hyper-converged

Software

Promise Technology enhances hyper-converged VSkyCube with new software bundle

April 13, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Promise Technology enhances hyper-converged VSkyCube with new software bundle
VSkyMotion adds workload migration, disaster recovery, and hybrid cloud to the VSkyCube Infrastructure.

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.

Servers

ARM hyper-converged vendor KALEAO enlists Vancouver’s Tuangru as key channel partner

March 31, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on ARM hyper-converged vendor KALEAO enlists Vancouver’s Tuangru as key channel partner
KALEAO, which first brought product to market last October, provides an update of both its overall and channel strategies, and where Tuangru fits in.

Nirav Sheth, vice president of global sales in Cisco’s Global Partner Organization
Networking

Cisco announces new partner incents

March 28, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cisco announces new partner incents
Cisco kicked off its Partner Connection event by announcing new incents designed to put more money in partner pockets. One of them won’t, however, be available right away outside the U.S.

Backup

Commvault extends Pure Storage partnership to Cisco FlashStack

March 8, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Commvault extends Pure Storage partnership to Cisco FlashStack
Commvault sees the new converged collaboration between themselves, Cisco and Pure Storage as offering an excellent opportunity for joint channel partners of all three vendors.

Backup

Veeam expands Cisco relationship with unique snapshot integration with Cisco HyperFlex

March 2, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Veeam expands Cisco relationship with unique snapshot integration with Cisco HyperFlex
Veeam is the first availability vendor to be deeply integrated with the new 2.0 version of Cisco’s HyperFlex hyper-converged platform, which will be good news for joint Veeam and Cisco partners.

Channel Programs

Massive partner recruitment a key goal of new Scale Computing channel program

February 28, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Massive partner recruitment a key goal of new Scale Computing channel program
The restructured Scale program accommodates managed service providers for the first time, and also makes provision for referral partners.

Hardware

Lenovo to place new focus on workstations, desktops, low-lying services in 2017

February 27, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Lenovo to place new focus on workstations, desktops, low-lying services in 2017
Lenovo is preparing new incent programs to stimulate activity in these areas, believing that as areas where Lenovo lags the market, they represent relatively easy opportunities to grow against the market.

Cloud

Dell EMC brings turnkey hybrid cloud in a box onto VxRail appliances

February 16, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell EMC brings turnkey hybrid cloud in a box onto VxRail appliances
The Dell EMC Enterprise Hybrid Cloud has previously been available on VxBlock, but it will soon be available on VxRail appliances, broadening its presence down market and greatly increasing the channel opportunity.

Backup

Cohesity announces virtual version of its unified secondary storage platform

February 14, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cohesity announces virtual version of its unified secondary storage platform
The Cohesity DataPlatform Virtual Edition is intended for remote and branch office use cases, as is a new hardware alternative, the C2100, also being announced.