Data Centre

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Intel lays out foundry vision and announces Intel Foundry

February 26, 2024 Mark Cox Comments Off on Intel lays out foundry vision and announces Intel Foundry
Intel CEO announced the creation of Intel Foundry, which with Intel Products now becomes two symbiotic parts of Intel, and also announced a new partnership with Arm, which Intel said is now their most important.

Artificial Intelligence

Nutanix targets Generative AI newcomer market with Nutanix GPT-in-a-Box

August 15, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on Nutanix targets Generative AI newcomer market with Nutanix GPT-in-a-Box
The new offering adds an Opinionated AI stack and related services to Nutanix’s infrastructure and storage stacks, and the company believes it will find a good reception from the SMB to the enterprise.

Cloud

Dell introduces new multi-cloud services and advisory service subscriptions around Microsoft Azure

July 12, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell introduces new multi-cloud services and advisory service subscriptions around Microsoft Azure
Dell both expands its roster of multi-cloud services around Azure and announces a new category of subscription-based services that provide modern workforce services.

Cloud

Leaseweb Canada launches Multi-CDN in Canada, expands Leaseweb Cloud Connect

June 30, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on Leaseweb Canada launches Multi-CDN in Canada, expands Leaseweb Cloud Connect
Leaseweb Canada, formed earlier this year when Dutch firm Leaseweb bought Montreal hoster iWeb, has been actively investing in IT in their Canadian operation since then.

Cloud

Equinix looks to expand interconnect business with second Montreal data centre

April 6, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on Equinix looks to expand interconnect business with second Montreal data centre
The new MT2 International Business Exchange data centre will also have energy efficiency advantages that will let temperatures be maintained at 27 Celsius, instead of the much cooler temperatures of the past.

Data Centre

Pure Storage tackles broad sub-$0.20 per GB disk market with FlashBlade//E

March 1, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pure Storage tackles broad sub-$0.20 per GB disk market with FlashBlade//E
Pure says only the lack of a scale-out flash solution that is price compatible with disk has prevented the disruption of disk in the data centres, something the company says that they have now overcome with FlashBlade//E.

Cloud

Aptum sees strong channel opportunities in new Multi-Tenant Cloud Solution

March 1, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on Aptum sees strong channel opportunities in new Multi-Tenant Cloud Solution
Aptum’s new private multi-tenanted cloud service is now available in the US, UK, and Canada, and Aptum is emphasizing how it provides a stronger level of support than their competitors.

Cloud

OVHCloud combines their bare metal servers with public cloud to drive up deployment speed

January 18, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on OVHCloud combines their bare metal servers with public cloud to drive up deployment speed
The new metal instances fferings are available now in both Canada and Latin America, but the French-headquartered company’s products are not yet available in the U.S, although they are ramping up their presence in Canada, and the U.S. as well as APAC are on the drawing board for future expansion.

Cloud

Equinix scales up investment in Canadian data centres as part of global strategy

November 29, 2022 Mark Cox Comments Off on Equinix scales up investment in Canadian data centres as part of global strategy
The $US 84 million of new investment will go primarily to expand their data centres in Toronto, Calgary and Kamloops, although their other five Canadian data centres will also be eligible for funds for facility expansion.

Cloud

VMware reboots legacy VMware vSphere 8 and VMware vSAN 8 solutions into next-gen offerings

August 31, 2022 Mark Cox Comments Off on VMware reboots legacy VMware vSphere 8 and VMware vSAN 8 solutions into next-gen offerings
VMware’s traditional data centre solutions have been fundamentally redesigned and upgraded to make sure they remain a strong fit within the company’s broader multi-cloud strategy.