Channel Programs
HPE pledges to further ramp up channel commitment at Global Partner Summit
HPE outlined its goals for its channel for the year ahead, together with new and planned initiatives to help them get there.
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Networking
StorMagic partners with Cisco, Citrix on edge appliance designed for Citrix Workspace Service
The new StorMagic appliance, leveraging its relationship with two of their strategic partners, will go to market through the Cisco channel.
Storage
Dell EMC rethinks converged infrastructure with next-gen VxBlock System 1000
While in the old Dell EMC converged lineup, a System 1000 would have been a new high-end model, the new VXBlock completely restructures the approach, and integrates all storage types in one offering. It makes this a single-model family with additional flexibility, greater cost efficiencies and simplified lifecycle management.
Servers
Cisco sees powerful channel opportunities in fifth generation UCS
In addition to the performance boost from the new Intel processors, Cisco is also touting its new Cisco Workload Optimization Manager software, which comes through an OEM deal with Turbonomic.
Cloud
“There’s a method to the madness:” Nutanix CEO Pandey talks strategy
Nutanix founder and CEO Dheeraj Pandey talks about where the company is headed, on multiple fronts.
Servers
Dell upgrades four-socket server portfolio
The enhancements reflect the increased capacity of Intel’s new Xeon E7 and E5 v4 processor. Dell has also refreshed its PowerEdge R830 rack server, which had not been updated since 2011.
Servers
Dell announces both Intel-related and internal improvements to their PowerEdge servers
Dell has announced the availability of its 13th generation servers with significant upgrades due to Intel’s release of its new Broadwell CPUs. The company, has, however, added some of its enhancements at the same time.
Hardware
Lenovo announces broad range of enterprise servers
The new offerings include new four and eight socket X6 systems, Lenovo Flex System X6 Compute Nodes, and both Lenovo X6 and joint Lenovo-EMC solutions optimized for SAP HANA.
Cloud
Cisco sees UCS Mini opening up Canadian market
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.
Data Centre
HP announces its ProLiant Gen9 servers
Feeds and speeds of individual servers await later rollouts, but HP is promising three times the compute power of Gen8 servers, and a focus server strategy for the modern data centre.
Servers
Maintenance key to IBM-Lenovo server deal
The deal for IBM to sell its x86 server unit to Lenovo continues to slog through reviews, as government is concerned about national security implications.
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Server shipments up, revenues down in 2013
Demand for servers is strong, but value is evaporating for the basic building blocks of data centers.
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LenovoEMC Storage Products Come to Channel
Joint venture’s NAS offerings integrated into Lenovo’s channel program
Cloud
HP Looks to Shake Off Funk With Moonshot
The company’s long-awaited hyperscale servers arrive
Data Centre
Cisco celebrates 10,000 UCS customers worldwide, 350 in Canada
Server strategy gaining momentum with both partners and customers, networking vendor says
Cloud
Capellas to partners: The cloud has already won
Why the VCE exec believes quality will beat price in the cloud marketplace