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Cohesity ups investment in Canada and looks to drive deeper into midmarket

March 18, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cohesity ups investment in Canada and looks to drive deeper into midmarket
Cohesity hopes to outgrow its new offices in the GTA, which will be filled both with new engineers for the company’s R&D operations, and new sales people working with the partners who are their sole route to market. 

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Backup

Rubrik enhances hybrid cloud capabilities with Andes 5.0 platform release

November 14, 2018 Mark Cox 1
Enhancements in Rubrik’s latest release include certification for SAP HANA, instant recovery capabilities for Oracle database instant recovery and improved Microsoft Office 365 protection on the Rubrik Polaris SaaS platform.

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Cloud

Komprise signs first non-cloud strategic reseller relationship,with IBM

May 30, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Komprise signs first non-cloud strategic reseller relationship,with IBM
Intelligent data management startup Komprise has also expanded their distribution network, signing on Lifeboat to complement original distribution partner Synnex

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Storage

Cloudian expands beyond object storage with Cloudian HyperFile integrated NAS Controller

December 6, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cloudian expands beyond object storage with Cloudian HyperFile integrated NAS Controller
The integration of full-featured file support to the Cloudian object platform opens them to some new markets – and is also opening them to some new types of channel partners.

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Cloud

Netgear looks to the cloud with new Insight solution for small business

September 19, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Netgear looks to the cloud with new Insight solution for small business
Netgear’s new smart cloud offering provides a free app and a free subscription for a basic version. New switches and APs are required though, and a paid version with unlimited device support and additional features will be available early next year.

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Storage

Spectra Logic adds mid-market upgradeable NAS solution to BlackPearl family

September 12, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Spectra Logic adds mid-market upgradeable NAS solution to BlackPearl family
Spectra BlackPearl NAS differs from the Spectra Logic existing Spectra Verde NAS box by being attached to their BlackPearl object storage gateway, and also by being upgradeable to BlackPearl.

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Storage

WekaIO looks to channel to take massively scalable cloud-native file system to market

July 17, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on WekaIO looks to channel to take massively scalable cloud-native file system to market
WekaIO has emerged from stealth with a channel-friendly parallel scale- out file storage solution that uses the compute layer to eliminate external storage devices.

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Storage

NetApp sees mainstream channel play in 10.4 release of StorageGRID Webscale object storage

May 8, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on NetApp sees mainstream channel play in 10.4 release of StorageGRID Webscale object storage
While the channel’s role in NetApp object storage has largely been limited to specific verticals, the company believes object storage’s market has finally grown to the point where broader market opportunities are a reality.

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Storage

QNAP refreshes enterprise NAS offering with TS-1685

March 22, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on QNAP refreshes enterprise NAS offering with TS-1685
QNAP replaces its TS-1080 with a new, beefier model, which will give its channel a more robust offering for customers who want enterprise capacity, but who have space issues.

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Networking

Riverbed adds NAS Storage support to SteelFusion in 5.0 release

February 28, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Riverbed adds NAS Storage support to SteelFusion in 5.0 release
Riverbed fills in what they state was the only void in their SteelFusion edge product, and expect this will open up new opportunities and continue the product line’s momentum.

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