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Storage

IBM extends all-flash throughout DS8880 line

January 12, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on IBM extends all-flash throughout DS8880 line
IBM announces all-flash versions of its full DS8880 portfolio, but for the channel, impact is likely to be slight because compared to other IBM storage families, this one has a more limited partner presence.

Small Business

HPE addition of scale-out capability to SMB StoreVirtual 3200 big deal for channel

January 11, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on HPE addition of scale-out capability to SMB StoreVirtual 3200 big deal for channel
HPE has announced the first major series of enhancements to the SMB-focused StoreVirtual 3200, which bring it up to the same capabilities of StoreVirtual systems higher in the market, and will make it much more attractive to partners.

Storage

New Tegile T4000 series significantly upgrades old T3000 line

November 21, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on New Tegile T4000 series significantly upgrades old T3000 line
The company says that performance, density and memory upgrades will make things like facial recognition of individual customers in retail stores a reality.

Storage

HDS enhances flash capabilities in software and in new systems

October 26, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on HDS enhances flash capabilities in software and in new systems
HDS adds top of the line models in both its all-flash F series, and hybrid flash G series, as well as the new SVOS 7 operating system.

Storage

All-Flash Dell EMC Isilon offers high-end complement to recent entry level offering

October 20, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on All-Flash Dell EMC Isilon offers high-end complement to recent entry level offering
What was formerly Project Nitro will hit the streets in 2017, with a single 4U Isilon Scale-Out system reaching a maximum of 924TB of capacity, 250,000 IOPS and up to 15GB/s of aggregate bandwidth in a 4-node cluster.

Distribution

NetApp rebounds strongly in Canada as smaller partners come back

September 29, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on NetApp rebounds strongly in Canada as smaller partners come back
The growing flash businesses, strong partner services opportunities, and better leveraging of Arrow and Avnet have helped drive NetApp’s Canadian business in 2016.

Storage

NetApp deepens flash push with new ONTAP software, all-flash systems

September 26, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on NetApp deepens flash push with new ONTAP software, all-flash systems
The new software adds software based encryption, container support and major performance and latency increases that NetApp says will continue their momentum in flash and hybrid.

Storage

NetApp announces new mid-tier all-flash array, enhanced software and data lake partnership

September 12, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on NetApp announces new mid-tier all-flash array, enhanced software and data lake partnership
The announcements are geared at beefing up NetApp’s data analytics presence in mid-sized businesses, following up a related enterprise initiative earlier this year.

Storage

Tegile Systems announces massively scalable IntelliFlash Cloud Platform

August 29, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Tegile Systems announces massively scalable IntelliFlash Cloud Platform
Tegile says its new scale-out platform, with flash prices starting at about 50 cents/GB, will make on-prem flash cheaper than the public cloud and thus give channel partners a powerful weapon.

Storage

Exablox expands partner primary flash storage opportunities with scale-out OneBlox 5210

August 25, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Exablox expands partner primary flash storage opportunities with scale-out OneBlox 5210
Exablox unveils the OneBlox 5210, a scale-out low-cost flash product with object storage under the hood, that lists for $29,000 diskless, with 4 TB SSDs a further $2,000 each.