Data Lake

Big Data

Palo Alto Networks unveils ‘super-EDR’ capability with Cortex platform and key Cortex XDR application

February 27, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Palo Alto Networks unveils ‘super-EDR’ capability with Cortex platform and key Cortex XDR application
Cortex is the next-generation of Palo Alto Networks’ Application Framework, with the ability to create a much deeper data lake and analyze it more effectively. The newly announced Traps 6.0 endpoint solution contributes to this, as it now gathers data like an EDR solution for the first time.

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Big Data

Major new channel synergies anticipated from Qlik acquisition of Attunity

February 21, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Major new channel synergies anticipated from Qlik acquisition of Attunity
While Attunity’s smaller channel, which is principally SI’s, will realize more significant and elastic capabilities through Qlik, Qlik’s legacy channel, which is much larger, will reap new data integration capabilities. This is something Qlik sees as vital because of where they believe the analytics market is headed.

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Cloud

Attunity unveils new solutions to automate the data pipeline to Azure

February 14, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Attunity unveils new solutions to automate the data pipeline to Azure
For channel partners, Attunity’s new level of automation of the data pipeline to the Azure cloud frees them from migration processes that took months, and lets them provide more strategic services to customers.

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Big Data

New Pentaho-Hitachi Content Platform integration strengthens, simplifies Pentaho use of unstructured data

December 5, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on New Pentaho-Hitachi Content Platform integration strengthens, simplifies Pentaho use of unstructured data
The new Pentaho 8.2 release also makes hybrid cloud data management easier, and adds new and updated ecosystem support, including their first with the Jupyter Notebook open-source web application.

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Backup

Commvault launches ‘know your data’ solution with Commvault Activate

October 15, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Commvault launches ‘know your data’ solution with Commvault Activate
Commvault has had their Activate solution for discovery of data available for a while, but is formally launching it now, as a core component of their simplified four product area portfolio, and says that it will be a strong product for channel partners.

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Big Data

Splunk enhances analytics scalability, allows separate scaling of compute and storage and enables LOB users in new platform release

October 2, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Splunk enhances analytics scalability, allows separate scaling of compute and storage and enables LOB users in new platform release
Splunk’s announcements at the outset of their Spunk .conf18 event include significant new updates of their Splunk Enterprise and Splunk Cloud platforms

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Servers

Supermicro ships top-performing 1U all-flash storage server optimized for Samsung NF1 NVMe storage

September 6, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Supermicro ships top-performing 1U all-flash storage server optimized for Samsung NF1 NVMe storage
Supermicro and Samsung will jointly promote the new server aggressively because of its specific customization for the new Samsung SSDs.

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Security

Gigamon adds ability to address data retention security issues as well as data acquisition with ICEBRG acquisition

July 24, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Gigamon adds ability to address data retention security issues as well as data acquisition with ICEBRG acquisition
ICEBERG, a startup, was still in the direct selling stage and selling to larger companies, but Gigamon will fully open the SaaS offering up to partners, including MSP partners to take this lower in the market.

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Security

Optiv continues to build out Canadian presence, adding three new executives

June 25, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Optiv continues to build out Canadian presence, adding three new executives
Debbie Heiser has moved to a new position, as vice president, Canadian services delivery, while Daina Proctor has been appointed as a regional director for the National Capital Region and Western Canada. Osman Baig is now a regional director for Optiv in Toronto.

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Big Data

AtScale brings their Data Lake middleware to Amazon, Microsoft and Google cloud marketplaces

June 12, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on AtScale brings their Data Lake middleware to Amazon, Microsoft and Google cloud marketplaces
AtScale allows organizations to use their familiar BI tools like Tableau and Excel to process Big Data at extreme speeds. The new cloud marketplace initiative is aimed mainly at departments of enterprises.

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Cloud

AWS looks to make developers as creative as musicians with new services

November 30, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on AWS looks to make developers as creative as musicians with new services
AWS CEO Andy Jassy used his keynote presentation at AWS re:Invent to announce a flood of new services intended to empower developers and make them more creative.

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Cloud

Machine learning innovation front and center at AWS re:Invent

November 30, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Machine learning innovation front and center at AWS re:Invent
Almost everything announced at AWS re:Invent this year was about machine learning in some way, but several new services — and a deep learning camera were highlighted.

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Internet of Things

Hitachi unveils roadmap to the future

October 2, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Hitachi unveils roadmap to the future
Hitachi made multiple announcements of significance at their recent NEXT customer show, but they also gave some high level guidance about what’s coming in 2018.

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OpenText CEO Mark Barranechea
Big Data

OpenText brings Magellan to life

July 12, 2017 Robert Dutt Comments Off on OpenText brings Magellan to life
Waterloo-based OpenText says its new Magellan will be “a boom” for partners who can build out the applications and algorithms to power it for customers.

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Storage

HDS adds Content Intelligence platform to Hitachi Content Portfolio for object storage

November 18, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on HDS adds Content Intelligence platform to Hitachi Content Portfolio for object storage
The new content intelligence solution joins the Hitachi Content Platform, an integrated cloud-file gateway and an enterprise file sync and sharing platform as core elements of a broad object storage portfolio.

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Storage

All-Flash Dell EMC Isilon offers high-end complement to recent entry level offering

October 20, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on All-Flash Dell EMC Isilon offers high-end complement to recent entry level offering
What was formerly Project Nitro will hit the streets in 2017, with a single 4U Isilon Scale-Out system reaching a maximum of 924TB of capacity, 250,000 IOPS and up to 15GB/s of aggregate bandwidth in a 4-node cluster.

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Big Data

Canadian companies score poorly in Dell Technologies digital maturity study

October 17, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Canadian companies score poorly in Dell Technologies digital maturity study
A relative lack of competition compared to other geos is cited as a key reason why Canada is a laggard in the embrace of digital transformation.

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Storage

NetApp deepens flash push with new ONTAP software, all-flash systems

September 26, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on NetApp deepens flash push with new ONTAP software, all-flash systems
The new software adds software based encryption, container support and major performance and latency increases that NetApp says will continue their momentum in flash and hybrid.

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Kevin Peesker, president of Dell EMC Canada commercial division and Michael Sharun, country manager for Dell EMC Canada enterprise division.
Channel Programs

Dell, EMC Canadian leadership come together for Dell Canadian Partner Summit

September 14, 2016 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Dell, EMC Canadian leadership come together for Dell Canadian Partner Summit
Leaders for the former Dell Canada and EMC Canada come together to bring their combined message to the channel.

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Storage

NetApp announces new mid-tier all-flash array, enhanced software and data lake partnership

September 12, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on NetApp announces new mid-tier all-flash array, enhanced software and data lake partnership
The announcements are geared at beefing up NetApp’s data analytics presence in mid-sized businesses, following up a related enterprise initiative earlier this year.

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