Storage

Dot Hill AssuredSAN 3004
Storage

Dot Hill unveils next-gen entry level storage systems

July 9, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dot Hill unveils next-gen entry level storage systems
Dot Hill’s new entry-level AssuredSAN product boasts higher performance and improved connectivity over its previous-generation predecessor.

Jeremy Burton, president of EMC's Information Infrastructure group.
Data Centre

EMC programs look to allay customer flash fears

July 8, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on EMC programs look to allay customer flash fears
EMC announces a trio of programs to address customer concerns with flash storage, including a guarantee that XtremIO products will last at least 7 years.

David Maffei, vice president of global channel sales at Carbonite
Cloud

Carbonite launches first channel-only product

June 19, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on Carbonite launches first channel-only product
Carbonite Appliance HT10 first purpose-built for channel product to launch in vendor’s shift from direct to indirect sales.

Eran Farajun, executive vice president, Asigra
Cloud

Asigra looks to drop hardware costs for MSPs

June 18, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Asigra looks to drop hardware costs for MSPs
Backup software vendor Asigra builds an open-source stack that it says can cut MSP’s storage costs on backup-as-a-service in half

Aaron Dun, CMO of Intronis
Cloud

Intronis flattens backup price

June 10, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Intronis flattens backup price
Intronis debuts a new pricing model for backup and products, making it a flat rate for MSPs to provide customers a variety of cloud and onsite protection.

backup security
Storage

Backup: An antidote to ransomware

June 10, 2014 Larry Walsh (Channelnomics) Comments Off on Backup: An antidote to ransomware
Despite efforts to curb it, ransomware is on the rise. Cloud backup is being used to thwart such attacks and could be a powerful selling proposition.

Greg Holzrichter, vice president of global marketing at Atlantis Computing.
Storage

Atlantis Computing releases ILIO bundle for VMware Virtual SAN

June 5, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on Atlantis Computing releases ILIO bundle for VMware Virtual SAN
Atlantis Computing, which makes solutions that optimize virtual storage, has announced the release of a new bundle, Atlantis ILIO for Virtual SAN.

Chendra Pulimaritsa, CEO of Sanovi
Channel Programs

Sanovi targets FlexPod resellers, MSPs with new program

June 4, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on Sanovi targets FlexPod resellers, MSPs with new program
Sanovi, an Indian-based maker of disaster recovery software, launches a partner program to deepen its penetration of the North American market.

Dell NetVault 10
Security

Dell enhances data protection portfolio with NetVault 10, dedupe appliance

May 13, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell enhances data protection portfolio with NetVault 10, dedupe appliance
Dell has beefed up its data protection portfolio with the release of version 10 of its NetVault software, together with a new deduplication appliance.

Jeremy Burton, president of EMC’s Information Infrastructure business
Cloud

EMC debuts Elastic Cloud Storage Appliance

May 8, 2014 Robert Dutt 1
EMC says its new appliance allows enterprises and service providers to operate cloud storage cheaper than the big public cloud providers’ storage offerings.