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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Backup

Arcserve announces cloud-first DR with near-zero cloud recovery points

January 30, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Arcserve announces cloud-first DR with near-zero cloud recovery points
Arcserve brings the technology adapted from last year’s acquisition of Zetta to market, with the ability to deliver the go-to-market potential that always eluded Zetta.

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Managed Services

Tintri, Neverfail partner on DRaaS solution

January 16, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Tintri, Neverfail partner on DRaaS solution
The Tintri collaboration provides a packaged replication service for higher tier disaster recovery needs. It will be available through Neverfail partners, and will likely be able to be sold by Tintri partners too.

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Backup

Carbonite primes strategy for big 2018

January 12, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Carbonite primes strategy for big 2018
Carbonite made key solution acquisitions and reworked their channel program in 2017 to build a base for significant growth in 2018. Now they need to execute, and are looking to some new initiatives to help them do that.

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Cloud

Scalable storage vendor WekaIO makes major enhancements to AWS functionality in new release

November 27, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Scalable storage vendor WekaIO makes major enhancements to AWS functionality in new release
On the heels of a key new partnership with HPE, the extension of the WekaIO relationship with AWS significantly strengthens the startup’s go-to-market positioning.

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