EMC

Data Centre

What Dell going public again means – HINT – very little

July 2, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on What Dell going public again means – HINT – very little
The announcement of a stock swap that will return Dell Technologies to public trading appears to conflict with everything Michael Dell has said for years about the benefits of being private versus being public. That may not be the case, however.

Software

Catalogic Software reaches out to Pure Storage partners

June 19, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Catalogic Software reaches out to Pure Storage partners
Catalogic, which makes ‘in place’ copy data management software, had strong results at last week’s Pure Accelerate event.

Storage

Nexsan expands Unity portfolio with archiving box, desktop client

February 22, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Nexsan expands Unity portfolio with archiving box, desktop client
Nexsan’s new Unity Active Archive is expected to have a much larger market than Nexsan’s Assureon archiving product, because of its ease of use and deployment, broader use cases, and attractive pricing.

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.

Frank Vitagliano, vice president of global channel strategy at Dell
Channel Programs

Dell sets course for integrated partner program

September 14, 2016 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Dell sets course for integrated partner program
Global and Canadian channel executives from Dell share the company’s plans for integrating the EMC partner program, offer guidance to partners.

Computers

Dell Technologies pledges to lead next industrial revolution as new company gets underway

September 7, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell Technologies pledges to lead next industrial revolution as new company gets underway
Dell promises massive innovation and change in technology, while pledging minimal disruptive changes to the old Dell and EMC product lines.

Dell Technologies CEO Michael Dell
Data Centre

Independent but accelerated: Gelsinger, Dell discuss post-merger place for VMware

August 30, 2016 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Independent but accelerated: Gelsinger, Dell discuss post-merger place for VMware
Michael Dell and Pat Gelsinger weigh in on the benefits of VMware as part of the post-merger Dell family, stress ecossytem scale and downplay conflicts.

Cloud

RSA introduces comprehensive SecurID identity access options with new SecurID Suite

August 5, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on RSA introduces comprehensive SecurID identity access options with new SecurID Suite
The Suite complements SecurID’s traditional two-factor authentication with identity governance and identity lifecycle management, to create a broad solution the company says defies easy classification.

Data Centre

Dell’s Futuresville 2.0 office looks into crystal ball

June 2, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell’s Futuresville 2.0 office looks into crystal ball
Futuresville 2 – Dell’s Chief Technology Office for Enterprise – discussed their work in identifying key trends and co-ordinating responses within Dell, and talked about some of those trends they deem vitally important going forward.

Channel Programs

EMC sees multiple pluses for Canada market in Dell deal

May 4, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on EMC sees multiple pluses for Canada market in Dell deal
EMC Canada channel chief Michael Kerr gives a specifically Canadian take on the pending merger with Dell, as well as initial partner reaction to some of the new product announcements from EMC World.