data management

Cloud

Komprise signs first non-cloud strategic reseller relationship,with IBM

May 30, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Komprise signs first non-cloud strategic reseller relationship,with IBM
Intelligent data management startup Komprise has also expanded their distribution network, signing on Lifeboat to complement original distribution partner Synnex

Backup

Hitachi Vantara fills out end-to-end copy management solution with HDID 6.5

May 22, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Hitachi Vantara fills out end-to-end copy management solution with HDID 6.5
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.

Backup

Panzura partners with Veeam and achieves Veeam Ready certification

May 22, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Panzura partners with Veeam and achieves Veeam Ready certification
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.

Backup

New product announcements at VeeamON secondary to new vision statement

May 17, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on New product announcements at VeeamON secondary to new vision statement
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.

Backup

Veeam advances strategic vision from availability to hyperavailability at VeeamON

May 15, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Veeam advances strategic vision from availability to hyperavailability at VeeamON
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.

Data Centre

Nutanix to introduce new Era PaaS offering to simplify database provisioning

May 9, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Nutanix to introduce new Era PaaS offering to simplify database provisioning
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.

Backup

Commvault continues to build out channel exec team with addition of Scott Strubel

April 30, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Commvault continues to build out channel exec team with addition of Scott Strubel
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.

Backup

Veritas boosts partner profitability, simplifies certifications in major partner program redo

April 10, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Veritas boosts partner profitability, simplifies certifications in major partner program redo
Veritas remakes its partner program to add additional support for its 360 data management portfolio beyond their two core backup products.

Backup

Rubrik introduces complementary Polaris SaaS platform that creates unified system of record

April 4, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Rubrik introduces complementary Polaris SaaS platform that creates unified system of record
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.

Cloud

Elastifile partnership with Google brings their enterprise-grade scalable filer to Google Cloud Launcher

April 3, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Elastifile partnership with Google brings their enterprise-grade scalable filer to Google Cloud Launcher
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.