Tag Archive for hyper-converged

HPE SMB leader Tim Peters lays out the business unit strategy, with storage being the next target

HPE made a big play in 2018 around servers in the SMB space, followed up by solutions related to hybrid cloud. While those will continue in 2019, the company is also looking to roll out similar initiatives around simplification around storage and hyper-converged solutions for SMBs.

Dell Technologies VxRail HCI appliances receive SAP HANA certification for production environments

Certification on SAP HANA is exceedingly important for HCI vendors, because it validates that HCI will run in a demanding Tier One environment, and opens up a market where enormous pent-up demand exists, that has just been waiting for this validation.

Dell IoT Solution for Surveillance, IoT channel bundles announced at VMworld

The IoT bundles are designed to give resellers an easy turnkey option, and encourage more of them to get into IoT. Nine bundles, each focused on a specific vendor, are scheduled for launch, with more coming down the road.

Datrium unveils SaaS-based CloudShift orchestration service that complements core Datrium DVX HCI backup and DR platform

The new Datrium CloudShift offering provides a more focused and reliable alternative than VMware SRM for deployments using Datrium’s stack.

Curious Dell storage channel numbers stand out in terrific Dell EMC Q1

Dell EMC finally made its long-awaited breakthrough in storage in the first quarter – even though on a year-over-year basis, channel storage business was actually down. It’s seen as more of a statistical fluke, rather than the harbinger of an unwanted trend, and considerable confidence around storage exists going forward.

EXCLUSIVE: Maxta to offer pre-configured HCI appliances through Arrow

In a related announcement, Maxta announces a new relationship with large account reseller Connection, which will be able to leverage these new pre-configured appliances.

Hitachi Vantara announces hardware, software enhancements to Unified Compute Platform

Just in time for SAP SAPPHIRE, several significant new SAP HANA software applications were announced, but that’s only a part of a fairly comprehensive Hitachi Vantara announcement.

StorMagic building out HCI enterprise edge strategy with expanding channel, strategic partnerships

StorMagic announced a new strategic relationship around Schneider Electric’s APC products this week, the latest step in a strategy of building out a 100 per cent channel model and strategic partnerships that the company thinks has it poised for even more explosive growth.

Nutanix to add three new developer-focused services as part of enterprise cloud strategy

The provision of new object storage, compute and marketplace services to developers is part of a continuing Nutanix strategy to elevate itself from providing HCI infrastructure to providing the whole stack.

Ex-NetApp President Rob Salmon looks to extend Cohesity’s early-stage growth

Rob Salmon, who recently came out of retirement to assume a very senior role with startup secondary storage vendor Cohesity, discusses what his role will be in continuing the company hot growth rate.

Selling the Dell Technologies cutting edge in Canada

While Canadian customers have a generally accurate reputation for being late technology adopters, Dell EMC execs at last week’s Toronto forum said that they are seeing movement towards newer Dell Technologies offerings.

Workload specialization makes partners key in Dell digital transformation strategy

Chad Sakac, president of Dell EMC’s converged platforms division laid out the company’s digital transformation strategy, why it’s often still hard for customers to grasp, and the role the channel can play in assisting with that.

“I Don’t Want More Partners:” Dell EMC Channel Chief John Byrne

At a partner gathering in Toronto, Byrne recounted Dell EMC’s channel trumps – but also detailed where the company needs to improve, and provided broad hints about upcoming channel changes.

Scale Computing partners with WinMagic to add encryption and intelligent key management

The new partnership is the logical effect of both the initiative by Scale to deepen its enterprise penetration and their recent partnership with Google.

Pivot3 deepens enterprise presence with Arrow distribution deal for North America

In addition to covering both Canada and the U.S., the new Pivot3 deal covers both Arrow’s distribution [ECS] and contract marketing [AIS] businesses.

Dell EMC announces upcoming availability of Azure Stack on 14G servers

Dell EMC expects to be the first OEM to bring Azure Stack to market on next-generation servers, and believes this offering will be a particularly strong one for channel partners.