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Channel Programs

Lenovo hyperconverged channel plans with Stefan Bockhop [video]

September 7, 2016 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Lenovo hyperconverged channel plans with Stefan Bockhop [video]
Lenovo Canada director of channels Stefan Bockhop weighs in on the vendor’s plans to enable the channel and make hyperconverged a broader play for solution providers.

Dell Technologies CEO Michael Dell
Data Centre

Independent but accelerated: Gelsinger, Dell discuss post-merger place for VMware

August 30, 2016 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Independent but accelerated: Gelsinger, Dell discuss post-merger place for VMware
Michael Dell and Pat Gelsinger weigh in on the benefits of VMware as part of the post-merger Dell family, stress ecossytem scale and downplay conflicts.

Data Centre

Nutanix enhances cloud platform with PernixData, Calm.io acquisitions

August 28, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Nutanix enhances cloud platform with PernixData, Calm.io acquisitions
Nutanix makes its first foray into acquiring other people’s technology with a pair of deals designed to enhance their storage-class memory systems and improve their cloud automation and management capabilities.

Data Centre

Lenovo’s hyperconverged play [Video]

August 26, 2016 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Lenovo’s hyperconverged play [Video]
Don Frame of Lenovo discusses the vendor’s hyperconverged play, the expanding number of workloads suitable for hyperconverged, and more.

Data Centre

Nutanix expands customer choice in server platforms, validating its software on Cisco UCS

August 18, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Nutanix expands customer choice in server platforms, validating its software on Cisco UCS
The interesting thing here is that Nutanix has expanded the Cisco support on its own, without Cisco being involved in the validation process. That supports the two companies’ earlier stated position that no partnership where Nutanix would be sold on UCS was in the works. This move may, however, indicate that Nutanix is trying to create momentum towards it.

Cloud

Inside Lenovo’s data centre group [Podcast]

August 16, 2016 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Inside Lenovo’s data centre group [Podcast]
Lenovo’s Don Frame and Stefan Bockhop discuss the vendor’s growing data centre business group, and Lenovo’s advantages in the cloud infrastructure market.

Big Data

Stratoscale boosts channel opportunities with Version 2 of Symphony software

July 26, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Stratoscale boosts channel opportunities with Version 2 of Symphony software
Stratoscale also announced that distribution through Ingram Micro, which has been available in the U.S. for several months, is now available in Canada.

Channel Programs

Canada still a land grab opportunity for the channel: Microsoft

July 14, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Canada still a land grab opportunity for the channel: Microsoft
Microsoft Canada channel chief Jason Brommet laid out what the company sees as the new opportunities in Canada and how recent moves, including the Canadian data centres going live, will help partners succeed. He also indicated that channel resources in Canada are being significantly enhanced.

Data Centre

Pluribus Networks expands analytics range in its network monitoring solution

July 11, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pluribus Networks expands analytics range in its network monitoring solution
With the enhanced platform in place, Pluribus is able to offer a monitoring solution where the analytics are integrated directly into the network for $75,000 plus support for 100 million flows, with a billion flow bundle coming later this summer.

Cloud

Equinix, Arrow partner to offer preconfigured hybrid cloud packages

July 8, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Equinix, Arrow partner to offer preconfigured hybrid cloud packages
The turnkey solutions are expected to build up Equinix’s base of MSP and VAR partners, something that has been a focus for the company this year. Equinix is especially interested in partners with strong Microsoft practices.