Connected Data

Storage

Nexsan expands Unity portfolio with archiving box, desktop client

February 22, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Nexsan expands Unity portfolio with archiving box, desktop client
Nexsan’s new Unity Active Archive is expected to have a much larger market than Nexsan’s Assureon archiving product, because of its ease of use and deployment, broader use cases, and attractive pricing.

Storage

New Nexsan UNITY offers adds sync and share capabilities to NST Unified Storage

April 25, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on New Nexsan UNITY offers adds sync and share capabilities to NST Unified Storage
Integrating the capabilities acquired from Connected Data’s Transporter appliances gives Nexsan what they believe will be a completely differentiated unified storage offering.

Channel Programs

Nexsan enhances partner program, including new support for Transporter appliances

March 21, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Nexsan enhances partner program, including new support for Transporter appliances
Imation, Nexsan’s parent company, has recently undergone a major reorganization, designed to give it greater focus and make it competitive in a tough storage market. A key part of that is integrating the core Nexsan portfolio with Transporter Sync and Share technology. Access to that technology is one element of the enhanced partner program.

Hardware

Connected Data augments NAS with Transporter Network Storage Connector

June 15, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Connected Data augments NAS with Transporter Network Storage Connector
The free Connector front-ends a NAS device, allowing the Transporter appliance to sync important files and folders seamlessly to users’ laptops and mobile devices, to overcome NAS’s limitations with mobility.

Storage

New Drobo CEO outlines plans for growth as independent company

May 21, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on New Drobo CEO outlines plans for growth as independent company
Former Brocade executive Mihir H. Shah tells ChannelBuzz why he thinks Drobo remains a valuable commodity in a world of ever more complex storage solutions, what he sees as new opportunities for the company, and his view of how it will go to market going forward.

Channel Programs

Connected Data unveils partner program to support Transporter appliances

May 5, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Connected Data unveils partner program to support Transporter appliances
While the sync and share market is hot, cloud-based offerings have limited revenue potential for the channel, something that the Transporter private cloud appliances are designed to address.

Storage

Much larger drive capacity highlights enhanced Drobo top-of-the-line release

March 17, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Much larger drive capacity highlights enhanced Drobo top-of-the-line release
Drobo’s BeyondRAID technology also gets a boost, so that when you add a new drive it will configure the RAID array 800 per cent faster than before.

Cloud

Connected Data unveils smaller Transporter private business cloud devices

February 25, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Connected Data unveils smaller Transporter private business cloud devices
The company rolls out smaller and less expensive appliance alternatives to Dropbox, and emphasizes that it relies on partners to show SMBs that their upfront cost is cheaper over time.

Hardware

Connected Data introduces Transporter channel play with private business cloud device

October 21, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on Connected Data introduces Transporter channel play with private business cloud device
Transporter Genesis becomes the company’s first non-Drobo product to be a strong channel offering, and will heavily leverage the Drobo channel to go to market.