Data Centre

Data Centre

Nutanix unveils proof-of-concept drone at .NEXT event

June 27, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Nutanix unveils proof-of-concept drone at .NEXT event
Nutanix sees the drone as an extension of its core webscale philosophy of using software on commodity hardware to make it much more extensible. Down the line, they see this as having application to use cases which will interest channel partners.

Data Centre

Nutanix looks to move forward by disrupting itself

June 22, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Nutanix looks to move forward by disrupting itself
At its .NEXT event, Nutanix has been stressing that the company needs to reinvent itself, moving beyond its hyper-converged base, despite the considerable risks in its larger objective of becoming a platform company that can redefine the datacentre’s private cloud.

Data Centre

Solution provider secrets of growing with Nutanix

June 22, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Solution provider secrets of growing with Nutanix
Two of Nutanix’s top Canadian partners discuss the evolution of their companies’ relationship with Nutanix, from early days to the present and how they have become successful partnering with the company, while taking somewhat different strategies.

Data Centre

Nutanix extends Enterprise Cloud Platform to tear down datacentre siloes

June 21, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Nutanix extends Enterprise Cloud Platform to tear down datacentre siloes
Nutanix has unveiled a host of related announcements, including enhancements in its upcoming July 4.7 release that will add support for containerized and physical environments, supporting everything in a single platform.

Channel Programs

Nutanix channel chief takes stock of changes in first year on job

June 21, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Nutanix channel chief takes stock of changes in first year on job
Chris Morgan assessed his success in executing on his priorities in this first year on the job, and considers the channel impact of Nutanix’s emphasis in 2016 of the big picture beyond simply saving money through hyper-converged solutions.

Big Data

HDS targets midmarket with expanded UCP 2000 and new hyper-converged offering

June 21, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on HDS targets midmarket with expanded UCP 2000 and new hyper-converged offering
The HC V240, HDS’ first hyper-converged appliance, is based on the VMware stack, but the hyper-converged road map is likely to broaden out beyond that.

Data Centre

Pluribus Networks leveraging Dell, Nutanix connections to drive SDN solution

June 21, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pluribus Networks leveraging Dell, Nutanix connections to drive SDN solution
Pluribus partnered with both Dell and Nutanix a year ago, and is benefiting from being the software-defined networking element in joint deals. They also believe the upcoming Dell-EMC merger will help their business.

Greg Peterson, vice president of Avnet’s HPE solutions business in the Americas
Data Centre

Avnet preps services around HPE Synergy

June 14, 2016 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Avnet preps services around HPE Synergy
Avnet Technology Solutions announces resources, training and support around HPE’s soon-to-debut Synergy composable infrastructure technology.

Dave Mason, vice president of advanced solutions at Ingram Micro Canada
Cloud

Ingram Micro Canada adds Power to IBM lineup

June 13, 2016 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Ingram Micro Canada adds Power to IBM lineup
Ingram Micro Canada will help Big Blue drive its Power architecture into the midmarket through the channel via an expanded partnership.

Data Centre

HPE, Docker look to future with major strategic alliance

June 8, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on HPE, Docker look to future with major strategic alliance
The two companies announced a broad range of Docker ready HP servers, which will be available in Q4, and a broad range of Docker integrations and other solutions for HPE, which are available now.