machine learning

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.

Cloud

Pivot3 fills out HCI cloud strategy for partners by adding new capabilities, plus Azure and Google support

May 22, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pivot3 fills out HCI cloud strategy for partners by adding new capabilities, plus Azure and Google support
Pivot3 is stressing that while other HCI vendors have intelligent hybrid cloud strategies, they have one that is in production today.

Backup

INFINIDAT comes to first VeeamON with new solution set and new Veeam integration

May 15, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on INFINIDAT comes to first VeeamON with new solution set and new Veeam integration
INFINIDAT and Veeam come originally from different segments of the market, but have partnered around an enterprise play, and INFINIDAT is looking to enlist some of Veeam’s top solution providers to increase their own ranks of ‘go-to’ partners.

Storage

Hitachi Vantara announces new VSP storage systems plus analytics and software updates

May 9, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Hitachi Vantara announces new VSP storage systems plus analytics and software updates
Hitachi Vantara expands their midrange offerings for both all-flash and hybrid platforms and extends their flat service model from the all-flash series to their hybrid series as well.

Servers

Dell EMC touts analytics breakthrough in new PowerEdge four socket servers

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Dell EMC also previewed their new PowerEdge MX servers – again – due for release some time in the back half of the year.

Storage

Dell EMC introduces PowerMax, the rebranded next generation of VMAX

May 1, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell EMC introduces PowerMax, the rebranded next generation of VMAX
Dell EMC also announced that native replication has been added to EMC XtremIO, and a ew entry point X-Brick XtremIO system at up to a 55 per cent lower cost than the previous generation.

Security

ESET sets sights on enterprise market with new cybersecurity offerings

April 18, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on ESET sets sights on enterprise market with new cybersecurity offerings
New offerings include a separate cloud sandbox solution and an endpoint detection and response product, the latter being a first for ESET. ESET Remote Administrator is also being replaced with a new enterprise grade management tool.

Cloud

Kaspersky Lab reaches for the public cloud with new Hybrid Cloud Security solution

April 18, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Kaspersky Lab reaches for the public cloud with new Hybrid Cloud Security solution
The new offering, the first from Kaspersky Lab to provide public cloud protection, will start with support for the AWS and Azure clouds.

Security

Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business 11 features dynamic machine learning, EDR integration

April 11, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business 11 features dynamic machine learning, EDR integration
On the pure productivity side, Kaspersky Lab has upgraded its flagship product’s scalability, doubling the number of endpoints it can support per server, and more than doubling performance.

Cloud

New Capture Cloud Platform highlights broad range of new SonicWall announcements

April 10, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on New Capture Cloud Platform highlights broad range of new SonicWall announcements
A surge in ransomware attacks in Q1 re-emphasizes the value proposition of the SonicWall integrated portfolio of solutions, which now combines the Capture Cloud Platform working in concert with other devices in the data centre.