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Cloud

New Equinix President and CEO Charles Meyers talks strategy going forward

September 12, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on New Equinix President and CEO Charles Meyers talks strategy going forward
Equinix names company veteran Meyers, most recently their President of Strategy, Services and Innovation, as President and CEO. He talks with ChannelBuzz about the opportunities he sees in the market, and how the company can best leverage them, including how their channel fits in.

Backup

Rubrik Datos IO adds new Docker functionality, Azure support in major 3.0 release

September 12, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Rubrik Datos IO adds new Docker functionality, Azure support in major 3.0 release
The first release since Rubrik acquired Datos IO earlier his year also makes major enhancements to the platform’s scale-out architecture and performance.

Randy Churchill, director of marketing and business development for D&H Canada
Distribution

D&H Canada looks to connect more small VARs with Cisco Meraki though “Driven” program

September 5, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on D&H Canada looks to connect more small VARs with Cisco Meraki though “Driven” program
The “Driven” program for Cisco Meraki is the first program D&H has offered specifically for Cisco Meraki, and includes measures to make it easier for small VARs to become certified on Meraki, and make more money once they are.

Backup

Veeam, Cisco expand relationship around Cisco HyperFlex to secondary side

August 29, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Veeam, Cisco expand relationship around Cisco HyperFlex to secondary side
Cisco and Veeam partnered around HyperFlex over a year ago around a direct snapshot integration for HyperFlex primary storage. Now they are extending that partnership with a new integration on the secondary side that leverages enhancements made in HyperFlex 3.0.

Partnerships

Pure Storage highlights Cisco momentum with new Oracle Data Warehouse solution, and AIRI integrations

July 24, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pure Storage highlights Cisco momentum with new Oracle Data Warehouse solution, and AIRI integrations
Pure Storage channel chief Michael Sotnick also highlighted strong company momentum in the Canadian market.

Networking

HPE introduces Cisco-based C-Series 32GB TC switch and director module

July 3, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on HPE introduces Cisco-based C-Series 32GB TC switch and director module
HPE rolls out the Cisco-based version of the next-gen 32GB FC switch, following the launch of the Brocade-based B-series last month.

Brian Aebig, vice president of sales for Tech Data Canada
Distribution

Tech Data updates Canadian e-commerce site

June 19, 2018 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Tech Data updates Canadian e-commerce site
The new Tech Data Canada shopping site boasts new design and features, and sets the stage for greater integration across the distributor’s business in the future.

Sachin Gupta, senior vice president of product management for enterprise networking at Cisco
Networking

Cisco brings intent-based networking to third parties as DNA Center opens up

June 12, 2018 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Cisco brings intent-based networking to third parties as DNA Center opens up
Cisco says it will open up its DNA Center to managing other vendors’ gear as it moves to make the intent-based networking hub an open platform for network innovation.

Susie Wee, vice president and CTO of DevNet at Cisco
Networking

Cisco adds DevNet Ecosystem Exchange as developer community continues to grow

June 11, 2018 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Cisco adds DevNet Ecosystem Exchange as developer community continues to grow
Cisco introduces DevNet Ecosystem Exchange to help expose software built around its platform and APIs as its developer community ranks rise past 500,000.

Data Centre

NetApp and Cisco roll out new first of new vertical solutions, plus Managed Private Cloud solution

June 7, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on NetApp and Cisco roll out new first of new vertical solutions, plus Managed Private Cloud solution
The vertical solution is FlexPod Datacenter for Epic EHR, and the short-range strategy is to roll out additional solutions for the health care vertical – including additional ones for EHR – and then move to other verticals.