Storage

Storage

All-Flash Dell EMC Isilon offers high-end complement to recent entry level offering

October 20, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on All-Flash Dell EMC Isilon offers high-end complement to recent entry level offering
What was formerly Project Nitro will hit the streets in 2017, with a single 4U Isilon Scale-Out system reaching a maximum of 924TB of capacity, 250,000 IOPS and up to 15GB/s of aggregate bandwidth in a 4-node cluster.

Data Centre

Michael Dell talks strategy at Dell EMC World

October 19, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Michael Dell talks strategy at Dell EMC World
The Dell Technologies CEO stated his views on multiple topics in a variety of topics during Q&A sessions at the event.

Data Centre

Nutanix to lose out as expanded Dell EMC VxRail appliance line targets VMware users?

October 19, 2016 Mark Cox 4
Dell EMC has announced upgrades to its hyper-converged VxRail and VxRack offerings, with hardware improvement stemming both from Intel Broadwell processors and optimization with PowerEdge servers. Many more configurations will be available, including a 3 node VxRail offering that drops the entry price by a quarter.

Channel Programs

Demand compels container management vendor Rancher to create partner program

October 18, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Demand compels container management vendor Rancher to create partner program
The two year-old startup has created a partner program faster than planned, because of requests from channel members driven in turn by requests from their customers.

Data Centre

Lenovo creates new appliance-centric ThinkAgile portfolio

October 17, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Lenovo creates new appliance-centric ThinkAgile portfolio
ThinkAgile will initially consist of three components: their existing HX offerings with Nutanix software, beefed up with Lenovo networking; the newly announced CX line from a new partnership with Nimble Storage; and new OpenStack-based offerings that will first be limited to China, and eventually roll into other geos.

Data Centre

Nimble Storage sees huge opportunity in Lenovo partnership

October 17, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Nimble Storage sees huge opportunity in Lenovo partnership
For Nimble, the Lenovo partnership massively expands their route to market, with a series of new appliances that combine the two companies’ technology, and which will go to market through Lenovo and its channel.

Cloud

Commvault announces upgrades to Commvault Data Platform

October 14, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Commvault announces upgrades to Commvault Data Platform
Improvements to user interfaces in a cloud world, better automation and orchestration to deal with Big Data, increased openness and new software-defined data services highlight what Commvault is calling a very significant series of announcements.

Storage

Pure Storage CEO Dietzen sees strong momentum in new Pure announcements and metrics

October 13, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pure Storage CEO Dietzen sees strong momentum in new Pure announcements and metrics
Pure has announced an expansion of its relationship with Cisco, and its new (very high) Net Promoter Score, and sees a strong outlook both in Canada and its business generally.

Lee Schor, vice president of sales for the Americas at Storagecraft
Channel Programs

Upmarket momentum leads to new Storagecraft partner program

October 6, 2016 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Upmarket momentum leads to new Storagecraft partner program
Storagecraft’s new partner program introduces partner tiers as the company sees more demand from larger partners serving larger customers.

Partnerships

Hyper-converged secondary storage vendor Cohesity expands channels with Cisco partnership

October 6, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Hyper-converged secondary storage vendor Cohesity expands channels with Cisco partnership
Validating Cohesity software on the Cisco UCS platform adds another route to market in addition to their own partners, and the Cisco deal is unlikely to be the last.