Storage

Storage

Hyper-converged secondary storage vendor Cohesity enhances platform, software

June 29, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Hyper-converged secondary storage vendor Cohesity enhances platform, software
The enhancements include a major improvement to the platform’s performance as well as the ability to now handle physical protection as well as virtual.

Distribution

Scale-out storage accelerator PernixData signs first Canadian disti deal with Ingram Micro

June 29, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Scale-out storage accelerator PernixData signs first Canadian disti deal with Ingram Micro
PernixData’s flagship storage product uses high-speed server media to take read and write out of storage and into the server tier, making VM performance much faster and scalable. It’s a highly complementary solution to existing storage arrays.

Data Centre

Nutanix looks to move forward by disrupting itself

June 22, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Nutanix looks to move forward by disrupting itself
At its .NEXT event, Nutanix has been stressing that the company needs to reinvent itself, moving beyond its hyper-converged base, despite the considerable risks in its larger objective of becoming a platform company that can redefine the datacentre’s private cloud.

Data Centre

Solution provider secrets of growing with Nutanix

June 22, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Solution provider secrets of growing with Nutanix
Two of Nutanix’s top Canadian partners discuss the evolution of their companies’ relationship with Nutanix, from early days to the present and how they have become successful partnering with the company, while taking somewhat different strategies.

Data Centre

Nutanix extends Enterprise Cloud Platform to tear down datacentre siloes

June 21, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Nutanix extends Enterprise Cloud Platform to tear down datacentre siloes
Nutanix has unveiled a host of related announcements, including enhancements in its upcoming July 4.7 release that will add support for containerized and physical environments, supporting everything in a single platform.

Channel Programs

Nutanix channel chief takes stock of changes in first year on job

June 21, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Nutanix channel chief takes stock of changes in first year on job
Chris Morgan assessed his success in executing on his priorities in this first year on the job, and considers the channel impact of Nutanix’s emphasis in 2016 of the big picture beyond simply saving money through hyper-converged solutions.

Big Data

HDS targets midmarket with expanded UCP 2000 and new hyper-converged offering

June 21, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on HDS targets midmarket with expanded UCP 2000 and new hyper-converged offering
The HC V240, HDS’ first hyper-converged appliance, is based on the VMware stack, but the hyper-converged road map is likely to broaden out beyond that.

Managed Services

Datto upgrades flagship platform, unveils all-flash backup appliance

June 21, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Datto upgrades flagship platform, unveils all-flash backup appliance
The all-flash SIRIS 3 X1is available only with a TB drive, with the plan being to roll over further models if and when they meet customers’ price/performance needs.

Storage

Scality unveils open source Scality S3 Server

June 14, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Scality unveils open source Scality S3 Server
This free open source version of Scality’s S3 API allows developers to develop and test applications locally. The company also hopes that it will eventually attract them to the regular version of their software.

Storage

NetApp enhances data protection portfolio

June 14, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on NetApp enhances data protection portfolio
NetApp announces multiple new releases in its data protection software, including some which leverage new capabilities of the just-released ONTAP 9 OS.