Private Cloud

Storage

Tegile Systems announces massively scalable IntelliFlash Cloud Platform

August 29, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Tegile Systems announces massively scalable IntelliFlash Cloud Platform
Tegile says its new scale-out platform, with flash prices starting at about 50 cents/GB, will make on-prem flash cheaper than the public cloud and thus give channel partners a powerful weapon.

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.

Cloud

Inside Lenovo’s data centre group [Podcast]

August 16, 2016 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Inside Lenovo’s data centre group [Podcast]
Lenovo’s Don Frame and Stefan Bockhop discuss the vendor’s growing data centre business group, and Lenovo’s advantages in the cloud infrastructure market.

Cloud

ZeroStack to make its private cloud software available on Dell, HPE hardware

August 15, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on ZeroStack to make its private cloud software available on Dell, HPE hardware
ZeroStack has sold its software has to date on SuperMicro white box hardware, but requests from both partners and customers have led ZeroStack to broaden it out to Dell and HPE, with select other vendors likely on the way.

Big Data

Stratoscale boosts channel opportunities with Version 2 of Symphony software

July 26, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Stratoscale boosts channel opportunities with Version 2 of Symphony software
Stratoscale also announced that distribution through Ingram Micro, which has been available in the U.S. for several months, is now available in Canada.

Cloud

Growing Azure demand prompts new Acronis solutions, quest for more cloud resellers

July 12, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Growing Azure demand prompts new Acronis solutions, quest for more cloud resellers
Data protection vendor Acronis announces a Backup Cloud Extension for Azure, as well as the future availability of a Backup Cloud Extension for Microsoft Azure Stack – which will be available when Microsoft releases Azure Stack.

Cloud

Equinix, Arrow partner to offer preconfigured hybrid cloud packages

July 8, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Equinix, Arrow partner to offer preconfigured hybrid cloud packages
The turnkey solutions are expected to build up Equinix’s base of MSP and VAR partners, something that has been a focus for the company this year. Equinix is especially interested in partners with strong Microsoft practices.

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.