Hyper-converged

Scale Computing launches tiny HCI edge appliance at under $5,000

December 10, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off

Based on Intel’s Gen 10 NUC, the small form factor HE150 has the same software stack as Scale’s HC3 appliance, but is aimed at even smaller sites without even a small server closet, as it takes up only the space as three stacked smartphones.

Channel Programs

Pivot3 reworks partner program to improve structure, and support for both IT and OT partners

November 19, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off

Pivot3’s heavy video surveillance business means they have a rough balance of IT and OT partners, and the new program has a greater focus on teaching both to speak the other’s language.

StorMagic expands ecosystem with HPE validations

November 18, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off

StorMagic extends its ecosystem of large server vendor partners with HPE, although this one, unlike others with Lenovo, Dell and Cisco, is a technology integration rather than a Go-to-Market mechanism.

New Nutanix North American channel chief pledges more emphasis on distribution

September 12, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off

Christian Alvarez, who comes over from Juniper where he was Global Channel Chief, also pledges a focus on simplicity, and to do a good job of listening to partners.

Scale Computing looks to get larger deals by going smaller with single processor HE500 series

June 11, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off

The new model, designed for a single processor Lenovo SR250 server, is aimed at chains with very small deployments which typically have been using a PC at these remote sites.

StorMagic adds key management, KVM hypervisor support to HCI platform

May 24, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off

Both the new StorSecure Encryption and Key Management capability, which removes the need for third party key management products, and the KVM support significantly lower the total cost of a StorMagic deployment, an important consideration considering most of their deployments are small ones.