Tag Archive for Big Data

Storage

Skyera brings second generation of dense skyHawk flash array to market

by Mark Cox • October 29, 2014

In addition to being lightweight and energy efficient, the new skyhawk FS offers price parity with HDD systems “without tricks”, at $2.99 per GB.

CompTIA Canadian group rebrands, expands focus

by Robert Dutt • October 15, 2014

CompTIA’s Canadian IT Community eyes expanded national focus, membership drive, creation of trustmark for Canadian IT solution providers.

Cisco sees UCS Mini opening up Canadian market

by Robert Dutt • September 4, 2014

Damian Serjeant, general manager of Cisco Canada’s data centre business.

Cisco’s new UCS Mini server is designed for the remote office market, but the new entry-level offering opens up the SMB-heavy Canadian market to UCS.

Secrets of selling to the CIO

by Guest Poster • September 3, 2014

Five things to do — and five things to avoid — when trying to sell to the CIO, direct from Avnet CIO Steve Phillips.

PROMISE Technology launches FileCruiser private cloud solution

by Mark Cox • August 20, 2014

The long-time maker of RAID controllers and subsystems embarks on its first venture in the cloud, and its first software application venture, with plans to expand it into a hybrid cloud offering.

SaaS BI vendor SiSense names first channel chief

by Mark Cox • August 18, 2014

SiSense has a short sales cycle for BI, and is offering aggressive margins, including the same margins on renewals.

Apple, IBM partner to tackle mobile enterprise

by Larry Walsh (Channelnomics) • July 16, 2014

IBM CEO Virginia Rometty and Apple CEO Tim Cook strike an alliance to bring iPads and iPhones into the enterprise.

IBM and Apple have formed a partnership to make iPhones and iPad more valuable enterprise tools, and build a new, growth-oriented act for both companies.

IBM unveils new Big Data data management service

by Mark Cox • July 15, 2014

IBM debuts Elastic Storage, a software-defined storage-as-a-service offering built on SoftLayer that can be implemented 100% cloud, or on a hybrid model.

HP aims to woo would-be Lenovo partners

by Robert Dutt • June 4, 2014

Patrick Eitenbichler, director of PartnerOne strategy at HP

HP takes its turn as the disruptor, publicly courting IBM partners and customers that will be sent over when the Lenovo deal closes.

EMC buys enterprise flash startup DSSD

by Robert Dutt • May 5, 2014

EMC’s latest purchase will help it get to all-flash arrays in the hundreds of terabytes, focusing on Big Data apps like Hadoop and SAP HANA.

HP announces HP ConvergedSystem for SAP HANA

by Mark Cox • March 25, 2014

Frances Guida, managed of ConvergedSystems at HP.

HP continues its drive towards purpose-built solution stacks with a Converged System for SAP’s popular in-memory database technology.

Participation trumps technology in cloud: Red Hat CEO

by Robert Dutt • January 14, 2014

Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst spoke on cloud community issues at RHNAPC

Solution providers looking to place bets in cloud efforts should consider the nature of the community over the nature of its technology, Jim Whitehust says.

Whitman Previews “New Architecture” from HP Labs

by Robert Dutt • December 10, 2013

HP CEO Meg Whitman details memristor and Photonics technologies in development at HP Labs that she says will lead to a new technology architecture.

HP Targets VCE with Converged System Lineup

by Robert Dutt • December 10, 2013

HP says move to converged system data center offerings will help partners increase volume and focus on higher-value services.

HP’s New AMD-fueled Moonshot Aimed at VDI

by Chris Gonsalves (Channelnomics) • November 13, 2013

HP continues to shoot for the moon with its power- and space-thrifty Moonshot servers, this week rolling out a line based on Opteron processors from AMD.

DiFranco: HP’s Got Its Mojo Back

by Larry Walsh (Channelnomics) • October 31, 2013

As other big vendors show signs of slowing sales and transitional challenges, HP is emerging from its reorganization appearing a little more confident.