The new offerings will significantly decrease the cost of entry for the SolidFire array.
Storage
SolidFire adds two new storage nodes to flagship line
by Mark Cox •
Storage
Cloud, Storage, Virtualization
EMC partners with Ottawa’s CloudLink on integrated RecoverPoint cloud solution
by Mark Cox •
The joint offering with EMC, available through EMC and its channel, is designed to provide a secure Disaster Recovery-as-a-Service offering that is less expensive and less complex to deploy than existing DR solutions.
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Storage
EMC upgrades its VNX-F all flash array lineup
by Mark Cox •
One new model delivers higher density than had previously been available, and another offers a lower entry price than had previously been the case.
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Data Centre, Storage
Permabit unveils appliance to let large storage OEMs strike back at hyperscale upstarts
by Mark Cox •
Permabit’s SANblox appliance is the software vendor’s first hardware product, requested by the big storage OEMs to help them fend off competition from the new hyperscale vendors.
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Managed Services, Storage
Storagecraft doubles down on management
by Robert Dutt •
With its own control platform built out, and new hooks into key RMM vendors, Storagecraft is focused on management as it looks to larger customers.
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Storage, Virtualization
EMC adds RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines
by Mark Cox •
The biggest attraction for the channel here is likely to be its integration with VSPEX, when that is available in Q4.
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Software, Storage
Scality adds VM storage capabilities to software-based, software-defined storage
by Mark Cox •
Scality began by selling direct, but is evolving this year to a two-tier model, which they see as the key to their future.
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Distribution, Software, Storage
ASG Software signs on Promark for data protection distribution
by Mark Cox •
ASG has seen a significant recent ramp up in the amount of business done through its channel, and expects much more to come.
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Cloud, Storage
Zetta.net brings full server image backups to the cloud
by Mark Cox •
Zetta.net, which has a strong MSP business, can now make full server image backups directly to the cloud, without requiring an appliance or a staging drive.
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Channel Programs, Hardware, Storage
BiTMICRO moves into enterprise SSDs with MAXio drives
by Mark Cox •
The enterprise SSD space is a very congested one, but BiTMICRO believes that it can differentiate itself from this crowded field because while they focus on IOPS, BiTMICRO focuses on capacity.
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Software, Storage
Dell combines three solutions in Backup and Disaster Recovery Suite
by Mark Cox •
The Dell Backup & Disaster Recovery Suite is a data protection bundle that consolidates the company’s three data protection offerings – AppAssure, NetVault Backup and VRanger.
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Data Centre, Storage
CacheBox brings server-side caching into application tier
by Mark Cox •
Their CacheAdvance application acceleration software delivers high performance while using only a fraction of flash capacity required by other solutions.
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Storage
EMC says new ProtectPoint solution can revolutionize backup
by Mark Cox •
EMC’s new backup solution leverages enhanced technology in VMAX 3.0 to integrate primary storage and protection storage.
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Cloud, Storage
Cleversafe, Nasuni partner on unified storage solution
by Mark Cox •
The partnership creates a unified storage system that will let distributed offices and mobile employees access a single global fileshare which makes collaboration and centralized data protection possible.
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Storage
Seagate unveils new NAS lines for small business
by Mark Cox •
Seagate NAS Pro line includes everything from fully loaded to completely diskless for VARs who prefer to specify their own storage for customers’ NASes.
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Big Data, Cloud, Storage
IBM unveils new Big Data data management service
by Mark Cox •
IBM debuts Elastic Storage, a software-defined storage-as-a-service offering built on SoftLayer that can be implemented 100% cloud, or on a hybrid model.
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Storage
Violin announces four new Windows Flash Array models with pay-as-you-grow pricing
by Mark Cox •
Violin Memory builds out its Windows-centric all-flash storage lineup, ramps up recruiting of Microsoft VARs for what will be a major new business.
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Storage
Dell rolls out two new backup appliances, latest AppAssure release
by Mark Cox •
New backup appliances include the DL 1000, Dell’s first purpose-built for SMB, an area of strength for the Round Rock, Tex. vendor.
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Storage
EMC looks to expand channel footprint with VMAX 3.0 launch
by Robert Dutt •
EMC says its upcoming VMAX 3.0 launch will push the product further into the midmarket and expand the breadth and depth of partner access to the platform.
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Storage
Dot Hill unveils next-gen entry level storage systems
by Mark Cox •
Dot Hill’s new entry-level AssuredSAN product boasts higher performance and improved connectivity over its previous-generation predecessor.
