Storage

EMC Canada’s channel chief looks ahead to 2016

December 10, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off

With major changes on the horizon, Michael Kerr stresses that EMC partners need to be able to articulate the business outcomes of the increasing complex technology available to them.

Stratoscale targets test-dev market with launch of software-defined architecture

December 8, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off

The hyperconverged startup emphasizes the end product, a highly scalable out-of-the-box private cloud initially focused on development and testing environments, rather than the hyperconverged label itself, which they think has been somewhat overused.

Cisco, Nimble Storage extend partnership with new SmartStack offerings

December 2, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off

Two of the three new reference architectures are Cisco Validated Design-backed, a first for the SmartStack solutions, which Nimble expects will help partners in several ways.

Data protection vendor Druva adds MSP channel, launches MSP partner program

November 17, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off

Druva is mainly focused on the enterprise space, and its new MSP channel will give them a stronger presence downmarket. They are especially looking to recruit new MSPs who have no data centre.

Scale Computing ramps up Canadian staff, resources for big 2016 push

November 17, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off

Scale, which is distinct among the hyperconverged vendors with its SMB focus, is not new to Canada, but they have added new staff and resources here, and developed new relationships with key DMRs to take their Canadian business to the next level.

HPE announces flurry of 3PAR announcements

November 16, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off

Net-new offerings include 3PAR Flash Acceleration for Oracle and the 3PAR StoreServ 8200 Converged File and Block Starter Kit.

Security, reporting, planning enhancements highlight Data Dynamics’ StorageX 7.7

November 16, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off

The 7.7 release’s emphasis is on a broad range of feature functionality enhancements.

EMC’s shift in Data Lake strategy opens up new partner opportunities

November 13, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off

EMC’s Data Lake 2.0 significantly enhances the original core-focused Data Lake strategy by extending it to the edge and the cloud, as well as strengthening the core. This is also likely to expand partner opportunities somewhat beyond the very limited involvement thought likely when the original Data lake was announced.

HP Inc. announces desktop workstation storage, cooling breakthroughs

November 12, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off

While HP announced a new mobile workstation, and major enhancements throughout all their ZBook technology, they also announced some significant technology enhancements in both storage and cooling.