Hadoop

Big Data

MapR launches new partner program for top system integrators

July 25, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on MapR launches new partner program for top system integrators
MapR has many integrator partners in its channel program who do fulfilment, but now is creating a new program for the best, with whom it will work more closely.

Storage

Pure Storage announces GA for FlashBlade unstructured workload solution

January 26, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pure Storage announces GA for FlashBlade unstructured workload solution
FlashBlade has been in Directed Availability since last July, but it is now broadly available to all customers through the Pure Storage partner channel.

Big Data

New Dell Validated System for SAP HANA Edge to bring HANA to SMBs

May 18, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on New Dell Validated System for SAP HANA Edge to bring HANA to SMBs
Other Dell SAP-related initiatives announced at SAPPHIRE NOW included ones around the Internet of Things, cloud blueprints to optimize SAP environments, and a new optimized architecture for SAP Foundation for Health.

Cloud

New Neutrino Nodes give VCE VxRack System 1000 Cloud Native capacity

May 3, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on New Neutrino Nodes give VCE VxRack System 1000 Cloud Native capacity
The new nodes equip VxRack to support OpenStack, and by next year, will support Hadoop and the VMware Photon Platform as well. They also have the effect of being able to turn Pivotal Cloud Foundry into an end-to-end solution for developers.

Distribution

NetApp enhances SANtricity software for Big Data analytics apps

March 29, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on NetApp enhances SANtricity software for Big Data analytics apps
New, preconfigured NetApp bundles for enterprise Splunk deployments will now also be available through Arrow, which is expected to significantly increase the amount of EF-series all-flash arrays sold in particular, as well as E-series arrays.

Big Data

HDS moves beyond legacy heritage with scale-out appliance for Big Data and IoT

February 4, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on HDS moves beyond legacy heritage with scale-out appliance for Big Data and IoT
The Hitachi Hyper Scale-Out Platform, a new, next-generation technology, leverages technology acquired with Pentaho last year to provide an appliance that is aimed at Big Data, Data Lake and Internet of Things use cases now, and at broader use cases once an all-flash version is available later this year.

Big Data

Hadoop well past novelty stage: Syncsort survey

January 27, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Hadoop well past novelty stage: Syncsort survey
Syncsort says the results from a recent survey dovetail with what they are seeing from their own customers — that customers are increasingly moving to Hadoop, and that while much of this to date has been for operational use cases, they expect to see more transformative uses that drive new business opportunities.

Cloud

Dell looks to drive innovation in networking

January 6, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell looks to drive innovation in networking
Dell is sending a message to its Canadian partners and customers that it intends to double down on innovation notwithstanding its growing even larger with the pending acquisition of EMC.

Cloud

EMC Canada’s channel chief looks ahead to 2016

December 10, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on EMC Canada’s channel chief looks ahead to 2016
With major changes on the horizon, Michael Kerr stresses that EMC partners need to be able to articulate the business outcomes of the increasing complex technology available to them.

Big Data

Dell broadens Big Data market, cuts customer costs, with new reference architecture

September 24, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell broadens Big Data market, cuts customer costs, with new reference architecture
A reference architecture co-designed with vendor partners Cloudera and Syncsort simplifies Big Data and analytics processes for new Hadoop users, and chops the expense of data transformation jobs.