NAS

Storage

Nexsan expands Unity portfolio with archiving box, desktop client

February 22, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on 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.

Data Centre

Nutanix displaces need for separate NAS with Acropolis File Services

March 14, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on 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.

Hardware

Connected Data augments NAS with Transporter Network Storage Connector

June 15, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on 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.

Seagate NAS Pro
Storage

Seagate unveils new NAS lines for small business

July 15, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on Seagate unveils new NAS lines for small business
Seagate NAS Pro line includes everything from fully loaded to completely diskless for VARs who prefer to specify their own storage for customers’ NASes.

Rob Emsley, Senior Director of Marketing for EMC’s Data Protection and Availability Division
Featured Post

EMC refreshes data protection for software-defined environments

April 8, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on EMC refreshes data protection for software-defined environments
EMC refreshes its Data Domain operating system, introduces a new release of VPLEX.

Featured Post

LenovoEMC Storage Products Come to Channel

May 21, 2013 Robert Dutt Comments Off on LenovoEMC Storage Products Come to Channel
Joint venture’s NAS offerings integrated into Lenovo’s channel program

Darren Thomas Dell
Featured Post

Dell product blitz marries unified and scale-out storage

June 9, 2011 Guest Poster Comments Off on Dell product blitz marries unified and scale-out storage
Focus on enterprise should make for an “interesting second half” in the storage market, analyst suggests

Larry Ellison
Channel Links

Channel Links: Is Oracle eyeing EMC?

October 14, 2010 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Channel Links: Is Oracle eyeing EMC?
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?