Cisco

Artificial Intelligence

Pure Storage targets high end of AI market with Hyperscale AIRI

March 25, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pure Storage targets high end of AI market with Hyperscale AIRI
In addition to these new hyperconverged models produced with partners NVIDIA and Mellanox, Pure Storage announced FlashStack for AI, an AI-optimized version of their Cisco-focused converged offering.

Partnerships

Hitachi Vantara, Cisco extend partnership around converged infrastructure

March 7, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Hitachi Vantara, Cisco extend partnership around converged infrastructure
The new Cisco and Hitachi Adaptive Solutions for Converged Infrastructure will go to market through a select number of channel partners, building on the channel focus of the recent VSP Pro solutions.

Podcasts

The ChannelBuzz.ca Podcast Live at Activate Digital 2019

March 1, 2019 Robert Dutt Comments Off on The ChannelBuzz.ca Podcast Live at Activate Digital 2019
The ChannelBuzz.ca Podcatst comes to you from Activiate Digital 2019, a digital transformation conference held by Long View Systems. We talk to Dave Frederickson, Rola Dagher, Paula Hodgins, and Paolo Del Nibletto.

Unified Communications

VisibilityOne nears entry into videoconferencing monitoring market with public beta launch

February 11, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on VisibilityOne nears entry into videoconferencing monitoring market with public beta launch
VisibilityOne provides a cloud-based videoconferencing service, designed to support multi-vendor environments, and be very simple to install and use. It is slated for general release in early summer, and will be sold through UCC-focused partners.

Backup

SwiftStack sees big pluses in partnering with Veeam around new Veeam Cloud Tier

January 22, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on SwiftStack sees big pluses in partnering with Veeam around new Veeam Cloud Tier
The SwiftStack integration, their first ever with Veeam, lets local data on Veeam servers be automatically moved between performance and capacity tiers created in SwiftStack, defined by an organization’s management and retention policies.

Mark Collins, vice president of the partner organization at Cisco Canada
Networking

New Year’s Podcast Series: Mark Collins of Cisco Canada

January 17, 2019 Robert Dutt Comments Off on New Year’s Podcast Series: Mark Collins of Cisco Canada
Mark Collins, vice president of the partner organization at Cisco Canada, talks about the year that was 2018 and offers thoughts for the year that will be 2019 in this edition of the New Year’s Podcast Series.

Internet of Things

Nozomi Networks continues to address IT/OT convergence issues with Schneider Electric partnership

January 16, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Nozomi Networks continues to address IT/OT convergence issues with Schneider Electric partnership
This global deal, which is a very significant one for both companies, also has implications for Nozomi Networks’ strategy of bridging the gap between IT and OT, and for their IT vendor partners like Cisco and Fortinet and their joint channel partners.

Backup

Commvault, Cisco extend partnership with integration around Cisco HyperFlex HCI systems

January 16, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Commvault, Cisco extend partnership with integration around Cisco HyperFlex HCI systems
The new integration extends ScaleProtect with Cisco UCS to Cisco’s HyperFlex hyperconverged products, and validates Commvault’s IntelliSnap snapshot technology with them.

Storage

Brian Grainger moves from Spectra Logic to StorMagic as CRO with plans to grow presence in hyperconverged market

January 10, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Brian Grainger moves from Spectra Logic to StorMagic as CRO with plans to grow presence in hyperconverged market
Grainger talks with ChannelBuzz about his plans to build StorMagic’s brand, its channel and its business and become a major player in the HCI space.