HPE

Servers

HPE strengthens small business servers with ClearCenter partnership, reborn MicroServer

June 5, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on HPE strengthens small business servers with ClearCenter partnership, reborn MicroServer
The exclusive deal with ClearCenter provides a Linux platform that provides server, networking and gateway functionality, and combined with the HPE ProLiant MicroServer, provides a low-cost offering for small businesses and SOHOs.

Storage

Cohesity broadens go-to-market with HPE, Azure, Lenovo partnerships

May 26, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cohesity broadens go-to-market with HPE, Azure, Lenovo partnerships
The HPE deal, which is the only one that has a reselling component, is likely to have the most immediate impact for Cohesity, but both the others have different types of potential as well.

Storage

MSA refresh, Nimble availability highlight HPE storage portfolio update

May 24, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on MSA refresh, Nimble availability highlight HPE storage portfolio update
HPE also announces a replacement for its mid-range 3PAR 8450 all-flash array, a Nimble secondary flash array and both new and enhanced storage software.

Data Centre

Nutanix announces new software validations for HPE, Cisco servers

May 3, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Nutanix announces new software validations for HPE, Cisco servers
Nutanix also announced Nutanix Go, a program that allows acquisition of their appliances on a cloud-like purchase model, but for now, it’s only available in the U.S.

eerti Melkote, senior vice president and general manager of Aruba
Big Data

HPE: Want to succeed in IoT? Figure out the security first

April 19, 2017 Robert Dutt 2
“Without a good security story, companies simply won’t adopt [IoT]. There’s too much at risk,” HPE Aruba’s Keerti Melkote says.

Backup

Cohesity adds object storage, NAS support in fourth gen secondary storage platform

April 4, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cohesity adds object storage, NAS support in fourth gen secondary storage platform
Cohesity also announced its oversubscribed $90 million Series C funding round – which has a couple of interesting partner angles built in.

Cloud

Axcient makes broad enhancements to SMB cloud platform

March 22, 2017 Mark Cox 1
The Axcient Business Recovery Cloud platform gets a refresh of its HPE hardware, updates for the latest IT environments, and a flurry of improvements based on MSP recommendations.

Storage

HPE beefs up mid-range flash, acquiring Nimble Storage in 1.2 billion dollar deal

March 7, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on HPE beefs up mid-range flash, acquiring Nimble Storage in 1.2 billion dollar deal
HPE will also incorporate Nimble’s well-regarded InfoSight Predictive Analytics platform across its entire storage portfolio.

Storage

HPE takes flash beyond the array with new 3PAR OS

February 13, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on HPE takes flash beyond the array with new 3PAR OS
As all-flash grows in importance, HPE is emphasizing the importance of how the infrastructure beyond the flash array itself impacts orchestration and protects data.

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.