Analytics

Distribution

Hitachi Vantara expands Internet of Things relationship with Tech Data in North America

March 5, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Hitachi Vantara expands Internet of Things relationship with Tech Data in North America
Hitachi Vantara will leverage Tech Data’s Internet of Things’ capabilities to a greater extent than before, which is critically important in Canada, where new analytics-focused partners need to be recruited, and Tech Data is the sole Hitachi Vantara distributor.

Data Centre

Pivot3 expands Zerto, VMware partnerships around increased enterprise use cases

February 21, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pivot3 expands Zerto, VMware partnerships around increased enterprise use cases
The introduction of their Acuity platform last year has deepened Pivot3 presence in the enterprise, which has in turn led them to strengthen their technology partnerships which address this space.

Storage

Komprise adds NAS migration capability to their data management solution

February 14, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Komprise adds NAS migration capability to their data management solution
The new functionality adds a task-based capability to Komprise’s long-term use cases, and since it uses the same engine as those cases, Komprise is not charging extra for it.

Storage

Dell EMC rethinks converged infrastructure with next-gen VxBlock System 1000

February 13, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell EMC rethinks converged infrastructure with next-gen VxBlock System 1000
While in the old Dell EMC converged lineup, a System 1000 would have been a new high-end model, the new VXBlock completely restructures the approach, and integrates all storage types in one offering. It makes this a single-model family with additional flexibility, greater cost efficiencies and simplified lifecycle management.

Servers

Dell EMC brings AMD back to the enterprise with new servers aimed at edge, IoT and HPC use cases

February 6, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell EMC brings AMD back to the enterprise with new servers aimed at edge, IoT and HPC use cases
The new AMD EPYC processors, which were announced last June, make their first appearance in three new Dell EMC 14th Gen servers aimed at more demanding use cases.

Cloud

New Calabrio VP of Strategic Partnerships reworking channel strategy to expand ecosystem presence

February 5, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on New Calabrio VP of Strategic Partnerships reworking channel strategy to expand ecosystem presence
While Calabrio has been expanding its cloud presence with new partnerships with Contact Centre-as-a-Service providers, they are also leveraging their strategic platform and reseller partners and looking to expand into new kinds of platform markets.

Unified Communications

Phones a major highlight in new Avaya product releases at ENGAGE event

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Avaya also rebooted their chatbot strategy with a significant deepening of their AI focus, and they have some things coming in the near future that will be of interest to partners.

Cloud

Palo Alto Networks makes Magnifier behavioral analytics app first in new Application Framework

January 29, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Palo Alto Networks makes Magnifier behavioral analytics app first in new Application Framework
The technology which comes from last year’s LightCyber acquisition, has now been integrated into Palo Alto Networks’ new cloud platform.

Cloud

Dell Technologies forecasts big jump in impact of emerging technologies

January 26, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell Technologies forecasts big jump in impact of emerging technologies
From big picture developments like the emergence of fully orchestrated capabilities to manage workloads across public clouds, to more focused things like the growth of Augmented Reality headsets in business, Dell Technologies takes a stab at projecting the near-term adoption of futuristic technologies.

Cloud

Sage announces UPS as first strategic partner on the Sage Business Cloud

January 24, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Sage announces UPS as first strategic partner on the Sage Business Cloud
The UPS shipping solution is being integrated into Sage Financials, to provide single pane of glass functionality on the Business Cloud.