Disaster Recovery

Backup

Zerto pledges to disrupt traditional backup with continuous data protection for long-term retention

May 28, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Zerto pledges to disrupt traditional backup with continuous data protection for long-term retention
Zerto 7, when it becomes available next winter, will add Elastic Journal continuous data protection that adds the capabilities offered by traditional backup to Zerto’s solution.

Cloud

Pivot3 fills out HCI cloud strategy for partners by adding new capabilities, plus Azure and Google support

May 22, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pivot3 fills out HCI cloud strategy for partners by adding new capabilities, plus Azure and Google support
Pivot3 is stressing that while other HCI vendors have intelligent hybrid cloud strategies, they have one that is in production today.

The partner panel of Sam Barhoumeh (left), Craig Slack (middle), and Herb Hogue (right)
Cloud

IaaS still an untapped channel opportunity, but momentum growing

May 4, 2018 Robert Dutt Comments Off on IaaS still an untapped channel opportunity, but momentum growing
An Ingram Micro Cloud exec calls IaaS the biggest untapped opportunity for partners for the second year running, while partners dish on routes to success.

Backup

Unitrends targets Veeam with VM Backup solution

April 25, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Unitrends targets Veeam with VM Backup solution
This initial version of VM Backup Essentials supports a maximum of six sockets, and so is aimed at enterprise departments and SMBs, but Unitrends says that an enterprise version will be out later this quarter.

Backup

Pivot3 announces cloud version of their HCI offering for the AWS Cloud

March 27, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pivot3 announces cloud version of their HCI offering for the AWS Cloud
The features of the next-gen Pivot3 Acuity platform introduced last year are being migrated to the cloud, beginning with using its dynamic provisioning capability for backup and disaster recovery.

Backup

Zerto extends IBM partnership around IBM Resiliency Orchestration DRaaS solution

March 20, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Zerto extends IBM partnership around IBM Resiliency Orchestration DRaaS solution
Zerto is already an established IBM partner, including a relationship with IBM Resiliency. The partnership is now being extended to the IBM Resiliency Orchestration DRaaS offering.

Backup

Acronis partners with Google Cloud, with integrations coming soon

March 7, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Acronis partners with Google Cloud, with integrations coming soon
Support for the Google Cloud will be integrated into each Acronis solution at their next release, and Acronis will release a specific backup for Google’s G Suite before the first half of the year ends.

Backup

Veritas adds cloud-based data protection for Azure and Google with CloudPoint 2.0

February 13, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Veritas adds cloud-based data protection for Azure and Google with CloudPoint 2.0
While CloudPoint 1.0 was all about snapshotting, 2.0 layers on additional data protection capabilities. It’s available now for Azure and Google, with AWS not that far off.

Backup

Zerto launches multi-cloud resilience platform with Zerto Virtual Replication 6.0

February 6, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Zerto launches multi-cloud resilience platform with Zerto Virtual Replication 6.0
ZVR 6.0 extends bi-directional replication that Zerto had introduced in their previous release. Another highlight of 6.0 is a new management portal for Cloud Service Providers.

Backup

Dell EMC upgrades low end of Data Domain portfolio with cloud-friendly DD 3300

February 5, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell EMC upgrades low end of Data Domain portfolio with cloud-friendly DD 3300
The Dell EMC DD3300 replaces the DD2200 in the Data Domain lineup, providing the ROBO-SME part of the market with an offering that features full cloud capability as well as upgraded capacity.