Data Centre

Data Centre

Pure Storage enters converged infrastructure market with all-flash FlashStack solutions

December 11, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pure Storage enters converged infrastructure market with all-flash FlashStack solutions
Two solutions were announced, both of which use Cisco and VMware as partners, but more converged all-flash solutions are coming from Pure, and these will use additional vendor partners as well.

Dave Twohy, vice president of global channel services at HP.
Data Centre

HP opens Flexible Capacity to channel in ServiceOne 2.0 launch

November 11, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on HP opens Flexible Capacity to channel in ServiceOne 2.0 launch
HP announces a revamp of its ServiceOne partner program, including the introduction of Flexible Capacity consumption billing offerings to partners.

Data Centre

Dell unveils next-gen PowerEdge FX2 converged architecture

November 5, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell unveils next-gen PowerEdge FX2 converged architecture
CEO Michael Dell described this as a really revolutionary product, the ultimate in converged infrastructure for the data centre, and the most ultra-dense architecture in the world.

Greg Smith, senior director of product and technical marketing at Nutanix.
Data Centre

Nutanix sees massive potential in rollout of Dell XC appliances with Nutanix software

November 5, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on Nutanix sees massive potential in rollout of Dell XC appliances with Nutanix software
Nutanix, which despite its massive success is still a startup, gets key validation from Dell partnering with them, and also greatly expands their channel and routes to market.

Data Centre

Changes in the market benefit Tech Data’s unique model: Quaglia

November 3, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on Changes in the market benefit Tech Data’s unique model: Quaglia
Monday is the kickoff for both the launch in Canada of the full StreamOne e-business platform in Canada and the internal realignment of Tech Data Canada’s sales division along the same lines as the AIS in the U.S.

Cloud

Nutanix announces all-flash appliance, new synchronous replication capability

October 9, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on Nutanix announces all-flash appliance, new synchronous replication capability
The company is announcing its first all-flash offering, the NX-9000 appliance. It is also announcing Metro Availability, a new capability which allows a customer to deliver synchronous data replication to two data centres.

Bharat Badrinath, senior director of global solutions marketing at EMC
Data Centre

EMC’s Federation debuts joint SDDC solution

October 9, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on EMC’s Federation debuts joint SDDC solution
The Federation of EMC, VMware, and Pivotal debuts the first of five planned joint solutions, offering an easier path to the software-defined data centre.

Phillip Privett, vice president, technology and solutions, Converged and Data Solutions, Avnet Technology Solutions, Americas
Data Centre

Overcoming the potential challenges of convergence

October 7, 2014 Guest Poster Comments Off on Overcoming the potential challenges of convergence
Phillip Privett of Avnet Technology Solutions offers solution providers advice on how to deal with challenges in selling data center convergence.

Harry Zarek, president of Compugen (left), and Dave Frederickson, vice president of sales at Long View Systems (right).
Computers

Partners: HP split plans must be well-communicated

October 7, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Partners: HP split plans must be well-communicated
Partners say HP’s split can be a positive move, but the vendor must carefully communicate with partners and customers to avoid market confusion.

HP CEO Meg Whitman
Computers

HP: Post-2011 turnaround makes split possible

October 7, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on HP: Post-2011 turnaround makes split possible
HP announces plans to separate its Enterprise and PPS groups, but says this time around is different from the last time a potential split was discussed.