Virtualization

Storage

Citrix acquisition of Sanbolic to make life easier for Citrix partners

January 12, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Citrix acquisition of Sanbolic to make life easier for Citrix partners
The deal is all about increasing simplicity of operations inside of IT, and making it easier to deploy Citrix solutions, for both customers and partners.

Cloud

New version of EMC Avamar Virtual Edition integrates with Azure

December 16, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on New version of EMC Avamar Virtual Edition integrates with Azure
Azure becomes the first public cloud supported by Avamar outside the EMC federation.

Virtualization

ViewSonic, Userful roll out first joint VDI product for low-cost markets

November 10, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on ViewSonic, Userful roll out first joint VDI product for low-cost markets
ViewSonic and Calgary-based Userful announced last month that they would bundle Userful’s software and ViewSonic’s hardware into a VDI bundle, and now the first solution from this partnership has been announced.

Networking

Dell announces Network Functions Virtualization platform, starter kits

October 14, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell announces Network Functions Virtualization platform, starter kits
Dell’s NFV platform is targeted at the carrier market, giving Dell its first solid solution for this high-end space. It brings software-defined networking and compute infrastructure virtualization, which started in the enterprise and midmarket, into the carrier space.

Small Business

ViewSonic, Userful partner to offer hardware-software VDI bundle for economy market

October 10, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on ViewSonic, Userful partner to offer hardware-software VDI bundle for economy market
Both companies see this bundled solution as a great way for PC-focused hardware partners to get into the VDI market.

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 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.

Virtualization

New Citrix XenApp, XenDesktop releases to take down adoption barriers

August 25, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on New Citrix XenApp, XenDesktop releases to take down adoption barriers
The major focus of the new releases is removing significant barriers to adoption, notably greatly reducing storage costs, and adding FIPS certification.

Data Centre

Avnet adds VCE competitor Nutanix to line card

August 8, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on Avnet adds VCE competitor Nutanix to line card
Nutanix makes a Virtual Computing Platform which partners can use to design and develop converged compute and storage infrastructure for virtualized data centres.

Seth Bostock, CEO of IndenpdenceIT
Cloud

IndependenceIT puts DaaS on Google Cloud

June 17, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on IndependenceIT puts DaaS on Google Cloud
Desktop-as-a-Service provider IndependenceIT announces its Cloud Workspace Suite is being integrated with Google Compute Engine infrastructure services.