Storage

Storage

Dell first OEM to bring TLC NAND flash drives to market

July 20, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell first OEM to bring TLC NAND flash drives to market
Intelligent placement technology in Dell’s SC array technology helps Dell get the new drives to market first – at street prices of $1.66/GB for all/flash and $0.58 for hybrid – which are raw storage, not deduped.

Data Centre

Seagate looks to new enterprise partners as eVault brand departs in enterprise push

July 16, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Seagate looks to new enterprise partners as eVault brand departs in enterprise push
The scalability of the old eVault solutions has been massively increased up to 400 per cent, so Seagate is rebranding them with the Seagate name and looking to extend them into the enterprise data centre market, as well as the ROBO space where they play today.

Cloud

New Arcserve Cloud caps frenetic year since company’s independence from CA

July 14, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on New Arcserve Cloud caps frenetic year since company’s independence from CA
The cloud itself comes from a partner, which does have a Canadian data centre capacity. It is first available as an integration with Arcserve’s UDP appliance and is likely to have special appeal to MSPs, including those not presently offering managed services.

Storage

New MSA 2040 firmware upgrade, bundles, highlight HP storage announcements

July 14, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on New MSA 2040 firmware upgrade, bundles, highlight HP storage announcements
Other improvements to HP’s SMB-focused MSA line include new SAS connectivity for MSA 1040 and EnergyStar certification for the 2040.

Distribution

Ingram Micro Canada looks to enhance customer choice with flash storage vendor Tegile

July 10, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Ingram Micro Canada looks to enhance customer choice with flash storage vendor Tegile
Ingram sees Tegile’s Zebi hybrid storage arrays as being a particularly strong play in Canada, and looks to replicate the success Ingram has had with Tegile in the U.S. through this Canadian deal.

VMware Canada country manager Sean Forkan
Cloud

NetBackup 7.7 highlights broad refresh of Veritas portfolio

July 9, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on NetBackup 7.7 highlights broad refresh of Veritas portfolio
New products include Veritas Information Map, which is built on the company’s new Information Fabric, and Veritas Resiliency Platform, an IT service continuity solution. Veritas InfoScale is an enhancement and rebranding of the old Symantec Storage Foundations.

Managed Services

Acronis unveils their next-gen data protection platform

July 8, 2015 Mark Cox 1
Acronis beefs up their data protection platform by enhancing its disaster recovery capability and file sync and share capabilities.

Channel Programs

Entry level-focused StorMagic launches first channel program

July 2, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Entry level-focused StorMagic launches first channel program
StorMagic has sold mainly direct since its founding in 2006, but is transitioning to a 100 per cent channels strategy, and to expand its base of quality partners has unveiled its first partner program.

Channel Programs

SolidFire adds specialization tiers to partner program

June 30, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on SolidFire adds specialization tiers to partner program
Four specializations are being announced, one of which is around OpenStack, which SolidFire believes is an industry first. .

Storage

Intronis stresses better user experience with Summer Release ‘15

June 26, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Intronis stresses better user experience with Summer Release ‘15
A new dashboard provides a macro-level view that did not exist before, and a new Executive Summary report generator provides customers with brandable and customizable snapshots which demonstrate the MSP’s value.