Storage

Data Centre

Dell lays out aggressive strategy to partners for North America expansion

October 20, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell lays out aggressive strategy to partners for North America expansion
Dell’s North American head Bill Rodrigues laid out Dell’s plans for growth to partners at Dell’s PartnerDirect Summit at Dell World.

Storage

Drobo, emphasizing core philosophies, unveils new NAS model

October 20, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Drobo, emphasizing core philosophies, unveils new NAS model
The new B810n is eligible for deal registration, whereas its predecessor was not, and also has a larger NFR discount than the legacy model.

Storage

Spectra Logic touts ‘revolutionary’ new ArcticBlue nearline disk storage system

October 16, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Spectra Logic touts ‘revolutionary’ new ArcticBlue nearline disk storage system
An extension of the company’s BlackPearl object-based storage gateway, ArcticBlue provides disk archiving at 10 cents per GB – close to the price of disk. It also has a seven year lifespan, compared to three for traditional disk archiving, and works at close to the performance of nearline disk.

Storage

Cohesity’s revolutionary converged secondary storage platform hits general availability

October 14, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cohesity’s revolutionary converged secondary storage platform hits general availability
Led by the original co-founder of Nutanix, Cohesity aims to disrupt the market for secondary storage the same way Nutanix disrupted primary storage.

Managed Services

Barracuda to buy Intronis to broaden reach in MSP market

September 29, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Barracuda to buy Intronis to broaden reach in MSP market
Details of the integration, such as whether Intronis will be an independent subsidiary, have not been finalized, but Barracuda says they are committed to have a dedicated MSP business, with Intronis at the core of that.

Cloud

IBM, Actiance deepen relationship to bring cloud-based data governance to Big Blue

September 29, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on IBM, Actiance deepen relationship to bring cloud-based data governance to Big Blue
Actiance has previously worked with IBM’s Lotus group on specifically IBM-related tools, but the new deal covers IBM Information Lifecycle Governance and encompasses the entire Actiance platform.

Channel Programs

NexGen supplements partner margins with new MDF component

September 15, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on NexGen supplements partner margins with new MDF component
NexGen also announced the finalization of its Canadian distribution, which should help improve a Canadian channel which is not yet as strong as they would like.

Storage

PernixData announces version 3.0 of flagship product, plus new Architect software platform

September 15, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on PernixData announces version 3.0 of flagship product, plus new Architect software platform
The company is also announcing a new version of its FVP Freedom software, the free version of their FVP software which they say gives away for free the same thing that hybrid vendors sell on top of their arrays.

Data Centre

Nutanix aggressively claiming mantle of ‘only true hyperconverged player’

September 10, 2015 Mark Cox 1
At a customer event in Toronto Wednesday, Nutanix presented the audience with a full-throated positioning of themselves as well ahead of their competition, and also gave an update on their progress in Canada

Storage

Caringo FileFly converges file systems and primary storage with object storage

September 9, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Caringo FileFly converges file systems and primary storage with object storage
The result is a highly scalable file solution with high performance, which Caringo says is a complete packaged solution that will be easy for the channel to sell.