hyperconverged

Cloud

Cloud management startup CliQr making channel push in 2016

January 26, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cloud management startup CliQr making channel push in 2016
CliQr has been cautious in developing a channel, but is now expanding its go-to-market strategy with both resellers and technology partners.

Data Centre

Plexistor’s software-defined memory platform reaches the market

January 26, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Plexistor’s software-defined memory platform reaches the market
Plexistor’s Software Defined Memory architecture converges memory and storage technologies to drastically reduce latency and significantly improve performance of data-intensive applications.

Data Centre

Atlantis unveils two node hyperconverged appliance for ROBO market

January 12, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Atlantis unveils two node hyperconverged appliance for ROBO market
Atlantis also announced a new relationship with Dell, the only major OEM for whom its software was not customized when the first Atlantis hyperconverged products were announced last year.

Data Centre

Stratoscale targets test-dev market with launch of software-defined architecture

December 8, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Stratoscale targets test-dev market with launch of software-defined architecture
The hyperconverged startup emphasizes the end product, a highly scalable out-of-the-box private cloud initially focused on development and testing environments, rather than the hyperconverged label itself, which they think has been somewhat overused.

Data Centre

Scale Computing ramps up Canadian staff, resources for big 2016 push

November 17, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Scale Computing ramps up Canadian staff, resources for big 2016 push
Scale, which is distinct among the hyperconverged vendors with its SMB focus, is not new to Canada, but they have added new staff and resources here, and developed new relationships with key DMRs to take their Canadian business to the next level.

Servers

Lenovo: We want to be the top OEM for hyperconverged

November 12, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Lenovo: We want to be the top OEM for hyperconverged
Lenovo sees strong momentum in its server business, with its core server business showing signs of beginning to scale growth, and its roster of hyperconverged partners offering significant potential in that space.

Data Centre

Nutanix adds another big strategic partnership with Lenovo deal

November 4, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Nutanix adds another big strategic partnership with Lenovo deal
Nutanix sees the Lenovo deal as equal in importance to the Dell one inked last year and said its announcement shortly after Dell’s purchase of EMC is a coincidence. The plan is to get jointly branded products to market through Lenovo in Q1 of 2016.

Data Centre

Nutanix aggressively claiming mantle of ‘only true hyperconverged player’

September 10, 2015 Mark Cox 1
At a customer event in Toronto Wednesday, Nutanix presented the audience with a full-throated positioning of themselves as well ahead of their competition, and also gave an update on their progress in Canada

Raghu Raghuram, software-defined data centre chief at VMWare.
Data Centre

VMware continues its hyper-converged journey with EVO SDDC

September 4, 2015 Robert Dutt Comments Off on VMware continues its hyper-converged journey with EVO SDDC
VMware’s new Evo SDDC spec takes its converged architecture play into the high end, aiming to simply create software-defined data centres.

Data Centre

Nutanix targets service provider market with new FlexPrice purchasing program

August 26, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Nutanix targets service provider market with new FlexPrice purchasing program
Nutanix is making a major initiative targeting service provider customers, which sees it introduce a program that lets them pay for their infrastructure by subscription, as they are paid themselves.