archiving

Storage

VAST Data looks to disrupt enterprise data centre with Universal Storage Architecture

February 26, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on VAST Data looks to disrupt enterprise data centre with Universal Storage Architecture
VAST Data is targeting larger enterprises with an unabashed rip-and replace offering, designed to replace legacy data centre infrastructure with what they term a revolutionary and state of the art offering designed to deal with modern enterprise pain points.

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Backup

Pax8 adds five new vendors to linecard

November 9, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pax8 adds five new vendors to linecard
Cloud distributor Pax8 continues to expand and grow its vendor roster, adding Acronis and Dropsuite in the business continuity space, and IRONSCALES, Passportal and Proofpoint for different things within security.

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Backup

Pax8 strengthens backup portfolio with addition of Singapore-based Dropsuite to line card

October 29, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pax8 strengthens backup portfolio with addition of Singapore-based Dropsuite to line card
Pax8 bolsters MSP choices in email archiving and Office 365 backup with Dropsuite, while emphasizing that they have some technology and pricing features that partners should find attractive.

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Backup

Arcserve unveils integrated cloud-native solution set with Business Continuity Cloud

October 9, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Arcserve unveils integrated cloud-native solution set with Business Continuity Cloud
Arcserve combines four of its solutions into a single cloud offering that on-prem customers cam still use, but will also give them hybrid and full cloud options.

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Storage

Spectra Logic improves LTO tape recall time 3x, increases tape life with new TAOS enhancement

July 23, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Spectra Logic improves LTO tape recall time 3x, increases tape life with new TAOS enhancement
While the Spectra Logic TAOS system to improve LTO recall times is the high-profile news here, they also announced zoning to improve robot retrieval performance, a new tool to make it easier to load takes in bulk into libraries, a higher-end maintenance plan for customers who want to train their own people to do repairs, and a new lifetime media data integrity guarantee.

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Backup

Commvault restructuring of product portfolio, channel enablement tools guided by same theme

July 19, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Commvault restructuring of product portfolio, channel enablement tools guided by same theme
Commvault has greatly simplified its solution set, from 21 product areas to four, and consolidated its partner enablement tools, with the goal of both being to greatly scale the channel business.

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Partnerships

German software-defined archiving company iTernity sees strong expansion potential in strategic HPE alliance

July 4, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on German software-defined archiving company iTernity sees strong expansion potential in strategic HPE alliance
ITernity has many ISV integrations, and a 100 per cent channel strategy, but its participation in the HPE Complete program to drive business through HPE and their channel is critical to their strategy.

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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.

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Storage

Qumulo unveils disruptive entry level offering for archive file storage

June 19, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Qumulo unveils disruptive entry level offering for archive file storage
Qumulo combines their extreme scale-out Qumulo File Fabric software in a dense 1U box with dense 12TB drives powered by a system-on-a-chip, to provide a new lower-cost offering designed to make archives much more accessible to users than has been the case until now.

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Cloud

Archive360 reorganizes solution offerings around more flexible modular structure

June 18, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Archive360 reorganizes solution offerings around more flexible modular structure
The Archive360 Archive2Azure platform now has eight modules, which are purchased separately, allowing customers to tailor their solution to their organization’s specific needs.

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Cloud

Nexsan announces new cloud transfer capability for on-prem Assureon secure archiving

June 5, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Nexsan announces new cloud transfer capability for on-prem Assureon secure archiving
Assureon Cloud Transfer is Nexsan’s first cloud offering, but the company is pledging that it won’t be the last.

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Backup

Veritas beefs up SaaS governance portfolio with new Veritas SaaS Backup

May 30, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Veritas beefs up SaaS governance portfolio with new Veritas SaaS Backup
Veritas also announces two new sets of offerings for Office 365 and Google G Suite which feature Veritas SaaS Backup, and two existing products, Veritas Info.Map and Veritas EV.cloud.

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Backup

Aparavi upgrades active archiving SaaS platform, unveils channel plans

May 15, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Aparavi upgrades active archiving SaaS platform, unveils channel plans
The upgrades include expanding multi-cloud support and a new compliance-focused capability. Aparavi has also made its channel plans clear, and has a channel program coming.

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Security

AppRiver expands Canadian customer, partner base by acquiring Ottawa’s Roaring Penguin

March 28, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on AppRiver expands Canadian customer, partner base by acquiring Ottawa’s Roaring Penguin
The Canadian acquisition is the first step in an AppRiver strategy to expand its presence further beyond the U.S, but it’s not purely about acquiring customers, as some of Roaring Penguin’s anti-spam technology will be integrated into AppRiver’s own offering.

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Backup

Strong SMB momentum makes Cohesity first winner of SHI’s Emerging Partner of the Year award

March 13, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Strong SMB momentum makes Cohesity first winner of SHI’s Emerging Partner of the Year award
Cohesity also met another key criteria for the award, that a vendor provide clear and consistent support to the channel.

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Storage

Spectra Logic adds two new value solutions to tape library solutions

March 1, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Spectra Logic adds two new value solutions to tape library solutions
The Spectra Stack is a modular tape library, while the Spectra T950V is a less expensive version of the Spectra T950.

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Backup

Cohesity making push into file and object storage market

February 14, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cohesity making push into file and object storage market
Cohesity is looking to move beyond its hyper-converged backup roots with an aggressive drive to attract customers looking for file and object storage as principal use cases.

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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.

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Channel Programs

Quantum adds new invite-only SPIF Quantum NOW program with focus on new business

October 20, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Quantum adds new invite-only SPIF Quantum NOW program with focus on new business
Quantum’s new Quantum NOW program is looking to incent reps to bring in new business, particularly in unstructured data and archiving, with higher than usual SPIFs.

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Storage

Nexsan refreshes workhorse block storage E Series P

October 16, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Nexsan refreshes workhorse block storage E Series P
While Nexsan’s new Unity unified storage has garnered the media attention, its recently updated E Series P continues to provide most of their revenues.

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