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Cloud

Michael Dell distributes wisdom at Dell EMC World

May 9, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Michael Dell distributes wisdom at Dell EMC World
Dell Technologies’ CEO took questions on a myriad of topics, ranging from the wisdom of doubling down on PCs when the segment is in decline, to why a traditional hardware company believes it to be well positioned for the cloud era.

Cloud

Unified Dell Technologies brand strength for Dell EMC in Canada

May 9, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Unified Dell Technologies brand strength for Dell EMC in Canada
Michael Sharun, the President of Dell EMC Canada’s Enterprise Division, discusses recent trends in the company’s Canadian business.

Cloud

AWS loves itself some compute

December 5, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on AWS loves itself some compute
While AWS made many, many announcements at its re:Invent event, the reworking of its family of instances, and availability of several interesting use case capabilities are likely to turn heads.

Storage

Dell EMC upgrades SC portfolio with support from EMC-side technologies

October 20, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell EMC upgrades SC portfolio with support from EMC-side technologies
Dell EMC World this year has seen the integration of support from legacy Dell products like PowerEdge servers for EMC solutions. This particular integration goes the other way, with support from legacy EMC storage management and data protection products being announced for the mid-range SC line.

Managed Services

HPE releases hybrid compute managed service for small business/ROBO market

April 13, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on HPE releases hybrid compute managed service for small business/ROBO market
The HPE ProLiant Easy Connect Managed Hybrid solution is a subscription based offering for small businesses and ROBO environments. But while American partners get access to it in a couple weeks, Canadian ones will have to wait a while – like until Q4.

Hardware

‘Okay for Resale’ eval program for its hardened servers highlights Skyport partner program

July 21, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on ‘Okay for Resale’ eval program for its hardened servers highlights Skyport partner program
Skyport, which came out of stealth in May, has announced a channel program designed to support partners who sell its unique infrastructure solution.

Data Centre

Hyperconverged startup Stratoscale gears up for late summer product release

May 15, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Hyperconverged startup Stratoscale gears up for late summer product release
Stratoscale emerged from stealth late last year with some powerful vendor investors, a unique hyperconverged value proposition and a 100 per cent channel strategy. The plan is for the product to be available this summer.

Cloud

HDS announces three new cloud options

October 27, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on HDS announces three new cloud options
The enhancements to Hitachi Unified Compute Platform which streamline and accelerate the process of building and managing cloud are the big news here for most HDS partners.