hyperconverged

Backup

Strong SMB momentum makes Cohesity first winner of SHI’s Emerging Partner of the Year award

March 13, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Strong SMB momentum makes Cohesity first winner of SHI’s Emerging Partner of the Year award
Cohesity also met another key criteria for the award, that a vendor provide clear and consistent support to the channel.

Data Centre

Pivot3 targets ROBO and mid-sized companies with 1U version of Acuity HCI

March 13, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pivot3 targets ROBO and mid-sized companies with 1U version of Acuity HCI
The Pivot3 X3 series is half the size of the original X5 series, and has its core features – NVMe flash architecture and QoS capability that enables priority-aware provisioning.

Data Centre

Pivot3 expands Zerto, VMware partnerships around increased enterprise use cases

February 21, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pivot3 expands Zerto, VMware partnerships around increased enterprise use cases
The introduction of their Acuity platform last year has deepened Pivot3 presence in the enterprise, which has in turn led them to strengthen their technology partnerships which address this space.

Channel Programs

Midrange storage the focus as Dell EMC unveils new channel investments

August 17, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Midrange storage the focus as Dell EMC unveils new channel investments
In addition to the many storage announcements, Dell EMC also addressed the issues with the Partner Academy, and will be waiving training requirements for the second half of the year.

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.

Distribution

Brandel settling into new role leading Ingram Micro Canada

September 7, 2016 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Brandel settling into new role leading Ingram Micro Canada
New Ingram Micro Canada boss Bill Brandel shares an update on his new role, and where he sees the distributor’s top opportunities heading into 2017.

Channel Programs

Lenovo hyperconverged channel plans with Stefan Bockhop [video]

September 7, 2016 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Lenovo hyperconverged channel plans with Stefan Bockhop [video]
Lenovo Canada director of channels Stefan Bockhop weighs in on the vendor’s plans to enable the channel and make hyperconverged a broader play for solution providers.

Data Centre

Lenovo’s hyperconverged play [Video]

August 26, 2016 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Lenovo’s hyperconverged play [Video]
Don Frame of Lenovo discusses the vendor’s hyperconverged play, the expanding number of workloads suitable for hyperconverged, and more.

Greg Peterson, vice president of Avnet’s HPE solutions business in the Americas
Data Centre

Avnet preps services around HPE Synergy

June 14, 2016 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Avnet preps services around HPE Synergy
Avnet Technology Solutions announces resources, training and support around HPE’s soon-to-debut Synergy composable infrastructure technology.

Distribution

PROMISE deal with SYNNEX signals hyper-converged play, distribution reorganization

March 17, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on PROMISE deal with SYNNEX signals hyper-converged play, distribution reorganization
PROMISE also expects that working with SYNNEX will significantly strengthen them in Canada, and they will also be adjusting some of their product to make it better suit Canada, where SMBs tend to be smaller than in the U.S.