Storage

Storage

StorONE enhances Storage Engine to drive new scale-for-free pricing model

July 26, 2022 Mark Cox 1
The model is based on drives rather than capacity, and the changes to the engine give customers confidence they can use maximum sized drives without concerns about restore times.

Backup

Veeam founders launch Object First to provide Veeam-centric storage appliance

June 28, 2022 Mark Cox Comments Off on Veeam founders launch Object First to provide Veeam-centric storage appliance
David Bennett comes over from Axcient, where he had been CEO, to take the same role at Object First.

Cloud

New Toronto data centre to be key element in OVHcloud expansion

June 21, 2022 Mark Cox Comments Off on New Toronto data centre to be key element in OVHcloud expansion
OVHCloud just celebrated their tenth anniversary in Canada, and while to date their facilities have been in Montreal, they plan to open up a Toronto data centre next year.

Storage

Pure Storage sees major pluses for partners in major Accelerate product announcements

June 10, 2022 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pure Storage sees major pluses for partners in major Accelerate product announcements
The major announcement at Accelerate was a major upgrade to FlashBlade//S, which doubles density and performance as well as power efficiency, but the announcements also see a new offering adding to the Evergreen portfolio and the next generation of AIRI//S, designed and sold in partnership with NVIDIA.

Data Management

Major enhancements to Portworx portfolio add new Kubernetes Database-as-a Service platform plus new services

May 18, 2022 Mark Cox Comments Off on Major enhancements to Portworx portfolio add new Kubernetes Database-as-a Service platform plus new services
This major series of enhancements to Pure Storage’s Kubernetes platform expands the number of use cases in which it can be deployed, and makes it easier to deploy it.

Channel Programs

iXsystems expands RevMatch revenue matching feature into new full-blown channel program

May 9, 2022 Mark Cox Comments Off on iXsystems expands RevMatch revenue matching feature into new full-blown channel program
RevMatch now essentially becomes the top tier of a new two-tier program, which adds new features and benefits for partners.

Channel Communities

Dell Global Channel Chief Dagher touts channel momentum, asks partners to go all in

May 5, 2022 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell Global Channel Chief Dagher touts channel momentum, asks partners to go all in
Rola Dagher, a Canadian who came to the Dell channel job from running Cisco Canada, also singled out the Canadian channel for its recent work.

Cloud

Dell upgrades storage portfolio and plugs it into multi-cloud theme on Day Two of Dell Technologies World

May 4, 2022 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell upgrades storage portfolio and plugs it into multi-cloud theme on Day Two of Dell Technologies World
On Day Two, Dell  emphasized storage enhancements in their PowerStore, PowerMax and PowerFlex portfolios, but also stressed these were not standalone announcements, and were part of the company’s multi-cloud vision laid out on the previous day.

Hardware

Dell hardware sales through partners help propel record setting Q4 and 2021

April 18, 2022 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell hardware sales through partners help propel record setting Q4 and 2021
Dell’s hardware business benefited greatly from organizations, at this stage of their tech rebuild, needing to refresh a hardware base in data centres that was at least two years old, and generally older than that.

Channel Programs

Lightbits brings in Charla Bunton-Johnson to drive channel-first strategy for software-defined NVMe pioneer

April 12, 2022 Mark Cox Comments Off on Lightbits brings in Charla Bunton-Johnson to drive channel-first strategy for software-defined NVMe pioneer
The channel is relatively new in Lightbits’ strategy, but the new channel leader was brought in to scale growth in accordance with what has become a channel-first strategy.