov as new Aruba worldwide channel chief

June 19, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on HPE Aruba names Lene Skov as new Aruba worldwide channel chief
Skov, who is Danish and has been running Aruba’s channel business in northern Europe, replaces Donna Grothjan, who retired this year.

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Pure CEO Giancarlo lays out vision to leave disk in the dust

June 15, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pure CEO Giancarlo lays out vision to leave disk in the dust
Giancarlo emphasized that the long-awaited time has finally arrived when flash is now price-competitive with HDDs in the lower reaches of the data centre, and that Pure in particular enjoys competitive advantages in the market that will let them take advantage of this opportunity to the fullest.

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Pure exhorts partners to leverage expanded portfolio and expand services capabilities

June 15, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pure exhorts partners to leverage expanded portfolio and expand services capabilities
With Pure’s portfolio expanded down to the lower reaches of the data centre, and flash reaching that long-sought price parity in that environment, both Pure and their partners think the potential for significant growth has arrived.

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Morpheus Data excited by collaborative potential in Dell Technologies hybrid cloud announcements

May 26, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on Morpheus Data excited by collaborative potential in Dell Technologies hybrid cloud announcements
Morpheus makes a hybrid cloud management automation engine, and the development of infrastructure as-a-service offerings has led to them doing more business in the last six months than in the previous six years.

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Dell looks to expand partner services with Project Harmony

May 24, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell looks to expand partner services with Project Harmony
Project Harmony was the one new initiative specifically for partners announced at this year’s Dell Technologies World, within the context of a news-rich event which will create many other partner opportunities.

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Dell expands APEX portfolio with major new offerings and partnerships

May 22, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell expands APEX portfolio with major new offerings and partnerships
Dell makes some major announcements around their as-a-service portfolio, including bringing their Project Alpine previews from last year out as projects, in what they are saying brings the whole APEX strategy to fruition.