Servers

Artificial Intelligence

Lenovo and WEKA announce new global deal around AI, ML and HPC workloads

February 21, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on Lenovo and WEKA announce new global deal around AI, ML and HPC workloads
The new integration of Lenovo ThinkSystem Ready Nodes in ThinkSystem Servers with WEKA Data Platform software provides a broad horizontal play.

Cloud

HPE adds support for data storage servers to cloud-native Alletra portfolio with Alletra 4000 series

January 10, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on HPE adds support for data storage servers to cloud-native Alletra portfolio with Alletra 4000 series
The latest in HPE’s cloud-native Alletra line comes in two models, a 1U one designed for extreme use cases and a 2U that fits a broader range of use cases.

Hyper-converged

StorMagic, HPE extend partnership around HPE ProLiant MicroServer

November 15, 2022 Mark Cox Comments Off on StorMagic, HPE extend partnership around HPE ProLiant MicroServer

StorMagic SvSAN, which has been a strategic partner of HPE for several years and is part of the HPE Complete program that takes complementary solutions to market with HPE products, has validated their software with the HPE ProLiant MicroServer Platform.

Artificial Intelligence

Dell Technologies unveils new Quantum Computing solution

November 14, 2022 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell Technologies unveils new Quantum Computing solution

While the Quantum announcement is the most interesting from a technology perspective, today Dell is also announcing new Dell PowerEdge servers for high-performance computing, and an HPC service offering, Dell APEX High Performance Computing.

Cloud

New Compute Ops Management capability in Proliant Gen11 servers introduces new type of services for HPE GreenLake

November 8, 2022 Mark Cox Comments Off on New Compute Ops Management capability in Proliant Gen11 servers introduces new type of services for HPE GreenLake
The new capability is slated to be the first of several for the GreenLake platform that introduces broader management tools for customers.

Hardware

Lenovo celebrates 30th anniversary of ThinkSystem servers with major portfolio enhancements

September 23, 2022 Mark Cox Comments Off on Lenovo celebrates 30th anniversary of ThinkSystem servers with major portfolio enhancements
They include new Lenovo V3 Infrastructure solutions, a new Lenovo XClarity One cloud-based software management platform, and the fifth generation of Lenovo Neptune water-cooling technology.

Cloud

Lenovo announces joint hybrid and edge solutions with VMware at Explore event

September 7, 2022 Mark Cox Comments Off on Lenovo announces joint hybrid and edge solutions with VMware at Explore event
Lenovo announced enhanced collaborations with VMware around their ThinkAgile VX, TruScale Hybrid Cloud and the VMware Edge Compute Stack, as well as a partnership with Micron which uses their NVME SSDs, vSAN ESA and  Lenovo ThinkAgile VX to provide all NVMe storage.

Hardware

Semiconductor pseudo-startup Solidigm broadens portfolio to deepen HPE relationship

July 11, 2022 Mark Cox Comments Off on Semiconductor pseudo-startup Solidigm broadens portfolio to deepen HPE relationship
Solidigm, which is technically a startup, but given that much of their original technology came from Intel, and the rest from South Korean semiconductor giant SK hynix, really isn’t, has broadened out its portfolio, and is looking to broaden their strategic relationships with HPE and other vendors.

Servers

Hewlett Packard Enterprise partners with Ampere to provide cloud-native silicon for service providers and cloud-focused enterprises.

June 29, 2022 Mark Cox Comments Off on Hewlett Packard Enterprise partners with Ampere to provide cloud-native silicon for service providers and cloud-focused enterprises.
The new HPE ProLiant RL300 Gen11 server is the first in a series of HPE ProLiant RL Gen11 servers with greater compute performance stemming from a partnership with Ampere and its Ampere Altra and Ampere Altra Max cloud-native processors that generates a high density core and better power efficiency.

Cloud

New Toronto data centre to be key element in OVHcloud expansion

June 21, 2022 Mark Cox Comments Off on New Toronto data centre to be key element in OVHcloud expansion
OVHCloud just celebrated their tenth anniversary in Canada, and while to date their facilities have been in Montreal, they plan to open up a Toronto data centre next year.