Nutanix

Data Centre

Nutanix enhances cloud platform with PernixData, Calm.io acquisitions

August 28, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Nutanix enhances cloud platform with PernixData, Calm.io acquisitions
Nutanix makes its first foray into acquiring other people’s technology with a pair of deals designed to enhance their storage-class memory systems and improve their cloud automation and management capabilities.

Computers

Lenovo channel chief pleased with North American performance

August 23, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Lenovo channel chief pleased with North American performance
Sammy Kinlaw reviews Lenovo’s recently concluded quarter in North America and indicates their initiatives going forward, including a new distribution agreement for the Motorola products.

Data Centre

Nutanix expands customer choice in server platforms, validating its software on Cisco UCS

August 18, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Nutanix expands customer choice in server platforms, validating its software on Cisco UCS
The interesting thing here is that Nutanix has expanded the Cisco support on its own, without Cisco being involved in the validation process. That supports the two companies’ earlier stated position that no partnership where Nutanix would be sold on UCS was in the works. This move may, however, indicate that Nutanix is trying to create momentum towards it.

Storage

Hyper-converged secondary storage vendor Cohesity enhances platform, software

June 29, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Hyper-converged secondary storage vendor Cohesity enhances platform, software
The enhancements include a major improvement to the platform’s performance as well as the ability to now handle physical protection as well as virtual.

Data Centre

Nutanix unveils proof-of-concept drone at .NEXT event

June 27, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Nutanix unveils proof-of-concept drone at .NEXT event
Nutanix sees the drone as an extension of its core webscale philosophy of using software on commodity hardware to make it much more extensible. Down the line, they see this as having application to use cases which will interest channel partners.

Cloud

Sureline Systems looks to Nutanix partnership for growth

June 27, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Sureline Systems looks to Nutanix partnership for growth
The cloud migration and DR vendor is leveraging its partnership with Nutanix and support for Nutanix’s AHV supervisor to add new customers, including ones in Canada.

Data Centre

Nutanix looks to move forward by disrupting itself

June 22, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Nutanix looks to move forward by disrupting itself
At its .NEXT event, Nutanix has been stressing that the company needs to reinvent itself, moving beyond its hyper-converged base, despite the considerable risks in its larger objective of becoming a platform company that can redefine the datacentre’s private cloud.

Data Centre

Solution provider secrets of growing with Nutanix

June 22, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Solution provider secrets of growing with Nutanix
Two of Nutanix’s top Canadian partners discuss the evolution of their companies’ relationship with Nutanix, from early days to the present and how they have become successful partnering with the company, while taking somewhat different strategies.

Data Centre

Nutanix extends Enterprise Cloud Platform to tear down datacentre siloes

June 21, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Nutanix extends Enterprise Cloud Platform to tear down datacentre siloes
Nutanix has unveiled a host of related announcements, including enhancements in its upcoming July 4.7 release that will add support for containerized and physical environments, supporting everything in a single platform.

Channel Programs

Nutanix channel chief takes stock of changes in first year on job

June 21, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Nutanix channel chief takes stock of changes in first year on job
Chris Morgan assessed his success in executing on his priorities in this first year on the job, and considers the channel impact of Nutanix’s emphasis in 2016 of the big picture beyond simply saving money through hyper-converged solutions.