March 6, 2018Mark CoxComments Off on Dell EMC, Nutanix, collaborate on new XC Core licensing and support model
Nutanix also announced a pair of incents, one of which is explicitly around XC Core sales, and the other, covering all Nutanix sales, introduces a five per cent rebate for bringing new customers to Nutanix.
February 6, 2018Mark CoxComments Off on Dell EMC brings AMD back to the enterprise with new servers aimed at edge, IoT and HPC use cases
The new AMD EPYC processors, which were announced last June, make their first appearance in three new Dell EMC 14th Gen servers aimed at more demanding use cases.
Incents for new logos are on the way, but an even bigger change will be Nutanix moving from partners teaming with sales to making partners more autonomous.
While Canadian customers have a generally accurate reputation for being late technology adopters, Dell EMC execs at last week’s Toronto forum said that they are seeing movement towards newer Dell Technologies offerings.
October 19, 2017Mark CoxComments Off on Dell EMC announces upcoming availability of Azure Stack on 14G servers
Dell EMC expects to be the first OEM to bring Azure Stack to market on next-generation servers, and believes this offering will be a particularly strong one for channel partners.
October 4, 2017Mark CoxComments Off on ‘Old news’ of NetApp HCI solution availability still the big INSIGHT highlight to NetApp channel
The first-ever NetApp HCI solution, announced in June, will be available in October, and that, rather than the shinier and newer announcements at INSIGHT, was what had solution providers buzzing.
In addition to new SMB-focused server, storage, networking and hyper-converged product, HPE has brought their Consume IT OPEX pricing model from the enterprise to SMBs as well.