Intelligent data management startup Komprise has also expanded their distribution network, signing on Lifeboat to complement original distribution partner Synnex
Hitachi Data Instance Director, which had been around Hitachi Data Services since 2008, gets an updating from integration with Hitachi Content Platform and analytics technologies which came in the formation of Hitachi Vantara.
Panzura’s hybrid cloud NAS gains an additional use case with the certification, which will enable joint Veeam and Panzura solutions for cloud-native VM backup and DR in any public or private cloud.
The major announcement was Veam DataLabs, which is an upgraded version of the old Veeam Virtual Labs repositioned to serve broader use cases. In that sense, this product announcement also fits into the articulation of the broader vision which is what this year’s VeeamON was all about.
The main Veeam announcement at this year’s VeeamON event is advancing their core branding, to keep up with customer expectations by providing fully automated data management as part of an availability strategy.
Nutanix Era leverages Nutanix snapshotting technology to allow easy management of multiple copies of databases, easily provision fully configured database services, and select specific point-in-time copies they want. Developers are a prime target.
Strubel discusses his return to the channel, how the expanded Commvault executive structure will provide more assistance to partners, and what he intends to accomplish in his new role.
Veritas remakes its partner program to add additional support for its 360 data management portfolio beyond their two core backup products.
Rubrik Polaris is a separate SaaS platform that provides a new turnkey offering that partners can offer to their existing install base, and which should itself generate new sales of entire Rubrik systems among compliance-minded customers.
Elastifile, which already has a very close relationship with AWS, deepens their partnership with Google in a way that sees them become the first shared file system on the Google Cloud Launcher.
The JetStream technology, which leverages the VMware IO Filter API, has its roots in a company called FlashSoft, which was acquired by SanDisk, was part of the WD acquisition of SanDisk, and has now been spun out into a focused software company.
The new AppOrbit capabilities include AppSwitch, which facilitates virtualized networking very close to the application and is fully programmable.
Commvault’s new Vice President, Canada, talks with ChannelBuzz about his new role, and affirms his confidence in the Commvault channel in Canada.
The new functionality adds a task-based capability to Komprise’s long-term use cases, and since it uses the same engine as those cases, Komprise is not charging extra for it.
Nancy Teixeira, Vice President of Scale-up & Enterprise at Sage discusses the 4th Industrial revolution and the biggest trends already impacting channel partners
Ken Hoang, best known as the founder and CEO of Siperian, becomes Alation’s first VP of Strategy and Alliances, and is developing a strategy to broaden the Alation go-to-market through a partner ecosystem.
Kevin Nicholas, VP of Enterprise Product Management and Marketing at Sage and Bill Tennant, VP of Sales at ZAP report on their work together to improve business insight for midsize enterprises by helping them manage their data
SwiftStack continues to broaden out from its object storage roots, with the addition of native file capability, which combined with their Cloud Sync feature, lets customers read and write to a single namespace, without a gateway, and to any cloud or on-prem location.
Datrium is offering its backup and DR recovery for the AWS cloud as basically a managed service, where the customer works through the Datrium interface and doesn’t have to learn the intricacies of managing AWS.
Being named an Advanced Tier partner deepens the joint sales relationship between Komprise and AWS, provides access to co-marketing funds, and gives them a dedicated AWS partner manager.
