Tag Archive for NAS

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. 

Rubrik enhances hybrid cloud capabilities with Andes 5.0 platform release

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Nexsan expands Unity portfolio with archiving box, desktop client

Nexsan’s new Unity Active Archive is expected to have a much larger market than Nexsan’s Assureon archiving product, because of its ease of use and deployment, broader use cases, and attractive pricing.

Nutanix displaces need for separate NAS with Acropolis File Services

Nutanix sees its native file serving solution on the Nutanix Distributed File Storage Fabric as opening up a large new market for it displacing NAS servers, and bringing disruption to a NAS market they say has been ready for it for a while.

Connected Data augments NAS with Transporter Network Storage Connector

The free Connector front-ends a NAS device, allowing the Transporter appliance to sync important files and folders seamlessly to users’ laptops and mobile devices, to overcome NAS’s limitations with mobility.

Channel Links: Is Oracle eyeing EMC?

Larry Ellison

Will Oracle buy EMC? Where are Canadian SMBs spending their IT budget? Is RIM’s PlayBook doomed before it launches? Is Overland looking to move into the enterprise with its purchase of MaxiScale? Why should VARs be thanking Santa?