Michael Sharun

Data Centre

Embracing IT transformation has become the new normal

April 10, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Embracing IT transformation has become the new normal
A new survey commissioned by Dell EMC finds that while objectively, as many organizations are laggards on the road to digital transformations as there are front runners, the vast majority now believe that this transformation is necessary for their organization’s health.

Servers

Dell EMC brings AMD back to the enterprise with new servers aimed at edge, IoT and HPC use cases

February 6, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell EMC brings AMD back to the enterprise with new servers aimed at edge, IoT and HPC use cases
The new AMD EPYC processors, which were announced last June, make their first appearance in three new Dell EMC 14th Gen servers aimed at more demanding use cases.

Storage

Dell EMC upgrades both SC and Unity midrange storage

November 7, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell EMC upgrades both SC and Unity midrange storage
Dell EMC has made strengthening its position in midrange storage a priority, and in addition to the new product upgrades has also introduced a customer satisfaction guarantee.

Computers

Selling the Dell Technologies cutting edge in Canada

October 30, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Selling the Dell Technologies cutting edge in Canada
While Canadian customers have a generally accurate reputation for being late technology adopters, Dell EMC execs at last week’s Toronto forum said that they are seeing movement towards newer Dell Technologies offerings.

Computers

EMC vet Kevin Connolly to replace Kevin Peesker as Dell EMC Canada Commercial head

July 18, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on EMC vet Kevin Connolly to replace Kevin Peesker as Dell EMC Canada Commercial head
Connolly acknowledges he will need to work hard to assure Dell EMC Canada customers, partners and staff that a guy coming from the EMC side of the house gets the commercial business, which is mainly legacy Dell.

Servers

New Dell EMC PowerEdge servers hit the streets

July 11, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on New Dell EMC PowerEdge servers hit the streets
Dell EMC is emphasizing that the new 14G servers go well beyond the traditional conception of a compute platform.

Cloud

Key issues raised for customers, partners at Dell EMC Canadian Summit

June 28, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Key issues raised for customers, partners at Dell EMC Canadian Summit
Michael Sharun, President of the Dell EMC Canada Enterprise Division, discussed the major takeaways from the event for the company’s customers and partners.

Cloud

Unified Dell Technologies brand strength for Dell EMC in Canada

May 9, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Unified Dell Technologies brand strength for Dell EMC in Canada
Michael Sharun, the President of Dell EMC Canada’s Enterprise Division, discusses recent trends in the company’s Canadian business.

Computers

New Canadian organizational structure for Dell EMC accelerates successful integration

November 16, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on New Canadian organizational structure for Dell EMC accelerates successful integration
Dell EMC has made a restructuring in Canada into Enterprise and Commercial Sections, which are very close to pre-combination EMC and Dell respectively. They are crediting this as a key reason for strong performance over the last nine weeks.

Servers

Integrated Dell-EMC technologies begin to roll out with ScaleIO Ready Node

September 23, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Integrated Dell-EMC technologies begin to roll out with ScaleIO Ready Node
Dell EMC releases ScaleIO software from EMC integrated with PowerEdge servers, and thinks it will be a strong channel offering.