Storage

Channel Programs

BiTMICRO moves into enterprise SSDs with MAXio drives

August 14, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on BiTMICRO moves into enterprise SSDs with MAXio drives
The enterprise SSD space is a very congested one, but BiTMICRO believes that it can differentiate itself from this crowded field because while they focus on IOPS, BiTMICRO focuses on capacity.

Software

Dell combines three solutions in Backup and Disaster Recovery Suite

August 12, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell combines three solutions in Backup and Disaster Recovery Suite
The Dell Backup & Disaster Recovery Suite is a data protection bundle that consolidates the company’s three data protection offerings – AppAssure, NetVault Backup and VRanger.

Data Centre

CacheBox brings server-side caching into application tier

August 6, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on CacheBox brings server-side caching into application tier
Their CacheAdvance application acceleration software delivers high performance while using only a fraction of flash capacity required by other solutions.

Storage

EMC says new ProtectPoint solution can revolutionize backup

July 31, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on EMC says new ProtectPoint solution can revolutionize backup
EMC’s new backup solution leverages enhanced technology in VMAX 3.0 to integrate primary storage and protection storage.

Cloud

Cleversafe, Nasuni partner on unified storage solution

July 30, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cleversafe, Nasuni partner on unified storage solution
The partnership creates a unified storage system that will let distributed offices and mobile employees access a single global fileshare which makes collaboration and centralized data protection possible.

Seagate NAS Pro
Storage

Seagate unveils new NAS lines for small business

July 15, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on Seagate unveils new NAS lines for small business
Seagate NAS Pro line includes everything from fully loaded to completely diskless for VARs who prefer to specify their own storage for customers’ NASes.

IBM SoftLayer Elastic Storage
Big Data

IBM unveils new Big Data data management service

July 15, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on IBM unveils new Big Data data management service
IBM debuts Elastic Storage, a software-defined storage-as-a-service offering built on SoftLayer that can be implemented 100% cloud, or on a hybrid model.

Eric Herzog, CMO, Violin Memory
Storage

Violin announces four new Windows Flash Array models with pay-as-you-grow pricing

July 15, 2014 Mark Cox 1
Violin Memory builds out its Windows-centric all-flash storage lineup, ramps up recruiting of Microsoft VARs for what will be a major new business.

Dell DL 1000
Storage

Dell rolls out two new backup appliances, latest AppAssure release

July 15, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell rolls out two new backup appliances, latest AppAssure release
New backup appliances include the DL 1000, Dell’s first purpose-built for SMB, an area of strength for the Round Rock, Tex. vendor.

Fidelma Russo, senior vice president of EMC’s VMAX product business unit
Storage

EMC looks to expand channel footprint with VMAX 3.0 launch

July 14, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on EMC looks to expand channel footprint with VMAX 3.0 launch
EMC says its upcoming VMAX 3.0 launch will push the product further into the midmarket and expand the breadth and depth of partner access to the platform.