Backup

Podcasts

Podcast: The CIO’s view, backups for virtualization, CTO predictions

December 29, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Podcast: The CIO’s view, backups for virtualization, CTO predictions
Avnet CIO Steve Phillips, Storagecraft channel manager Shawn Massey, and Hitachi Data Systems CTO Hu Yoshida on this edition of the ChannelBuzz.ca Podcast.

Cloud

New version of EMC Avamar Virtual Edition integrates with Azure

December 16, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on New version of EMC Avamar Virtual Edition integrates with Azure
Azure becomes the first public cloud supported by Avamar outside the EMC federation.

Cloud

N-able expands Arcserve relationship with Arcserve UDP

December 11, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on N-able expands Arcserve relationship with Arcserve UDP
N-able expands on its relationship with arcserve to carry the arcserve next-gen UDP solution for the first time, which is branded as N-able Backup Manager UDP.

Cloud

Asigra selects AWS as first third party provider to expand partner cloud infrastructure options

December 9, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on Asigra selects AWS as first third party provider to expand partner cloud infrastructure options
Partners asked Asigra to provide an integration with the AWS cloud because AWS prices now make it feasible to use it and make money.

Storage

Canadian retailers ring up low scores in backup protection in new EMC-sponsored study

December 5, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on Canadian retailers ring up low scores in backup protection in new EMC-sponsored study
EMC Canada’s Michael Sharun also stressed that channel partners (and sales people generally) need to do a better job of adding backup and recovery to their storage sales.

Shawn Massey on selling disaster recovery
Sponsored Content

Selling disaster recovery

November 20, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Selling disaster recovery
Shawn Massey of Storagecraft on how solution providers can position disaster recovery and differentiate their offering in a crowded marketplace.

Hardware

Arcserve announces first appliance offering

November 4, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on Arcserve announces first appliance offering
The CA spinoff, which is now free to focus on its SMB and midmarket-focused product line, is also announcing a free edition of its software, and an update of its Unified Data Protection (UDP) which adds some new features.

Distribution

ASG Software signs on Promark for data protection distribution

August 21, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on ASG Software signs on Promark for data protection distribution
ASG has seen a significant recent ramp up in the amount of business done through its channel, and expects much more to come.

Cloud

Nutanix adds hybrid cloud, high performance appliance

August 19, 2014 Mark Cox 1
Nutanix believes the ability to offer public cloud capacity, together with a more powerful appliance, will make them the go-to vendor for any enterprise converged infrastructure project.

Cloud

Zetta.net brings full server image backups to the cloud

August 18, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on Zetta.net brings full server image backups to the cloud
Zetta.net, which has a strong MSP business, can now make full server image backups directly to the cloud, without requiring an appliance or a staging drive.