Nutanix

Data Centre

Pluribus Networks leveraging Dell, Nutanix connections to drive SDN solution

June 21, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pluribus Networks leveraging Dell, Nutanix connections to drive SDN solution
Pluribus partnered with both Dell and Nutanix a year ago, and is benefiting from being the software-defined networking element in joint deals. They also believe the upcoming Dell-EMC merger will help their business.

Servers

Nutanix targets SMB hyper-converged space with Nutanix Xpress

May 24, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Nutanix targets SMB hyper-converged space with Nutanix Xpress
Nutanix is making changes to its channel strategies around this product, including deal registration, to avoid channel confusion. Lenovo and its channel will also play a key role taking Xpress to market.

Servers

Nutanix, Citrix partner on scalable enterprise VDI solution for around $500 (really)

May 24, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Nutanix, Citrix partner on scalable enterprise VDI solution for around $500 (really)
Nutanix’s president acknowledged that the industry’s previous announced attempts at a low-cost VDI solution have been basically junk, which have left customers suspicious of such claims. Nutanix InstantON VDI for Citrix, on the other hand, is an enterprise-capable turnkey solution, which really will come in in the $500 price range, including the endpoint.

Hardware

Lenovo announces new SAP partnerships, offerings at SAPPHIRE NOW

May 20, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Lenovo announces new SAP partnerships, offerings at SAPPHIRE NOW
The Lenovo announcements included three joint offerings with integrators around SAP HANA, SAP-related data warehousing and memory announcements, and a hyper-converged sofolution r SAP Business suite applications stemming from their partnership with Nutanix.

Data Centre

New Nutanix Canada country manager Robert Yelenich promises aggressive expansion

April 12, 2016 Mark Cox 1
A month ago, Robert Yelenich moved from country manager of Commvault in Canada over to Nutanix, replacing Anton Granic, who had been promoted. Yelenich recently sat down with ChannelBuzz to discuss Nutanix’s Canadian plans for 2016.

Data Centre

Dell strengthens EMC-VMware presence in its hyper-converged portfolio

April 5, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell strengthens EMC-VMware presence in its hyper-converged portfolio
Beefing up the offerings owned by organizations soon likely to be owned by Dell comes as no surprise, but the vendor also strongly restated its support for its Nutanix-based XC line, while beefing it up as well, and said it’s not going anywhere.

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.

Cloud

Appcito adds Nutanix as partner in push beyond the public cloud

March 11, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Appcito adds Nutanix as partner in push beyond the public cloud
The multi-cloud application delivery solutions vendor has been focused mainly on public cloud infrastructure providers, but they are broadening out into the enterprise, and see Nutanix, with its strong presence in private and hybrid clouds, as a key route to market there.

Networking

Nutanix, Mellanox partnership adds Mellanox Ethernet switch to Nutanix platform

February 25, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Nutanix, Mellanox partnership adds Mellanox Ethernet switch to Nutanix platform
Mellanox thinks the Nutanix partnership can let Mellanox do for networking what Nutanix has already done for storage and compute – make it invisible. They also think it can grow their Ethernet switch business from the single digits to the neighborhood of their market leadership in Ethernet adapters.

Channel Programs

Cohesity looks to Revolutionize secondary storage with first channel program

February 18, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cohesity looks to Revolutionize secondary storage with first channel program
The aim of Cohesity, led by Nutanix’s original co-founder, is to disrupt the secondary storage market the same way Nutanix disrupted primary storage, and through a similar 100 per cent channel model.