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Lenovo makes new edge, datacentre and services-related HCI announcements

March 30, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Lenovo makes new edge, datacentre and services-related HCI announcements
These include an industry first 4U 8-socket platform for large HANA deployments that has been certified by SAP and VMware, and  their ThinkAgile HX1021, which extends last year’s edge enhancements for Lenovo’s Microsoft platform to the Nutanix stack.

Hardware

AMD looks to continue momentum vs Intel with new 3rd Gen EPYC ‘Milan’

March 17, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on AMD looks to continue momentum vs Intel with new 3rd Gen EPYC ‘Milan’
AMD’s 2nd generation EPYC chips, Rome, made AMD’s big push in the data centre, and now with more third-party server vendors on board than ever before, they are looking to extend that edge with Milan.

Servers

Lenovo expands AMD portfolio around 3rd  Gen EPYC with new server, HCI solutions

March 17, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Lenovo expands AMD portfolio around 3rd  Gen EPYC with new server, HCI solutions
While most of the models announced are refreshes of product introduced with the 2nd generation chips, Lenovo is announcing a new VX HCI series around VMware. 

Cloud

Mike Sharun to retire from Dell Canada in the spring, with Pam Pelletier named as successor

February 26, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Mike Sharun to retire from Dell Canada in the spring, with Pam Pelletier named as successor
Big changes afoot at Dell Technologies in Canada, with Mike Sharun, who had spent the last 23 years at Dell and EMC, announcing he will retire in the spring, with Pam Pelletier named as his replacement.

Artificial Intelligence

NVIDIA introduces NVIDIA-Certified Systems program to identify systems validated on accelerated AI workloads

January 26, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on NVIDIA introduces NVIDIA-Certified Systems program to identify systems validated on accelerated AI workloads
The first 13 systems from five OEMs to be certified have been announced, but NVIDIA expects that before long, about 70 systems from 15 OEMs will meet their engineering requirements for certification.

Computers

Dell focuses on protecting supply chain with new security enhancements

December 8, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell focuses on protecting supply chain with new security enhancements
Dell has unveiled multiple security enhancements which the company is stressing continues improvements being embedded into their technology, with an emphasis here on validating security throughout the supply chain.

Servers

Cohesity introduces new I/O Boost technology around joint all-flash solutions with Cisco and HPE

August 26, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cohesity introduces new I/O Boost technology around joint all-flash solutions with Cisco and HPE
The partnerships around Cisco and HPE all-flash servers  are backed by Joint selling and marketing programs, in what is a major initiative for all the companies involved.

Servers

Dell decouples OneFS software from hardware and puts it in servers with PowerScale brand

June 16, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell decouples OneFS software from hardware and puts it in servers with PowerScale brand
The new PowerScale OneFS operating system introduces new software capabilities, including DataIQ, which complements CloudIQ by extending insights to data and making them more broadly accessible.

Artificial Intelligence

Dell unveils new Dell EMC Ready solutions to spur AI in VMware environments

June 2, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell unveils new Dell EMC Ready solutions to spur AI in VMware environments
The channel will be the primary seller of these new solutions, which leverage the Bitfusion technology VMware acquired last year, and which has now been incorporated into vSphere.

Servers

Lenovo launches AMC EPYC two-socket servers

May 5, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Lenovo launches AMC EPYC two-socket servers
The ThinkSystem SR645 and SR665, which use the second-generation AMD EPYC server processors, follow up the one-socket EPYC servers introduced last summer.