appliance

Internet of Things

Hitachi deepens IoT play with new Hitachi Video Analytics

February 10, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Hitachi deepens IoT play with new Hitachi Video Analytics
Hitachi adds a Video Analytics solution to its Internet of Things portfolio, which also includes the Hitachi Video Management Platform and the Hitachi Visualization Suite.

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Security

SonicWall integrates Capture Advanced Threat Protection into Email security

February 9, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on SonicWall integrates Capture Advanced Threat Protection into Email security
SonicWall Email Security 9.0 also features improved Office 365 Support.

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Managed Services

Webroot targets different partner segments with three new product announcements

February 2, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Webroot targets different partner segments with three new product announcements
Webroot SecureAnywhere DNS Protection is aimed at the SMB MSP market, while Webroot FlowScape Analytics is more for MSSPs and Webroot BrightCloud Streaming Malware Detection is primarily an OEM play.

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Backup

Barracuda refreshes its entire lineup of backup appliances

February 2, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Barracuda refreshes its entire lineup of backup appliances
Memory, performance and capacity have been increased, with capacity on the physical models going up from 100 per cent in the entry level appliances, to between 15-30 per cent in the high end ones.

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Storage

NetApp unveils small form factor version of top of the line all flash array

January 31, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on NetApp unveils small form factor version of top of the line all flash array
The NetApp AFF A700s is aimed at customers looking to improve their data centre economics by significantly reducing physical footprint. NetApp also announced an updating and reworking of its storage capacity guarantee.

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Cloud

HPE, Atlantis kick off new hyper-converged infrastructure Citrix Ready program

January 9, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on HPE, Atlantis kick off new hyper-converged infrastructure Citrix Ready program
Citrix has announced the Citrix Ready HCI Workspace Appliance Program, with Atlantis and HPE collaborating with Citrix on the first offering in it, the HPE Intelligent Edge Workspace. It is a turnkey virtual workspace appliance with mid-market simplicity and pricing.

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Channel Programs

Partner tiering, accreditation changes on horizon for Lenovo

November 18, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Partner tiering, accreditation changes on horizon for Lenovo
Lenovo’s increased emphasis over the last year on elements in the server space that go well beyond 1P and 2P servers is leading to some significant programmatic changes coming in 2017.

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Storage

Scale Computing addresses ‘smallest of the small’ with one node hyper-converged appliance

October 25, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Scale Computing addresses ‘smallest of the small’ with one node hyper-converged appliance
The most common use case for the new single node Scale Computing configuration will be providing ROBO capabilities and disaster recovery in conjunction with traditional three node appliances.

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Data Centre

Lenovo creates new appliance-centric ThinkAgile portfolio

October 17, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Lenovo creates new appliance-centric ThinkAgile portfolio
ThinkAgile will initially consist of three components: their existing HX offerings with Nutanix software, beefed up with Lenovo networking; the newly announced CX line from a new partnership with Nimble Storage; and new OpenStack-based offerings that will first be limited to China, and eventually roll into other geos.

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Data Centre

Nimble Storage sees huge opportunity in Lenovo partnership

October 17, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Nimble Storage sees huge opportunity in Lenovo partnership
For Nimble, the Lenovo partnership massively expands their route to market, with a series of new appliances that combine the two companies’ technology, and which will go to market through Lenovo and its channel.

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Cloud

ZeroStack adds deployment option on existing servers for their ‘cloud-in-a-box’ appliance

October 14, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on ZeroStack adds deployment option on existing servers for their ‘cloud-in-a-box’ appliance
While other companies offer a similar type of product, ZeroStack sees a competitive advantage in what it claims is the broadest range of customer choice in the way it can be deployed.

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Storage

Second generation Arcserve UDP appliance increases TAM to upper midmarket

October 5, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Second generation Arcserve UDP appliance increases TAM to upper midmarket
The new 8000 Arcserve line also reduces the number of appliances from eleven to four, while also adding virtual standby capability to all the models.

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Partnerships

Scale Computing adds BI capability for SMBs with Information Builders partnership

September 20, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Scale Computing adds BI capability for SMBs with Information Builders partnership
The Information Builders partnership is the first in a strategy designed to provide Scale partners with additional software services, turning their hardware platform into an App Store of sorts.

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Channel Programs

SmartFile enhances channel program in push to expand enterprise channel business

August 23, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on SmartFile enhances channel program in push to expand enterprise channel business
Tyler Snetselaar has been named Director of Strategic Alliances and Channel Partnerships, as SmartFile looks to expand its channel presence, especially among systems integrators serving the enterprise.

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Managed Services

Barracuda Backup – Intronis MSP Edition adds virtual appliance option

August 2, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Barracuda Backup – Intronis MSP Edition adds virtual appliance option
Intronis MSPs who want a virtual appliance can now leverage the virtual appliance technology from Barracuda to obtain it.

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Channel Programs

Oracle urges partners to climb into cloud at Oracle PartnerNetwork kickoff event

June 21, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Oracle urges partners to climb into cloud at Oracle PartnerNetwork kickoff event
While much of the event was based on emphasizing Oracle’s commitment to the cloud, they did announce a new program to help ISVs into the cloud.

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Big Data

HDS targets midmarket with expanded UCP 2000 and new hyper-converged offering

June 21, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on HDS targets midmarket with expanded UCP 2000 and new hyper-converged offering
The HC V240, HDS’ first hyper-converged appliance, is based on the VMware stack, but the hyper-converged road map is likely to broaden out beyond that.

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Big Data

New Dell Validated System for SAP HANA Edge to bring HANA to SMBs

May 18, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on New Dell Validated System for SAP HANA Edge to bring HANA to SMBs
Other Dell SAP-related initiatives announced at SAPPHIRE NOW included ones around the Internet of Things, cloud blueprints to optimize SAP environments, and a new optimized architecture for SAP Foundation for Health.

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Cloud

KEMP 2.0 releases KEMP360 application delivery framework

May 11, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on KEMP 2.0 releases KEMP360 application delivery framework
The new two-component application infrastructure monitoring and management solution is aimed at the enterprise, where the former SMB-focused vendor has been increasingly looking for new business.

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Servers

Scale Computing integrates flash into tiering to strengthen SMB hyper-converged offering

May 3, 2016 Mark Cox 1
Scale’s new HEAT technology brings flash into hybrid tiering, with all the performance benefits of using flash for a tier rather than just a cache. The challenge here was not introducing flash, but doing so in a way that would not increase complexity, and would be cost-effective for SMBs.

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