Internet of Things

Cloud

Vancouver AWS Premier Consulting Partner TriNimbus sold to Onica in move to create AWS goliath

August 27, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Vancouver AWS Premier Consulting Partner TriNimbus sold to Onica in move to create AWS goliath
While TriNimbus disappears as a separate entity, it retains legal ownership of the relationship with Canadian clients for privacy law compliance, and Canadian customers will also have access to new offerings, such as around IoT, where TriNimbus was more limited before.

Data Centre

Western Digital looks to remake both its own image – and the data centre of the future

June 29, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Western Digital looks to remake both its own image – and the data centre of the future
Western Digital is looking to drive massive change on two fronts. They are emphasizing their strong enterprise data centres today, and that the company is about far more than low-cost JBODs and consumer drives. They are also emphasizing their ability to play a key role in driving the technology of he data centre of the future.

Internet of Things

HPE upgrades Edgeline IOT devices with new storage capacity, and announces validations of their ability to run uncompromised apps at the edge

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HPE has beefed up their edge IoT devices with more storage capacity, and announced validation of the ability of these devices to run high capacity solutions at the edge, by software vendors ranging from industry titans to high-flying startups

Internet of Things

Extreme Networks launches new machine learning-powered Smart OmniEdge solution

June 19, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Extreme Networks launches new machine learning-powered Smart OmniEdge solution
Extreme Networks believes that the addition of AI and simplicity to the edge, the unification of campus and distributed architectures, and the choice that customers now have between an appliance and as-a-service, will make it easier for partners to have conversations with customers about business problems rather than networking challenges.

Internet of Things

Nutanix looks to Internet of Things future with Project Sherlock

June 1, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Nutanix looks to Internet of Things future with Project Sherlock
Nutanix has created a new Internet of Things Division, tasked with a long term research project — Project Sherlock — to solve the massive challenges required to manage edge computing at scale.

Channel Programs

Claroty launches partner program around industrial control systems cybersecurity

May 29, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Claroty launches partner program around industrial control systems cybersecurity
Claroty is interested in working with a select number of partners who are developing a focus on this relatively new space, which brings cybersecurity skills from IT to the context and problems of the OT environment.

Data Centre

Dell EMC adds new XC models for additional use cases, plus new automated BIOS and firmware updates

May 9, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell EMC adds new XC models for additional use cases, plus new automated BIOS and firmware updates
The two new models include the first quad-processor environments for Nutanix environments, and a new edge appliance that can be as small as 1U. The new Life Cycle Management capability may, however, be what excites customers most about the new announcements.

The partner panel of Sam Barhoumeh (left), Craig Slack (middle), and Herb Hogue (right)
Cloud

IaaS still an untapped channel opportunity, but momentum growing

May 4, 2018 Robert Dutt Comments Off on IaaS still an untapped channel opportunity, but momentum growing
An Ingram Micro Cloud exec calls IaaS the biggest untapped opportunity for partners for the second year running, while partners dish on routes to success.

Backup

Dell EMC puts stake in the ground for the channel with three strategic imperatives

May 1, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell EMC puts stake in the ground for the channel with three strategic imperatives
At their Global Partner Summit kicking off their Dell Technologies World, Dell EMC delineated their channel strategy for the year ahead, and a lengthy list of program offerings designed to help execute it.

Big Data

Splunk unveils first packaged offering for Industrial Internet of Things

April 18, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Splunk unveils first packaged offering for Industrial Internet of Things
Splunk Industrial Asset Intelligence [IAI] makes monitoring and diagnosis of equipment and operational issues in industrial IoT environments much easier, and while initially a limited group of SI partners will take part, Splunk sees it as having broader channel applicability down the line.