Mellanox

Artificial Intelligence

Pure Storage targets high end of AI market with Hyperscale AIRI

March 25, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pure Storage targets high end of AI market with Hyperscale AIRI
In addition to these new hyperconverged models produced with partners NVIDIA and Mellanox, Pure Storage announced FlashStack for AI, an AI-optimized version of their Cisco-focused converged offering.

Networking

HPE extends StoreFabric M-series switches with new SKUs for specialized markets and use cases

February 14, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on HPE extends StoreFabric M-series switches with new SKUs for specialized markets and use cases
The new SKUs add TAA compliance for resonance in the government market, ONIE SKUs to appeal to those who want a third-party, typically open source OS, and reverse airflow options which some telcos prefer.

Networking

HPE adds new orchestration software, smaller model to Ethernet M-Series storage switches

June 5, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on HPE adds new orchestration software, smaller model to Ethernet M-Series storage switches
The HPE Smart Fabric Orchestrator provides the same capabilities for Ethernet that HP’s Smart SAN does for Fibre Channel, while the new M-Series SN2010M is a smaller switch for the secondary storage market.

Storage

StorONE partners with Mellanox to extend sub-penny per GB storage value proposition

April 19, 2018 Mark Cox 1
StorONE, run by the same team as StorWIZE that IBM bought in 2010, has a 100 per cent channel strategy and is in partner recruitment mode. They expect the partnership with Mellanox will make them appeal to Mellanox partners as well.

Cloud

Scalable storage vendor WekaIO makes major enhancements to AWS functionality in new release

November 27, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Scalable storage vendor WekaIO makes major enhancements to AWS functionality in new release
On the heels of a key new partnership with HPE, the extension of the WekaIO relationship with AWS significantly strengthens the startup’s go-to-market positioning.

Networking

HPE makes flurry of new solutions up and down SMB portfolio

September 29, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on HPE makes flurry of new solutions up and down SMB portfolio
In addition to new SMB-focused server, storage, networking and hyper-converged product, HPE has brought their Consume IT OPEX pricing model from the enterprise to SMBs as well.

Networking

Mellanox provides HPE’s first Ethernet storage switches in HPE StoreFabric M-Series

September 25, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Mellanox provides HPE’s first Ethernet storage switches in HPE StoreFabric M-Series
The M-Series family OEMed from Mellanox, which provide 100 GbE Ethernet connectivity, but also scale down to an SMB price point, provide HPE with a strong channel offering that has a large price-performance differential over Fibre Channel.

Cloud

HPE unveils Project New Stack as top end of expanded HPE composable strategy

June 9, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on HPE unveils Project New Stack as top end of expanded HPE composable strategy
HPE formally announces its project to extend HPE Synergy to the full hybrid IT environment, which is still known by its internal code name, and which is still in the tech preview stage, but should reach beta in the fall. The company hopes it will be ready to sell by December.

Data Centre

Mellanox scores major OEM win with 25G Ethernet switch for HPE Synergy platform

June 7, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Mellanox scores major OEM win with 25G Ethernet switch for HPE Synergy platform
The upgrade to the HPE composable computing platform provides it with 25GB/s connectivity to its blade servers, and 100 GB/s connectivity to its uplinks.

Data Centre

New Nutanix Canada country manager Robert Yelenich promises aggressive expansion

April 12, 2016 Mark Cox 1
A month ago, Robert Yelenich moved from country manager of Commvault in Canada over to Nutanix, replacing Anton Granic, who had been promoted. Yelenich recently sat down with ChannelBuzz to discuss Nutanix’s Canadian plans for 2016.