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New Pivot3 Canada country manager Grant Aitken looks to raise company visibility

January 12, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on New Pivot3 Canada country manager Grant Aitken looks to raise company visibility
Pivot3’s hyper-converged Canadian business is much stronger today in the physical security space than in compute, and addressing that is one of ex-VMware Canadian country manager’s Aitken’s top priorities.

Computers

New Year’s Podcast Series: Stefan Bockhop of Lenovo Canada

January 5, 2017 Robert Dutt Comments Off on New Year’s Podcast Series: Stefan Bockhop of Lenovo Canada
Lenovo Canada director of channels Stefan Bockhop on the company’s 2016 campaign to build its datacentre story, and a look ahead to its 2017 partner program.

Computers

New Canadian organizational structure for Dell EMC accelerates successful integration

November 16, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on New Canadian organizational structure for Dell EMC accelerates successful integration
Dell EMC has made a restructuring in Canada into Enterprise and Commercial Sections, which are very close to pre-combination EMC and Dell respectively. They are crediting this as a key reason for strong performance over the last nine weeks.

Cloud

NetApp adds new threads to their data fabric

November 1, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on NetApp adds new threads to their data fabric
NetApp announces a series of new and enhanced data services, as well as a refresh of several solutions aimed at the hybrid cloud.

Data Centre

Michael Dell talks strategy at Dell EMC World

October 19, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Michael Dell talks strategy at Dell EMC World
The Dell Technologies CEO stated his views on multiple topics in a variety of topics during Q&A sessions at the event.

Data Centre

Nutanix to lose out as expanded Dell EMC VxRail appliance line targets VMware users?

October 19, 2016 Mark Cox 4
Dell EMC has announced upgrades to its hyper-converged VxRail and VxRack offerings, with hardware improvement stemming both from Intel Broadwell processors and optimization with PowerEdge servers. Many more configurations will be available, including a 3 node VxRail offering that drops the entry price by a quarter.

Data Centre

Lenovo creates new appliance-centric ThinkAgile portfolio

October 17, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Lenovo creates new appliance-centric ThinkAgile portfolio
ThinkAgile will initially consist of three components: their existing HX offerings with Nutanix software, beefed up with Lenovo networking; the newly announced CX line from a new partnership with Nimble Storage; and new OpenStack-based offerings that will first be limited to China, and eventually roll into other geos.

Data Centre

Nimble Storage sees huge opportunity in Lenovo partnership

October 17, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Nimble Storage sees huge opportunity in Lenovo partnership
For Nimble, the Lenovo partnership massively expands their route to market, with a series of new appliances that combine the two companies’ technology, and which will go to market through Lenovo and its channel.

Data Centre

NetApp learns from past integration failures to leverage SolidFire

September 30, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on NetApp learns from past integration failures to leverage SolidFire
Twelve years ago, NetApp acquired scale-out NAS startup Spinnaker, and began a long and horrific series of integration problems. This year, they acquired SolidFire’s scale-out technology, and took steps to learn from the lessons of the past.

Computers

Dell Technologies pledges to lead next industrial revolution as new company gets underway

September 7, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell Technologies pledges to lead next industrial revolution as new company gets underway
Dell promises massive innovation and change in technology, while pledging minimal disruptive changes to the old Dell and EMC product lines.