Storage

Backup

Cohesity announces virtual version of its unified secondary storage platform

February 14, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cohesity announces virtual version of its unified secondary storage platform
The Cohesity DataPlatform Virtual Edition is intended for remote and branch office use cases, as is a new hardware alternative, the C2100, also being announced.

Storage

HPE takes flash beyond the array with new 3PAR OS

February 13, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on HPE takes flash beyond the array with new 3PAR OS
As all-flash grows in importance, HPE is emphasizing the importance of how the infrastructure beyond the flash array itself impacts orchestration and protects data.

Backup

Barracuda refreshes its entire lineup of backup appliances

February 2, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Barracuda refreshes its entire lineup of backup appliances
Memory, performance and capacity have been increased, with capacity on the physical models going up from 100 per cent in the entry level appliances, to between 15-30 per cent in the high end ones.

Channel Programs

Carbonite continues growth strategy with Double-Take Software acquisition

February 1, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Carbonite continues growth strategy with Double-Take Software acquisition
Carbonite’s chief evangelist takes with ChannelBuzz about the Double-Take deal, the integration plans, and what it will all mean for both Carbonite and Double-Take partners.

Storage

NetApp unveils small form factor version of top of the line all flash array

January 31, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on NetApp unveils small form factor version of top of the line all flash array
The NetApp AFF A700s is aimed at customers looking to improve their data centre economics by significantly reducing physical footprint. NetApp also announced an updating and reworking of its storage capacity guarantee.

Storage

Pure Storage announces GA for FlashBlade unstructured workload solution

January 26, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pure Storage announces GA for FlashBlade unstructured workload solution
FlashBlade has been in Directed Availability since last July, but it is now broadly available to all customers through the Pure Storage partner channel.

Storage

StorageCraft buys Exablox for creative synergies around DR and business continuity

January 19, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on StorageCraft buys Exablox for creative synergies around DR and business continuity
The acquisition follows a successful distribution agreement last October through which Exablox resold StorageCraft ShadowProtect software.

Data Centre

New Pivot3 Canada country manager Grant Aitken looks to raise company visibility

January 12, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on New Pivot3 Canada country manager Grant Aitken looks to raise company visibility
Pivot3’s hyper-converged Canadian business is much stronger today in the physical security space than in compute, and addressing that is one of ex-VMware Canadian country manager’s Aitken’s top priorities.

Storage

IBM extends all-flash throughout DS8880 line

January 12, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on IBM extends all-flash throughout DS8880 line
IBM announces all-flash versions of its full DS8880 portfolio, but for the channel, impact is likely to be slight because compared to other IBM storage families, this one has a more limited partner presence.

Small Business

HPE addition of scale-out capability to SMB StoreVirtual 3200 big deal for channel

January 11, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on HPE addition of scale-out capability to SMB StoreVirtual 3200 big deal for channel
HPE has announced the first major series of enhancements to the SMB-focused StoreVirtual 3200, which bring it up to the same capabilities of StoreVirtual systems higher in the market, and will make it much more attractive to partners.