HANA

Small Business

SAP Business One helps drive Canadian medical distributor’s continued growth

November 11, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on SAP Business One helps drive Canadian medical distributor’s continued growth
London, Ontario-based Tribe Medical Group moved to SAP Business One, version for SAP HANA last year, and have found its simplicity critical in helping them sell, keep staff, and control complexity.

Cloud

SAP Anywhere hits pilot stage in US, with Canada to follow next year

November 2, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on SAP Anywhere hits pilot stage in US, with Canada to follow next year
The front-office suite, which was announced in the spring, has just reached general availability in China and was originally going to be limited to China for some time. However increased demand and competitive pressure have led SAP to change its plans.

Hardware

Diablo launches all flash DDR4 memory modules to replicate DRAM performance for much less

August 5, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Diablo launches all flash DDR4 memory modules to replicate DRAM performance for much less
Diablo’s Memory1 technology leverage its unique memory-channel architecture, to get DRAM performance out of NAND flash and reduce server CAPEX costs by up to 75 per cent.

Cloud

SAP makes new partner initiatives in Business ByDesign

July 7, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on SAP makes new partner initiatives in Business ByDesign
With a view to both expanding the number of skilled ByDesign people available to partners, and sharpening partners’ ability to use and extend the solution, SAP has launched several ByDesign initiatives, including a partner enablement portal and collaborative tool, and a certification program through Open SAP.

A mockup of The Machine on display at HP Discover
Data Centre

HP updates progress towards The Machine

June 3, 2015 Robert Dutt Comments Off on HP updates progress towards The Machine
A year on from introducing The Machine at HP Discover last year, HP Labs updates its progress in building what it now calls memory-centric computing.

Big Data

HDS announces new HANA converged solutions in Big Data analytics push

May 8, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on HDS announces new HANA converged solutions in Big Data analytics push
Hitachi’s Social Innovation strategy is designed to leverage analytics to drive their companies forward, and the new SAP HANA solutions are part of this strategy for HDS.

Hardware

Lenovo announces broad range of enterprise servers

May 5, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Lenovo announces broad range of enterprise servers
The new offerings include new four and eight socket X6 systems, Lenovo Flex System X6 Compute Nodes, and both Lenovo X6 and joint Lenovo-EMC solutions optimized for SAP HANA.

Cloud

SAP Anywhere SMB front office suite to debut in China market

May 4, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on SAP Anywhere SMB front office suite to debut in China market
SAP is describing SAP as a new type of product, which allows SMBs to manage front office applications using real time analytics, and which has been built and priced specifically for this market.

Big Data

Dell unveils new top of line PowerEdge R930 server

April 28, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell unveils new top of line PowerEdge R930 server
Dell says its new 4U, 4 socket rack offering will offer a much better price-performance alternative to legacy RISC-based systems, and one that should appeal to partners who serve the Big Data analytics market.

Managed Services

OnX adds two IT Service Management offerings to its Managed Services division

March 27, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on OnX adds two IT Service Management offerings to its Managed Services division
OnX Managed Services is a fast-growing part of the solution provider’s business, which now accounts for almost 40 per cent of its earnings.