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Pure Storage fleshes out hybrid cloud strategy with NVMe-oF support and ObjectEngine launch

February 19, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pure Storage fleshes out hybrid cloud strategy with NVMe-oF support and ObjectEngine launch
Support for RDMA over Converged Ethernet is available now in Purity 5.2 software, while the ObjectEngine flash-to-flash-to-cloud data protection acquired from StorReduce will hit GA in the first half of the year.

Cloud

Dell EMC upgrades Isilon, Unity elements of storage portfolio

February 14, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell EMC upgrades Isilon, Unity elements of storage portfolio
Dell EMC unveils a new Isilon scale-out system, the F810, which has built in data compression capabilities. They have also enhanced their Unity platform with the OE 4.5 software release.

Ed Galasso, general manager of Tech Data Canada
Distribution

New Year’s Podcast Series: Ed Galasso of Tech Data Canada

January 24, 2019 Robert Dutt Comments Off on New Year’s Podcast Series: Ed Galasso of Tech Data Canada
Tech Data Canada boss Ed Galasso joins the ChannelBuzz.ca Podcast to discuss the distributor’s highlights of the year 2018 and offer his thoughts for what’s to come in 2019.

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Veeam adds new Cloud Tier, enhances Cloud Mobility and DataLabs in new Availability Suite release

January 22, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Veeam adds new Cloud Tier, enhances Cloud Mobility and DataLabs in new Availability Suite release
In addition to the flood of news around Availability Suite 9.5 Update 4, Veeam also announced Veeam Availability for AWS, Veeam Availability Console V3, and a new licensing option with one license for any workload.

Networking

Security in Canada going through interesting times: Palo Alto Networks Canada country manager Rob Lunney

January 21, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Security in Canada going through interesting times: Palo Alto Networks Canada country manager Rob Lunney
Palo Alto Networks’ Canadian country manager talks about the challenges his company faces, how it has adapted its strategies to meet them, and what the channel needs to do to keep pace.

Cloud

Pulse Secure introduces full-featured vADC Community Edition to turn developers into fans

January 17, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pulse Secure introduces full-featured vADC Community Edition to turn developers into fans
Pulse Secure has had free ‘try before you buy’ products before, but this new Community Edition has all the features of the full version, and with no time limit on use. The only limitations are that its scalability is limited to smaller applications, and it lacks the full management and Pulse Secure support.

Big Data

Veeam discusses new $500 million VC investment and indicates it buries thoughts of IPO

January 16, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Veeam discusses new $500 million VC investment and indicates it buries thoughts of IPO
Veeam’s Director of Product Strategy talks with ChannelBuzz about what the deal will mean for Veeam, and for its channel partners.

Cloud

Innovative cloud service startup Sonrai Security sees strong channel play as they emerge from stealth

January 15, 2019 Mark Cox 1
Sonrai also has a strong Canadian connection, with one of the two founders and the company’s engineering based in Fredericton N.B., as was the case with their previous company, Q1 Labs.

Networking

Cradlepoint announces first Gigabit LTE router solutions for pathway to 5G

January 10, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cradlepoint announces first Gigabit LTE router solutions for pathway to 5G
The new edge router solutions based on Cradlepoint’s NetCloud service that are the first to use their Elastic Wideband technology to provide Gigabit-Class wireless connectivity for enterprise and public safety organizations.

Channel Programs

Citrix looks to move beyond virtualization in articulating sales strategy at Summit

January 7, 2019 Mark Cox 1
Citrix is emphasizing to partners this year that their Citrix Workspace for unified mobile data access should be positioned beyond the traditional virtualization market, in order to reach the more than two-thirds of organizations who don’t use virtualization at all.