Virtualization

Channel Programs

Tintri upgrades partner program, distribution network to reflect growth

April 6, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Tintri upgrades partner program, distribution network to reflect growth
Tintri makes several significant changes to its channel program reflecting its broader solution range and partner base, and adds Promark to Arrow for its North American distribution.

Data Centre

Dell strengthens EMC-VMware presence in its hyper-converged portfolio

April 5, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell strengthens EMC-VMware presence in its hyper-converged portfolio
Beefing up the offerings owned by organizations soon likely to be owned by Dell comes as no surprise, but the vendor also strongly restated its support for its Nutanix-based XC line, while beefing it up as well, and said it’s not going anywhere.

Storage

Veeam to add Availability Orchestrator for DR as add-on to Availability Suite

April 5, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Veeam to add Availability Orchestrator for DR as add-on to Availability Suite
The multi-hypervisor disaster recovery orchestration engine, which also works with Veeam Backup & Replication, is designed to let enterprises easily execute, test and document DR plans, and should provide partners with additional consulting opportunities.

Security

Citrix expands browser app offerings with new Secure Browser family

March 29, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Citrix expands browser app offerings with new Secure Browser family
Citrix rebrands the Workspace Cloud Browser Apps Service introduced last summer as Citrix Workspace Cloud Secure Browser, and complements this hosted service with two other offerings, the Citrix XenApp Secure Browser and the Secure Browser Deployment Kit.

Cloud

Customers still in early stages in digital business transformation: EMC-VMware study

March 21, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Customers still in early stages in digital business transformation: EMC-VMware study
A new report from EMC and VMware has data on enterprise digital transformation that, except in virtualization, shows customers are far, far short of where they want to be. The sunny side of the story is that many are taking moves to get there.

Data Centre

HPE stresses simplicity with new hyper-converged system for the midmarket

March 15, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on HPE stresses simplicity with new hyper-converged system for the midmarket
The new appliance, built on the ProLiant DL 380, brings a new interface to HPE hyper-converged products, which the company says is extremely user-friendly and easy to use.

Channel Programs

LANDESK CEO Steve Daly discusses what AppSense deal means to companies, partners

March 15, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on LANDESK CEO Steve Daly discusses what AppSense deal means to companies, partners
Daly talks about how the deal will change offerings and markets available to both LANDESK and AppSense partners, and how the integration of the two channels is likely to roll out.

Data Centre

Nutanix displaces need for separate NAS with Acropolis File Services

March 14, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Nutanix displaces need for separate NAS with Acropolis File Services
Nutanix sees its native file serving solution on the Nutanix Distributed File Storage Fabric as opening up a large new market for it displacing NAS servers, and bringing disruption to a NAS market they say has been ready for it for a while.

Cloud

Pure Storage unveils FlashBlade all-flash platform for petabyte-scale unstructured data

March 14, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pure Storage unveils FlashBlade all-flash platform for petabyte-scale unstructured data
In addition to the FlashBlade, which becomes Pure’s new high end offering, the company also introduced the FlashArray//m10, a new entry level extension, to its FlashArray//m family, as well as several new FlashStack converged infrastructure solutions.

Distribution

PernixData looks to Promark for first general North American distribution deal

March 3, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on PernixData looks to Promark for first general North American distribution deal
PernixData has dealt direct with its channel in the past, but believes the time is right to take on distribution to accelerate sales of its software that improves the efficiency of storage in virtualized environments.