hybrid cloud

Channel Programs

Palo Alto Networks looking to transform channel to next-gen model in Canada

October 2, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Palo Alto Networks looking to transform channel to next-gen model in Canada
Palo Alto’s increased emphasis on the cloud is changing the skillsets required of partners. While they are adding some new ones, they are also encouraging partners to evolve their own business models.

Cloud

Dell EMC XC series upgrade with Avamar integration highlights Microsoft-focused news

September 27, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell EMC XC series upgrade with Avamar integration highlights Microsoft-focused news
The XC series, which Dell EMC aims at the Microsoft hypervisor market, is also getting a new Azure Log Analytics Solution.

Uncategorized

Riverbed previews Hyper-V-powered SteelFusion Azure-Ready Edge at Microsoft Ignite

September 26, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Riverbed previews Hyper-V-powered SteelFusion Azure-Ready Edge at Microsoft Ignite
The SteelFusion Azure-Ready edge is Riverbed’s first virtualization offering outside the VMware architecture.

Cloud

Containerized app vendor Mesosphere extends strategic relationships with Dell EMC, Hitachi

September 25, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Containerized app vendor Mesosphere extends strategic relationships with Dell EMC, Hitachi
The reseller deal with Dell EMC, and OEM relationship around the Hitachi Enterprise Cloud Container program should significantly increase Mesosphere’s growing channel business.

Cloud

Canadian channel, customers, positioned to profit from VMware reorientation around cloud

September 15, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Canadian channel, customers, positioned to profit from VMware reorientation around cloud
Both VMworld 2017 events ramped up cloud offerings, infrastructure and designations, as VMware rebrands its image to customers around the cloud.

Cloud

OnApp enters hyper-converged space with Intel partnership – and low cost appliance

September 7, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on OnApp enters hyper-converged space with Intel partnership – and low cost appliance
OnApp, which has a larger global share of the service provider market, enters the enterprise HCI market with their software in Intel hardware, and a channel-only model with a master reseller/distributor in each geo.

Backup

Dell EMC announces hyper-converged, hybrid cloud upgrades

August 28, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell EMC announces hyper-converged, hybrid cloud upgrades
In addition to upgrades to VxRail, VxRack SDDC, both their Enterprise and Native hybrid clouds, and new turnkey VMware Ready Systems for ‘do it yourself’ cloud deployments, Dell EMC also announced GA for XtemIO X2 and an upgrade of their Dell Data Protection Suite for Applications.

Storage

HDS expands VMware partnership with rack-scale platform powered by VMware Cloud Foundation

August 28, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on HDS expands VMware partnership with rack-scale platform powered by VMware Cloud Foundation
HDS also announced that their hyper-converged Hitachi UCP HC platform has been upgraded with the new Intel processors and NVMe memory support.

Storage

ioFABRIC adds cost optimization capability to pooled automatic data fabric solution

August 22, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on ioFABRIC adds cost optimization capability to pooled automatic data fabric solution
Toronto startup ioFABRIC has refined its messaging to focus on customer concerns about clouds and hybrid clouds, and backed that up by extending their solution’s capability with Vicinity 3.0.

Backup

Zerto upgrades Azure, AWS cloud support in Zerto Virtual Replication 5.5

August 22, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Zerto upgrades Azure, AWS cloud support in Zerto Virtual Replication 5.5
The Azure component is especially significant, as Zerto becomes the first vendor to support replication from the Azure cloud, as well as into it.