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Cloud

New Edge Orchestration capabilities highlight VMware edge announcements

August 23, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on New Edge Orchestration capabilities highlight VMware edge announcements
In addition to VMware Edge Cloud Orchestrator, new Edge announcements include a new retail edge solution and a new managed connectivity services which will appeal to service provider partners.

Artificial Intelligence

VMware, NVIDIA partnership around VMware Private AI Foundation highlights VMware Generative AI push

August 23, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on VMware, NVIDIA partnership around VMware Private AI Foundation highlights VMware Generative AI push
VMware Private AI Foundation with NVIDIA is built on VMware Cloud Foundation, optimized for AI and will run fully secure Generative AI applications.

Cloud

VMware upgrades multi-cloud capabilities on multiple fronts

August 23, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on VMware upgrades multi-cloud capabilities on multiple fronts
Multi-cloud has become one of VMware’s top focus areas, and the new and enhanced offerings include vSAN Max, which allows storage to be disaggregated and scale independently from compute, as well as new multi-cloud virtual private clouds for storage and networking.

Artificial Intelligence

VMware expands Tanzu Application Platform with new Tanzu Application Engine and enhanced multi-cloud options

August 23, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on VMware expands Tanzu Application Platform with new Tanzu Application Engine and enhanced multi-cloud options
VMware sees this as a ‘new Tanzu’ and views its enhancements as fundamental to their multi-cloud story going forward.

Channel Programs

VMware Canada channel chief Simon Powell assesses first year on the job

August 22, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on VMware Canada channel chief Simon Powell assesses first year on the job
Powell said that in addition to VMware honing in on a more partner-driven strategy, the new announcements at VMware Explore, and the philosophy behind them, will also open up new opportunities for partners.

Cloud

Pure Storage, Microsoft expands strategic partnership  around Azure VMware Solution

August 22, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pure Storage, Microsoft expands strategic partnership  around Azure VMware Solution
This is Pure’s first out-of-the box option around a specific use case for Azure Cloud as they move beyond general purpose hybrid storage.

Cloud

Liquidware announces GA of CommandCTRL SaaS solution

August 21, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on Liquidware announces GA of CommandCTRL SaaS solution
CommandCTRL is Liquidware’s new SaaS real-time remediation solution, and features both a DVR-like function that is more effective than snapshots and new ChatGPT functionality that was built in after the beta began almost a year ago.

Artificial Intelligence

Nutanix targets Generative AI newcomer market with Nutanix GPT-in-a-Box

August 15, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on Nutanix targets Generative AI newcomer market with Nutanix GPT-in-a-Box
The new offering adds an Opinionated AI stack and related services to Nutanix’s infrastructure and storage stacks, and the company believes it will find a good reception from the SMB to the enterprise.

Cloud

AppDirect acquires ADCom Solutions to add their NOC and VEEUE platforms to channel catalogue

August 4, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on AppDirect acquires ADCom Solutions to add their NOC and VEEUE platforms to channel catalogue
AppDirect makes another significant deal, leveraging their omnichannel Go-to-Market capabilities to bring another significant player onboard, and expand the solutions available to their technology advisor channel to sell.

Channel Programs

NetApp’s new Partner Sphere Partner Program  goes live

August 1, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on NetApp’s new Partner Sphere Partner Program  goes live

Last fall NetApp announced its new program, which they term an extension of the previous Unified Partner Program rather than a major overhaul of it, and after giving partners a suitable time to prepare for the new program, it is now operational.