appliance

Storage

Dell expands Nutanix XC series with two new models

October 22, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell expands Nutanix XC series with two new models
Dell introduces both its first all-flash appliances and a high-density offering in its popular XC hyperconverged series which combine Dell hardware and Nutanix software.

Storage

Cohesity’s revolutionary converged secondary storage platform hits general availability

October 14, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cohesity’s revolutionary converged secondary storage platform hits general availability
Led by the original co-founder of Nutanix, Cohesity aims to disrupt the market for secondary storage the same way Nutanix disrupted primary storage.

Managed Services

New Datto offerings strengthen business continuity play

August 4, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on New Datto offerings strengthen business continuity play
Datto also reported a significant increase in support from key Canadian partners, part of the ramifications from their recent increased investment in the Canadian market.

Servers

HP announces second generation of hyperconverged StoreVirtual appliances

August 4, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on HP announces second generation of hyperconverged StoreVirtual appliances
The new CS 250 is a much-enhanced followup to the appliance HP first announced in December at HP Discover, and which came to market earlier this year.

Hardware

Savage IO relaunches with new converged hardware storage solution

July 28, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Savage IO relaunches with new converged hardware storage solution
The company’s new SavageStor architecture features 12 SAS lanes with 25 GB/s throughput, part of a design intended to completely remove bottlenecks inside the server and address needs of customers who require high performance and throughput.

Distribution

SimpliVity to boost Canadian business with new Cisco-related distribution deal

July 22, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on SimpliVity to boost Canadian business with new Cisco-related distribution deal
SimpliVity is about to announce a new distribution deal which will strengthen its developing Canadian business, and make their joint solution with Cisco available as a single SKU.

Cloud

New Arcserve Cloud caps frenetic year since company’s independence from CA

July 14, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on New Arcserve Cloud caps frenetic year since company’s independence from CA
The cloud itself comes from a partner, which does have a Canadian data centre capacity. It is first available as an integration with Arcserve’s UDP appliance and is likely to have special appeal to MSPs, including those not presently offering managed services.

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Cloud

NetBackup 7.7 highlights broad refresh of Veritas portfolio

July 9, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on NetBackup 7.7 highlights broad refresh of Veritas portfolio
New products include Veritas Information Map, which is built on the company’s new Information Fabric, and Veritas Resiliency Platform, an IT service continuity solution. Veritas InfoScale is an enhancement and rebranding of the old Symantec Storage Foundations.

Big Data

Canada needs to move beyond traditional IT: Dell

July 6, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Canada needs to move beyond traditional IT: Dell
Canadian organizations are not as far along the transition to the new IT as some in other countries, so Dell’s global strategy of forming deep ISV alliances to create Dell Blueprints to help customers make that transition seems particularly relevant here.

Cloud

Toronto’s Breqwatr taking appliance to simplify private cloud deployments through the channel

July 2, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Toronto’s Breqwatr taking appliance to simplify private cloud deployments through the channel
The Toronto startup is going to market through the channel out of the gate, and unusually for a startup, has been picked up by a major distributor. Arrow is handling their North American distribution.