Data Centre

Channel Programs

RackWare unveils first formal channel program

October 7, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on RackWare unveils first formal channel program
RackWare is not yet using distribution in North America, but distributors growing role as cloud aggregators or brokers means they will likely look at this next year.

Data Centre

Plantronics unveils new family of headsets for contact centre market

October 1, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on Plantronics unveils new family of headsets for contact centre market
Plantronics says their new family of lightweight headsets with noise cancelling technology are designed to change what headsets provide to an organization.

Data Centre

Permabit unveils appliance to let large storage OEMs strike back at hyperscale upstarts

September 16, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on Permabit unveils appliance to let large storage OEMs strike back at hyperscale upstarts
Permabit’s SANblox appliance is the software vendor’s first hardware product, requested by the big storage OEMs to help them fend off competition from the new hyperscale vendors.

Data Centre

New A3CUBE hyperconverged system gives in-memory direct acceleration to applications

September 16, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on New A3CUBE hyperconverged system gives in-memory direct acceleration to applications
A3Cube uses enhanced PCIe architecture to provide in-memory direct acceleration to existing applications, is compatible with the big storage OEMs rather than competitive with them. and goes to market entirely through channel partners.

Data Centre

Dimension Data rolls out globally standardized managed services for data centres

September 16, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dimension Data rolls out globally standardized managed services for data centres
The solution provider looks to capitalize on a trend where 70 per cent of private cloud adopters will utilize third parties to manage their environments.

Damian Serjeant, general manager of Cisco Canada’s data centre business.
Cloud

Cisco sees UCS Mini opening up Canadian market

September 4, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Cisco sees UCS Mini opening up Canadian market
Cisco’s new UCS Mini server is designed for the remote office market, but the new entry-level offering opens up the SMB-heavy Canadian market to UCS.

Cloud

Dimension Data launches Canadian cloud data centre

September 3, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dimension Data launches Canadian cloud data centre
In certain sectors, a Canadian cloud data centre is now a de facto requirement, especially in the public sector, health care and financial services, because while it may not be a regulatory requirement, it has become mandatory in many RFPs.

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

Nutanix welcomes VMware to hyper-converged fray

September 3, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Nutanix welcomes VMware to hyper-converged fray
With new funding and new markets to tap, Nutanix sees the debut of VMware’s Evo family of products as evidence for further convergence of infrastructure.

Data Centre

HP announces its ProLiant Gen9 servers

August 28, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on HP announces its ProLiant Gen9 servers
Feeds and speeds of individual servers await later rollouts, but HP is promising three times the compute power of Gen8 servers, and a focus server strategy for the modern data centre.

VMware president and COO Carl Eschenbach
Channel Programs

VMware adds $10B to expected TAM

August 26, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on VMware adds $10B to expected TAM
VMware sees growth in cloud and end user computing, and tells partners it has to shift its sales motion as it becomes much more than a one-product company.