Backup
Comtrade to enhance built-for Nutanix HYCU backup with ESX support
Other new elements, which will be formally announced next week, include an early trial for AFS backup and more efficient support for ROBO environments.
Microsoft Exchange
Cloud
Metalogix adds Exchange data protection to Essentials for Office 365
Essentials for Office 365 now provides a unified backup for Exchange, Sharepoint and Onedrive, all the major applications where content lives.
Cloud
Ingram Micro launches six of their own hosted services in Canada
Ingram Micro Cloud has also launched a new Cloud Elevate program, in which Ingram partners who register as a partner in Ingram’s Cloud Marketplace by September 30th will receive free Ingram Micro-hosted solutions with $100 credit a month.
Cloud
Nutanix adds hybrid cloud, high performance appliance
Nutanix believes the ability to offer public cloud capacity, together with a more powerful appliance, will make them the go-to vendor for any enterprise converged infrastructure project.
Featured Post
Exchange Server 2003: The other end-of-life opportunity
While much attention is being focused on the pending end of life of Windows XP, Microsoft is also discontinuing support for Exchange Server 2003.
Channel Programs
HP extends SMB-focused Just Right IT lineup
HP’s new members of its Just Right IT lineup for SMBs include reference architectures for SAP HANA and Microsoft Exchange, as well as new services.
Channel Programs
HP Brings Partner Help for New SMB Storage
Hewlett-Packard introduces new small-business storage and a channel program to help VARs target SMB
Cloud
Tech Data Canada gets SPLA okay from Microsoft
Move gives a broader range of solution providers access to Microsoft’s easiest pay-as-you-go licensing model for hosted software offerings
Hardware
HP and Microsoft team on new converged app appliances
Appliances aim to simplify data warehousing and messaging for customers and partners