Nutanix

Cloud

Nutanix moves strongly into enterprise in Canada with new sales strategy

July 6, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Nutanix moves strongly into enterprise in Canada with new sales strategy
Robert Yelenich, Nutanix country manager in Canada, talks with ChannelBuzz about the measures he has taken over the past year in pursuit of the aggressive growth strategy he laid out a year ago.

Channel Programs

Cloudian launches first partner program as part of channel ramp-up

July 6, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cloudian launches first partner program as part of channel ramp-up
Object storage vendor Cloudian has close strategic partnerships with several other vendors who touch different parts of the storage space, and their channel partners tend to be ones who work with those vendors.

Cloud

“There’s a method to the madness:” Nutanix CEO Pandey talks strategy

July 5, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on “There’s a method to the madness:” Nutanix CEO Pandey talks strategy
Nutanix founder and CEO Dheeraj Pandey talks about where the company is headed, on multiple fronts.

Data Centre

Dell EMC publicly recommits to Nutanix partnership

June 30, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell EMC publicly recommits to Nutanix partnership
While the Dell EMC merger has raised speculation about the future of their relationship with Nutanix, Dell EMC forcefully stated at Nutanix .NEXT that the relationship is solid and will continue.

Backup

Nutanix, Veeam turn their relationship into a partnership

June 29, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Nutanix, Veeam turn their relationship into a partnership
Veeam will support Nutanix, for the first time, by the end of the year, and Nutanix will promote Veeam as their premier availability vendor.

Cloud

Nutanix launches unique hybrid cloud offering with Xi Cloud Services, Nutanix Calm

June 28, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Nutanix launches unique hybrid cloud offering with Xi Cloud Services, Nutanix Calm
The cloud services have the same OS as Nutanix’s on-prem software, which provides major benefits for customers – and significant new opportunities for partners.

Backup

Rubrik expands enterprise capabilities in major new Alta release

June 15, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Rubrik expands enterprise capabilities in major new Alta release
The enhancements, which include support for Oracle RMAN and SQL, as well as the Hyper-V and Nutanix Acropolis hypervisors, strengthen the Rubrik enterprise play.

Rafael Garzon, vice president of the Americas partner organization at Ctirix
Distribution

Citrix adds Arrow as second North American distributor

May 25, 2017 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Citrix adds Arrow as second North American distributor
Citrix steps away from having Ingram as its exclusive North American distributor, aims to re-engage lapse partners and attack the midmarket with Arrow.

Data Centre

Nutanix targets large enterprises with IBM Power Systems partnership

May 17, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Nutanix targets large enterprises with IBM Power Systems partnership
Nutanix’s latest full-blown vendor partnership will see them strengthen their presence in the high end of the market, with product that will be sold by IBM and its channel.

Channel Programs

Exclusive: New Cohesity channel chief Todd Palmer on his move from Palo Alto

May 12, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Exclusive: New Cohesity channel chief Todd Palmer on his move from Palo Alto
Palmer discusses why he joined the high-flying startup, as well as the measures he wants to take to enhance Cohesity’s global 100 per cent channel strategy.