Dell and EMC execs say the combined company will be an IT powerhouse from the SMB to the largest enterprise.
Cloud, Data Centre
Dell snaps up EMC in $67B US mega-deal
by Robert Dutt •
Data Centre
Data Centre, Distribution
SimpliVity signs on Tech Data Canada as exclusive distributor
by Robert Dutt •
Hyper-converged vendor SimpliVity will seek to grow its market in Canada with an exclusive distribution pact with Tech Data Canada.
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Data Centre, Storage, Virtualization
Nutanix aggressively claiming mantle of ‘only true hyperconverged player’
by Mark Cox •
At a customer event in Toronto Wednesday, Nutanix presented the audience with a full-throated positioning of themselves as well ahead of their competition, and also gave an update on their progress in Canada
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Data Centre, Virtualization
VMware continues its hyper-converged journey with EVO SDDC
by Robert Dutt •
VMware’s new Evo SDDC spec takes its converged architecture play into the high end, aiming to simply create software-defined data centres.
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Channel Programs, Data Centre, Virtualization
North American model nets VMware Canada partners more resources
by Robert Dutt •
VMware’s new North American structure will mean access to new resources to help Canadian partners evolve their services play, Donna Wittmann says.
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Data Centre, Managed Services
Nutanix targets service provider market with new FlexPrice purchasing program
by Mark Cox •
Nutanix is making a major initiative targeting service provider customers, which sees it introduce a program that lets them pay for their infrastructure by subscription, as they are paid themselves.
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Data Centre
Dell brings Datacenter Scalable Solutions business out of stealth
by Mark Cox •
Dell says there will be incremental opportunities for channel partners in its newly announced DSS business, which targets the area just below the hyperscale vendors and will see branded DSS products on the market later this fall.
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Data Centre, Servers, Storage, Virtualization
Lenovo expands hyperconverged portfolio with SimpliVity alliance
by Mark Cox •
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.
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Data Centre, Sponsored Content
Discovering the key components of the software-defined data center (Part 2)
by Guest Poster •
Avnet Technology Solutions’ Kevin Johnson continues his rundown of the gameplan for solution providers to succeed in the software-defined data center market.
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Data Centre, Servers, Storage, Virtualization
Lenovo, StorMagic partner on hyperconverged low cost ROBO solutions
by Mark Cox •
Lenovo teams up with software-defined storage vendor StorMagic to offer three new hyperconverged offerings. They are unlikely to be their last.
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Data Centre, Storage, Virtualization
New Nutanix Americas channel chief Chris Morgan lays out strategy
by Mark Cox •
Morgan discusses his priorities in making sure that the strength of Nutanix’s channel infrastructure keeps up with the rapid growth of its sales.
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Cloud, Data Centre
Startup HotLink unveils solution leveraging vCenter to manage non-vCenter environments
by Mark Cox •
Hotlink has a unique solution which leverages VMware vCenter to easily manage non-VMware assets in the datacentre, and while their channel is still small, they are aggressively looking to expand it.
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Data Centre, Virtualization
Virtual Instruments launches updated version of its IPM platform
by Mark Cox •
Version 4.3 expands hypervisor support and adds a VM Coordinator for workload management analytics and improved ability to classify workloads in a histogram.
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Data Centre, Distribution, Storage, Virtualization
Avnet adds Veeam Software to North American line card
by Mark Cox •
Expanding their EMEA relationship to the U.S. and Canada gives Avnet partners here access to a backup solution well suited for the converged infrastructure space, which complements Avnet’s emphasis in this area.
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Discovering the key components of the Software-Defined Data Center (Part 1)
by Guest Poster •
In part one of a two-part feature, Avnet Technology Solutions’ Kevin Johnson takes a look at what makes a software-defined data center.
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Data Centre, Storage
Seagate looks to new enterprise partners as eVault brand departs in enterprise push
by Mark Cox •
The scalability of the old eVault solutions has been massively increased up to 400 per cent, so Seagate is rebranding them with the Seagate name and looking to extend them into the enterprise data centre market, as well as the ROBO space where they play today.
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Cloud, Data Centre, Solution Provider News
Scalar Decisions acquires Mainland Information Systems to create Canadian integration giant
by Mark Cox •
Scalar becomes a $300 million dollar company through the deal, strengthens its presence in western Canada, and increases its scalability with the assets acquired. The Mainland brand will remain for the foreseeable future.
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Big Data, Cloud, Data Centre, Virtualization
Canada needs to move beyond traditional IT: Dell
by Mark Cox •
Canadian organizations are not as far along the transition to the new IT as some in other countries, so Dell’s global strategy of forming deep ISV alliances to create Dell Blueprints to help customers make that transition seems particularly relevant here.
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Data Centre, Virtualization
Accelerite acquisition of Convirture gives partners end-to-end management solution
by Mark Cox •
Adding Convirture’s day to day operations management capability to Accelerite’s disaster recovery focus provides a single pane of glass with a consolidated view of the management of the multiple clouds and internal virtualization technologies in modern hybrid data centres.
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Is the future really found in the software-defined data center?
by Guest Poster •
Avnet Technology Solutions’ Alex Ryals offers VARs advice on how to sell customers on the benefit of the software-defined data center.
