Servers

Cloud

Lenovo adds new infrastructure for Microsoft Azure environments

April 6, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Lenovo adds new infrastructure for Microsoft Azure environments
The Lenovo ThinkAgile MX1021 is a turnkey HCI appliance designed around the Microsoft Azure Stack for edge use cases, while the ThinkSystem DM7100 is an NVMe-powered unified storage array whose tiering capabilities are well suited to hybrid cloud strategies.

Servers

HPE unveils three new ProLiant Gen10 Plus MicroServer Small Business/ ROBO solutions

March 12, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on HPE unveils three new ProLiant Gen10 Plus MicroServer Small Business/ ROBO solutions
The new solutions are based on the newly released Microserver Gen10 Plus HPE released in February, which is half the size of its predecessor, with significantly greater performance.

Servers

Dell Technologies refreshes PowerEdge servers, software, for edge environments

February 18, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell Technologies refreshes PowerEdge servers, software, for edge environments
Brand new hardware edge solutions begin with the Dell EMC PowerEdge XE2420 server, and the refridgerator-sized Modular Data CenterMicro 415.

Channel Programs

Dell Technologies sees pluses for partners in internal restructuring efforts

October 18, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell Technologies sees pluses for partners in internal restructuring efforts
Dell’s channel delivered good performance numbers in their now-completed Q2, but the big news for the channel in the quarter may be a pair of management changes at Dell that are related to larger organizational restructuring.

Channel Programs

Supermicro tweaks partner program with new website, marketing and training resources

October 15, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Supermicro tweaks partner program with new website, marketing and training resources
Supermicro also wants partners to make more use of Centres of Excellence to demonstrate POCs to customers.

Servers

Dell Technologies rolls out new AMD Rome-powered PowerEdge servers

September 17, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell Technologies rolls out new AMD Rome-powered PowerEdge servers
In addition to the five new servers, which combine the high performance of the new AMD chips with Dell’s own IP, Dell is also announcing related management integrations and new Ready Solutions for HPC on these servers.

Data Centre

Lenovo sees strong channel opportunity in new single-socket AMD EPYC servers

August 12, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Lenovo sees strong channel opportunity in new single-socket AMD EPYC servers
The first generation of AMD’s EPYC server processors re-established the company in that market, but was mainly a hyperscaler play. The market for the next-generation will be much broader, and a significant opportunity for Lenovo’s channel.

Servers

HPE upgrades HPE Small Business Solutions portfolio

May 29, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on HPE upgrades HPE Small Business Solutions portfolio
HPE enhances six of their SMB solutions, to provide more customer choice and provide additional performance and capacity.

Servers

Intel Canada channel chief Phil Vokins sees big impact for new Xeon launch in Canada

April 4, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Intel Canada channel chief Phil Vokins sees big impact for new Xeon launch in Canada
Phil Vokins, Intel Channel Manager in Canada, emphasized that the new 2nd-Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors will greatly expand the ability of Canadian customers to use applications requiring dense memory.

Servers

Intel emphasizes data-centric transformation of company at new Xeon launch

April 3, 2019 Mark Cox 1
While highlighting its new product, including the new Cascade Lake processors and Optane persistent memory, Intel focused on the way it highlights what they said was a fundamental  transformation of the company.