This new wave of solutions, which will hit the market this April, will be targeted at carriers and their SMB customers.
Data Centre, Networking
Ericsson unveils new generation of enterprise solutions with x20 5G
by Mark Cox •
Data Centre
Data Centre, Distribution
D&H Canada adds Lenovo data centre lineup
by Robert Dutt •
The distributor expands its relationship with Lenovo to include its Infrastructure Solutions Group, and will look to get solutions providers selling Lenovo PCs to expand their horizons into the data centre.
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Artificial Intelligence, Data Centre
Michael Dell lays out vision to get enterprises to reimagine organizations for AI future
by Mark Cox •
Last year, Dell Technologies World saw the company lay out its plan for its AI future. This year, the company made considerable progress, translating concepts into product, building out a much more detailed road map and rendering some things introduced last year obsolete.
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Artificial Intelligence, Computers, Data Centre, Hardware
Intel lays out foundry vision and announces Intel Foundry
by Mark Cox •
Intel CEO announced the creation of Intel Foundry, which with Intel Products now becomes two symbiotic parts of Intel, and also announced a new partnership with Arm, which Intel said is now their most important.
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Artificial Intelligence, Cloud, Data Centre, Storage
Nutanix targets Generative AI newcomer market with Nutanix GPT-in-a-Box
by Mark Cox •
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.
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Cloud, Data Centre, DevOps
Dell introduces new multi-cloud services and advisory service subscriptions around Microsoft Azure
by Mark Cox •
Dell both expands its roster of multi-cloud services around Azure and announces a new category of subscription-based services that provide modern workforce services.
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Cloud, Data Centre
Leaseweb Canada launches Multi-CDN in Canada, expands Leaseweb Cloud Connect
by Mark Cox •
Leaseweb Canada, formed earlier this year when Dutch firm Leaseweb bought Montreal hoster iWeb, has been actively investing in IT in their Canadian operation since then.
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Cloud, Data Centre
Equinix looks to expand interconnect business with second Montreal data centre
by Mark Cox •
The new MT2 International Business Exchange data centre will also have energy efficiency advantages that will let temperatures be maintained at 27 Celsius, instead of the much cooler temperatures of the past.
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Data Centre, Storage
Pure Storage tackles broad sub-$0.20 per GB disk market with FlashBlade//E
by Mark Cox •
Pure says only the lack of a scale-out flash solution that is price compatible with disk has prevented the disruption of disk in the data centres, something the company says that they have now overcome with FlashBlade//E.
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Cloud, Data Centre, Managed Services
Aptum sees strong channel opportunities in new Multi-Tenant Cloud Solution
by Mark Cox •
Aptum’s new private multi-tenanted cloud service is now available in the US, UK, and Canada, and Aptum is emphasizing how it provides a stronger level of support than their competitors.
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Cloud, Data Centre
OVHCloud combines their bare metal servers with public cloud to drive up deployment speed
by Mark Cox •
The new metal instances fferings are available now in both Canada and Latin America, but the French-headquartered company’s products are not yet available in the U.S, although they are ramping up their presence in Canada, and the U.S. as well as APAC are on the drawing board for future expansion.
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Cloud, Data Centre
Equinix scales up investment in Canadian data centres as part of global strategy
by Mark Cox •
The $US 84 million of new investment will go primarily to expand their data centres in Toronto, Calgary and Kamloops, although their other five Canadian data centres will also be eligible for funds for facility expansion.
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Cloud, Data Centre, Virtualization
VMware reboots legacy VMware vSphere 8 and VMware vSAN 8 solutions into next-gen offerings
by Mark Cox •
VMware’s traditional data centre solutions have been fundamentally redesigned and upgraded to make sure they remain a strong fit within the company’s broader multi-cloud strategy.
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Cloud, Data Centre
Equinix makes major investment in upgrading services for Canadian markets
by Mark Cox •
The new services, one of which is unique to Canada in North America, will provide new opportunities for Equinix channel partners.
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Cloud, Data Centre, Partnerships
Equinix leverages expanding HPE partnership as part of growing channel initiative
by Mark Cox •
The launch of HPE GreenLake in Canada in particular, because it coincided with Equinix’s physical expansion in the purchase of additional Canadian data centres, has been an important factor in Equinix’s growth in Canada.
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Cloud, Data Centre, Distribution
Addition of Aruba to GreenLake, new cloud services, highlight flurry of HPE GreenLake enhancements
by Mark Cox •
Twelve new GreenLake services were introduced, eight of which are modular channel-friendly services from HPE Aruba, two of which are brand new GreenLake services, and the final two are upgrades of services announced last year.
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Channel Programs, Data Centre, Data Management
Solarwinds reorienting Go-to-Market around partners as they expand subscription and move into end-to-end observability
by Mark Cox •
Solarwinds has not had a full global partner program in the past, but new global channel leader Jeff McCullough is working on one, for the second half of this year.
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Cloud, Data Centre
Vultr formally launches partner program with higher margins than offered by big hyperscalers
by Mark Cox •
Vultr competes with the big cloud providers, focusing on core compute, storage and networking services, and offering customers lower prices and partners higher margins.
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Cloud, Computers, Data Centre, Hyper-converged, Internet of Things, Telcos
Dell unveils new edge, telecom solutions
by Mark Cox •
The announcements being made today at this year’s Dell Summit all revolve around the company’s newer edge and telecom businesses.
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Computers, Data Centre, Hardware
Intel announces detailed process and packaging roadmaps to drive innovation
by Mark Cox •
Intel presented a roadmap of process and packaging innovations to power their next wave of products through 2025, which they said will get back to process performance parity – and then leadership.
