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Storage

NGD Systems unveils disruptive 14nm ASIC-Based NVMe SSD devices with high capacity and low power consumption

March 6, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on NGD Systems unveils disruptive 14nm ASIC-Based NVMe SSD devices with high capacity and low power consumption
For channel partners, the immediate plus here is a massively dense NVMe device, which can be sold on the basis of those capacity and power features, even if a customer doesn’t need the devices’ computational storage capabilities today.

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Storage

VAST Data looks to disrupt enterprise data centre with Universal Storage Architecture

February 26, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on VAST Data looks to disrupt enterprise data centre with Universal Storage Architecture
VAST Data is targeting larger enterprises with an unabashed rip-and replace offering, designed to replace legacy data centre infrastructure with what they term a revolutionary and state of the art offering designed to deal with modern enterprise pain points.

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Backup

Pure Storage fleshes out hybrid cloud strategy with NVMe-oF support and ObjectEngine launch

February 19, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pure Storage fleshes out hybrid cloud strategy with NVMe-oF support and ObjectEngine launch
Support for RDMA over Converged Ethernet is available now in Purity 5.2 software, while the ObjectEngine flash-to-flash-to-cloud data protection acquired from StorReduce will hit GA in the first half of the year.

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Servers

Western Digital enters in-memory computing segment with software-defined Memory Extension Drive

November 12, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Western Digital enters in-memory computing segment with software-defined Memory Extension Drive
The first Western Digital offering for this space is the Ultrastar DC ME200 Memory Extension Drive, which augments physical DRAM with between 4x-8x in memory capacity. It will be available to all WD channel partners.

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Big Data

X-IO Technologies rebrands as Axellio to focus on edge and HCI after selling storage business to Violin

October 17, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on X-IO Technologies rebrands as Axellio to focus on edge and HCI after selling storage business to Violin
Axellio has only had its new product portfolio on the market for a little over a year, but has met with a strong response for their edge solutions in the performance part of the market, and just introduced a new HCI solution in partnership with Microsoft that is based on the Microsoft software-defined stack.

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Storage

Violin Systems plans full integration with X-IO technology to converge high end performance scalability with price-performance leadership

October 16, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Violin Systems plans full integration with X-IO technology to converge high end performance scalability with price-performance leadership
Violin Systems, which is focused on the high end of the performance storage market, reaches down to acquire the SME-focused storage business of X-IO Storage. The long-term goal is to fully integrate both technologies to provide high-end systems with the price-performance advantages of the X-IO technology.

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Storage

Retuned Violin rolls out first of new products aimed at their target extreme performance market

October 2, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Retuned Violin rolls out first of new products aimed at their target extreme performance market
Violin System introduces its first new product since it resurrected from bankruptcy, a NVMe fabric, ultra-low latency offering aimed at the extreme performance market, which is now the focus of Violin’s efforts.

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Data Centre

Hitachi Vantara adds agility to data centre portfolio with hyperconverged, converged portfolio upgrades

September 28, 2018 Mark Cox 1
The HCI part of the portfolio introduces the first NVMe offering, while new support on the CI side was announced that will support very large deployments, and a refresh of the Hitachi Unified Compute Platform Advisor’s management and orchestration software was announced.

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Data Centre

Server, storage success in Q2 show continued Dell EMC progress on integration journey

September 13, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Server, storage success in Q2 show continued Dell EMC progress on integration journey
Kevin Connolly, President of Commercial Sales at Dell EMC Canada gives his take on why the company had another strong quarter, what’s happening in the market, and where Dell EMC still has room for substantial growth in Canada.

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Servers

Supermicro ships top-performing 1U all-flash storage server optimized for Samsung NF1 NVMe storage

September 6, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Supermicro ships top-performing 1U all-flash storage server optimized for Samsung NF1 NVMe storage
Supermicro and Samsung will jointly promote the new server aggressively because of its specific customization for the new Samsung SSDs.

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Hardware

Dell introduces industry-first 1U rack performance workstation with entry-level Dell Precision 3930

July 20, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell introduces industry-first 1U rack performance workstation with entry-level Dell Precision 3930
Dell also upgrades their two tower entry level workstations, with one, the Dell Precision 3630, getting a completely new chassis to make its form factor smaller.

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Storage

NVMe pioneer E8 Storage expands into Canada with CognoSystems reseller agreement

July 17, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on NVMe pioneer E8 Storage expands into Canada with CognoSystems reseller agreement
CognoSystems does a lot of work putting together differentiated solutions for customers using next-gen emerging vendors, and the E8 technology, which uses a custom-built architecture that delivers very high performance, fits the bill there.

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Backup

Dell EMC targets SMB and midmarket customers with DP 4400 Integrated Protection Appliance

July 11, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell EMC targets SMB and midmarket customers with DP 4400 Integrated Protection Appliance
The IDPA series Dell EMC rolled out last year was aimed at the enterprise, but the DP4400 was specifically built for SMB and midmarket customers, and is being targeted there rather than at ROBO deployments of enterprises.

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Cloud

NetApp adapting storage and software business unit to Cloud First requirements

June 28, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on NetApp adapting storage and software business unit to Cloud First requirements
All-flash led NetApp’s climb back from the brink to profitability, and all-flash remains one of NetApp’s strategic priorities this year. However, while Joel Reich’s business unit delivers most NetApp revenue, its development priorities have transitioned to the new Cloud First approach

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Big Data

Hitachi Vantara announces hardware, software enhancements to Unified Compute Platform

June 6, 2018 Mark Cox 1
Just in time for SAP SAPPHIRE, several significant new SAP HANA software applications were announced, but that’s only a part of a fairly comprehensive Hitachi Vantara announcement.

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Channel Programs

Inside Pure Storage’s channel program changes

May 25, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Inside Pure Storage’s channel program changes
The changes to the Pure channel program and go-to-market motions are extremely significant, impacting most things except for Pure’s commitment to a 100 per cent channel strategy.

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Storage

Pure Storage outlines data-centric storage vision and strategy at Accelerate event

May 24, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pure Storage outlines data-centric storage vision and strategy at Accelerate event
The model that Pure Storage outlined as their path forward is not a net-new, as it is built on technology like last year’s FlashBlade//X and Gartner’s Shared Accelerated Storage category. It is, however, a differentiated strategy within the industry, that Pure believes will drive it to great heights.

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Storage

Pure Storage goes all-in on NVMe with expanded FlashArray//X line

May 24, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pure Storage goes all-in on NVMe with expanded FlashArray//X line
While many customers are still on the fence about NVMe adoption in its early days, Pure Storage is making it easier for them to buy FlashArray//X now and upgrade later, by making the upgrade path simple, and changing pricing policies to encourage people to buy //X now.

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Storage

New HPE Nimble arrays feature enhanced price-performance, inline always-on dedupe and Store More guarantee

May 7, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on New HPE Nimble arrays feature enhanced price-performance, inline always-on dedupe and Store More guarantee
The new Nimble arrays are also fully enabled for SCM and NVMe for when HPE supports them on these models, but the support is not yet there out of the gate.

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Storage

Dell EMC introduces PowerMax, the rebranded next generation of VMAX

May 1, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell EMC introduces PowerMax, the rebranded next generation of VMAX
Dell EMC also announced that native replication has been added to EMC XtremIO, and a ew entry point X-Brick XtremIO system at up to a 55 per cent lower cost than the previous generation.

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