Data Centre

Cloud

Nutanix looks to help customers control cloud costs with Nutanix Beam

May 9, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Nutanix looks to help customers control cloud costs with Nutanix Beam
Nutanix Beam – Nutanix’s first SaaS offering – uses technology from their Minjar acquisition to help customers predict and control cloud costs, as well as better track resources and adhere to compliance regulations.

Backup

Dell EMC puts stake in the ground for the channel with three strategic imperatives

May 1, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell EMC puts stake in the ground for the channel with three strategic imperatives
At their Global Partner Summit kicking off their Dell Technologies World, Dell EMC delineated their channel strategy for the year ahead, and a lengthy list of program offerings designed to help execute it.

Data Centre

Infrastructure services-focused telco Zayo strengthens channel resources to expand indirect business

April 24, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Infrastructure services-focused telco Zayo strengthens channel resources to expand indirect business
Zayo appoints a channel leader with much more authority and resources than the position has had before, as part of their initiative to expand their channel business and take advantage of their general momentum in the market.

Backup

Commvault adds Office 365 indexing and discovery to their Azure Stack Integration

April 23, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Commvault adds Office 365 indexing and discovery to their Azure Stack Integration
The Commvault enhancement allows the indexing and searching of OneDrive for Business documents saved on Azure Stack hybrid clouds, something that will have strong relevance for compliance use cases.

Data Centre

Cyxtera looks to next-gen data centre colo business with new CXD platform and two on-demand services

April 23, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cyxtera looks to next-gen data centre colo business with new CXD platform and two on-demand services
The first two services around the new Cyxtera Extensible Data Center Platform are on demand connectivity and compute, with the latter enabled through a partnership with Nutanix.

Data Centre

Embracing IT transformation has become the new normal

April 10, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Embracing IT transformation has become the new normal
A new survey commissioned by Dell EMC finds that while objectively, as many organizations are laggards on the road to digital transformations as there are front runners, the vast majority now believe that this transformation is necessary for their organization’s health.

Data Centre

Pivot3 targets ROBO and mid-sized companies with 1U version of Acuity HCI

March 13, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pivot3 targets ROBO and mid-sized companies with 1U version of Acuity HCI
The Pivot3 X3 series is half the size of the original X5 series, and has its core features – NVMe flash architecture and QoS capability that enables priority-aware provisioning.

Data Centre

Cloudistics formally launches Application Marketplace within Ignite Cloud Controller

March 2, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cloudistics formally launches Application Marketplace within Ignite Cloud Controller
Cloudistics is emphasizing its Application Marketplace to highlight its role in accelerating the deployment of complex applications, something that appeals greatly to partners and customers.

Data Centre

Pivot3 expands Zerto, VMware partnerships around increased enterprise use cases

February 21, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pivot3 expands Zerto, VMware partnerships around increased enterprise use cases
The introduction of their Acuity platform last year has deepened Pivot3 presence in the enterprise, which has in turn led them to strengthen their technology partnerships which address this space.

Channel Programs

New Nutanix channel chief says big changes coming to sales motions

January 25, 2018 Mark Cox 1
Incents for new logos are on the way, but an even bigger change will be Nutanix moving from partners teaming with sales to making partners more autonomous.