Storage

Dale Degen, senior worldwide marketing manager for HP Storage
Storage

HP, Intel seed market for software-defined storage

October 21, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on HP, Intel seed market for software-defined storage
HP is working with Intel to make 1 TB of StoreVirtual VSA storage available to all purchases of servers with Intel’s latest Xeon processors.

Storage

SolidFire adds two new storage nodes to flagship line

October 7, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on SolidFire adds two new storage nodes to flagship line
The new offerings will significantly decrease the cost of entry for the SolidFire array.

Cloud

EMC partners with Ottawa’s CloudLink on integrated RecoverPoint cloud solution

September 30, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on EMC partners with Ottawa’s CloudLink on integrated RecoverPoint cloud solution
The joint offering with EMC, available through EMC and its channel, is designed to provide a secure Disaster Recovery-as-a-Service offering that is less expensive and less complex to deploy than existing DR solutions.

Storage

EMC upgrades its VNX-F all flash array lineup

September 24, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on EMC upgrades its VNX-F all flash array lineup
One new model delivers higher density than had previously been available, and another offers a lower entry price than had previously been the case.

Data Centre

Permabit unveils appliance to let large storage OEMs strike back at hyperscale upstarts

September 16, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on Permabit unveils appliance to let large storage OEMs strike back at hyperscale upstarts
Permabit’s SANblox appliance is the software vendor’s first hardware product, requested by the big storage OEMs to help them fend off competition from the new hyperscale vendors.

Matt Urmston, director of product management at Storagecraft
Managed Services

Storagecraft doubles down on management

September 15, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Storagecraft doubles down on management
With its own control platform built out, and new hooks into key RMM vendors, Storagecraft is focused on management as it looks to larger customers.

Storage

EMC adds RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines

August 26, 2014 Mark Cox 1
The biggest attraction for the channel here is likely to be its integration with VSPEX, when that is available in Q4.

Software

Scality adds VM storage capabilities to software-based, software-defined storage

August 26, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on Scality adds VM storage capabilities to software-based, software-defined storage
Scality began by selling direct, but is evolving this year to a two-tier model, which they see as the key to their future.

Distribution

ASG Software signs on Promark for data protection distribution

August 21, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on ASG Software signs on Promark for data protection distribution
ASG has seen a significant recent ramp up in the amount of business done through its channel, and expects much more to come.

Cloud

Zetta.net brings full server image backups to the cloud

August 18, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on Zetta.net brings full server image backups to the cloud
Zetta.net, which has a strong MSP business, can now make full server image backups directly to the cloud, without requiring an appliance or a staging drive.