AHV

Data Centre

Big Switch Networks deepens Nutanix partnership with AHV Ready Integration designation, and solution bundle

December 18, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Big Switch Networks deepens Nutanix partnership with AHV Ready Integration designation, and solution bundle
The deep integration with Nutanix, which exceeds that which Big Switch has with other HCI vendors, also includes an optimized Nutanix Ready Interconnect Fabric Bundle.

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Cloud

Nutanix completes SAP HANA certification process by meeting criteria for HANA production deployments

August 29, 2018 Mark Cox 1
Nutanix follows up their certification on SAP HANA non-production environments in June with the expected – but still very important – announcement that they have now been certified for SAP HANA production environments as well.

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Backup

Veeam announces Availability Solution for Nutanix AHV hypervisor is just about available

July 12, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Veeam announces Availability Solution for Nutanix AHV hypervisor is just about available
This collaboration, an important step in the expansion of the Veeam-Nutanix partnership, was announced over a year ago, and has been in beta, but is just now at the brink of general availability.

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Backup

Nutanix-focused HYCU extends total backup coverage message with added non-Nutanix support

May 11, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Nutanix-focused HYCU extends total backup coverage message with added non-Nutanix support
HYCU strengthens its case to be perceived as a one-stop shop for data protection within Nutanix environments, by adding an integration with VMware VADP that enhances HYCU’s protection of VMware data in those environments.

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Data Centre

Dell EMC adds new XC models for additional use cases, plus new automated BIOS and firmware updates

May 9, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell EMC adds new XC models for additional use cases, plus new automated BIOS and firmware updates
The two new models include the first quad-processor environments for Nutanix environments, and a new edge appliance that can be as small as 1U. The new Life Cycle Management capability may, however, be what excites customers most about the new announcements.

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Cloud

New Nutanix announcements flesh out and extend broad strategic vision

May 9, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on New Nutanix announcements flesh out and extend broad strategic vision
Nutanix is making three major announcements at their event – Nutanix Flow, Nutanix Beam and Nutanix Era – which are directed to expanding their high-level vision above HCI of making life easy for customers in a multi-cloud world.

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Cloud

Nutanix introduces native networking capability to Acropolis with Nutanix Flow

May 9, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Nutanix introduces native networking capability to Acropolis with Nutanix Flow
The plan is to enhance the organically-developed Nutanix Flow later this year by integrating technology from the Netsil acquisition, which will add a critical cloud element by facilitating application visibility across multiple clouds.

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Servers

Dell EMC, Nutanix, collaborate on new XC Core licensing and support model

March 6, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell EMC, Nutanix, collaborate on new XC Core licensing and support model
Nutanix also announced a pair of incents, one of which is explicitly around XC Core sales, and the other, covering all Nutanix sales, introduces a five per cent rebate for bringing new customers to Nutanix.

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Backup

Nutanix to add three new developer-focused services as part of enterprise cloud strategy

November 8, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Nutanix to add three new developer-focused services as part of enterprise cloud strategy
The provision of new object storage, compute and marketplace services to developers is part of a continuing Nutanix strategy to elevate itself from providing HCI infrastructure to providing the whole stack.

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Backup

Comtrade to enhance built-for Nutanix HYCU backup with ESX support

November 8, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Comtrade to enhance built-for Nutanix HYCU backup with ESX support
Other new elements, which will be formally announced next week, include an early trial for AFS backup and more efficient support for ROBO environments.

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Backup

Unitrends announces full Nutanix AHV hypervisor integration

August 16, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Unitrends announces full Nutanix AHV hypervisor integration
From a channel perspective, this will give joint partners more flexibility in meeting customer budgets, and should result in some Unitrends partners not working with Nutanix to begin doing so.

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Backup

Nutanix, Veeam turn their relationship into a partnership

June 29, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Nutanix, Veeam turn their relationship into a partnership
Veeam will support Nutanix, for the first time, by the end of the year, and Nutanix will promote Veeam as their premier availability vendor.

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