appliance

Mobility

Check Point adds threat prevention to mobile security, and intros new high-end gateway to prevent today’s threats

July 26, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Check Point adds threat prevention to mobile security, and intros new high-end gateway to prevent today’s threats
SandBlast Mobile 3.0 extends the parameters of smartphone protection by adding the ability to prevent threats as well as detect them, while the new 23900 security gateway adds a new very high end data centre appliance for Check Point customers who don’t need the scalability of a chassis.

Storage

StorageCraft continues vertical solutions strategy with StorageCraft for Education bundle

July 16, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on StorageCraft continues vertical solutions strategy with StorageCraft for Education bundle
StorageCraft is now offering a standard bundle with special pricing for the education market. Later this summer, they will also be introducing more complex integrated solutions for their vertical markets as well.

Backup

Dell EMC targets SMB and midmarket customers with DP 4400 Integrated Protection Appliance

July 11, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell EMC targets SMB and midmarket customers with DP 4400 Integrated Protection Appliance
The IDPA series Dell EMC rolled out last year was aimed at the enterprise, but the DP4400 was specifically built for SMB and midmarket customers, and is being targeted there rather than at ROBO deployments of enterprises.

Backup

CTERA Networks expands portfolio with new ROBO-focused line of larger edge appliances

July 3, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on CTERA Networks expands portfolio with new ROBO-focused line of larger edge appliances
The new CTERA appliances triple the speed, double the capacity and quadruple the number of users supported over CTERA’s previous edge offerings, allowing them to position them as a full NAS replacement.

Internet of Things

Extreme Networks launches new machine learning-powered Smart OmniEdge solution

June 19, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Extreme Networks launches new machine learning-powered Smart OmniEdge solution
Extreme Networks believes that the addition of AI and simplicity to the edge, the unification of campus and distributed architectures, and the choice that customers now have between an appliance and as-a-service, will make it easier for partners to have conversations with customers about business problems rather than networking challenges.

Data Centre

EXCLUSIVE: Maxta to offer pre-configured HCI appliances through Arrow

June 7, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on EXCLUSIVE: Maxta to offer pre-configured HCI appliances through Arrow
In a related announcement, Maxta announces a new relationship with large account reseller Connection, which will be able to leverage these new pre-configured appliances.

Networking

HPE adds new orchestration software, smaller model to Ethernet M-Series storage switches

June 5, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on HPE adds new orchestration software, smaller model to Ethernet M-Series storage switches
The HPE Smart Fabric Orchestrator provides the same capabilities for Ethernet that HP’s Smart SAN does for Fibre Channel, while the new M-Series SN2010M is a smaller switch for the secondary storage market.

Security

FireEye looks to further expansion in Canada with new channel solutions, consumption models

May 22, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on FireEye looks to further expansion in Canada with new channel solutions, consumption models
FireEye sells almost entirely through the channel, but has recently doubled down on channel enablement with a series of enablement initiatives that cover product, pricing models, and partner compensation.

Backup

INFINIDAT comes to first VeeamON with new solution set and new Veeam integration

May 15, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on INFINIDAT comes to first VeeamON with new solution set and new Veeam integration
INFINIDAT and Veeam come originally from different segments of the market, but have partnered around an enterprise play, and INFINIDAT is looking to enlist some of Veeam’s top solution providers to increase their own ranks of ‘go-to’ partners.

Backup

Scale-out storage vendor ExaGrid looks to continue momentum with Nutanix

May 14, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Scale-out storage vendor ExaGrid looks to continue momentum with Nutanix
ExaGrid recently unveiled a new top-of-the-line appliance, and entered into a Nutanix-focused parternshp with data protection provider HYCU.