scale-out

Storage

Qumulo unveils new Qumulo Core 2.0 software, new hybrid storage appliances

April 12, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Qumulo unveils new Qumulo Core 2.0 software, new hybrid storage appliances
Channel-focused scale-out NAS provider Qumulo, which integrates real-time data analytics directly into storage, expands its hardware appliance line and announces a partnership with Western Digital for its HGST 10TB Hard Drives for its appliances.

Cloud

Pure Storage unveils FlashBlade all-flash platform for petabyte-scale unstructured data

March 14, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pure Storage unveils FlashBlade all-flash platform for petabyte-scale unstructured data
In addition to the FlashBlade, which becomes Pure’s new high end offering, the company also introduced the FlashArray//m10, a new entry level extension, to its FlashArray//m family, as well as several new FlashStack converged infrastructure solutions.

Cloud

NetApp CEO says new tech trends aid NetApp

March 10, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on NetApp CEO says new tech trends aid NetApp
At a customer event in Toronto on Wednesday, NetApp CEO George Kurian laid out the company’s case to key customers and partners why the storage pioneer is well positioned for the new age of IT.

Cloud

ZeroStack zero-touch private cloud hits general availability

March 8, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on ZeroStack zero-touch private cloud hits general availability
ZeroStack technology significantly reduces both private cloud deployment time and costs as well as the cost of operations by putting the user work flows and operations in the cloud, while the infrastructure and software to manage it are on prem. They are also selling entirely through channel partners.

Big Data

HDS moves beyond legacy heritage with scale-out appliance for Big Data and IoT

February 4, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on HDS moves beyond legacy heritage with scale-out appliance for Big Data and IoT
The Hitachi Hyper Scale-Out Platform, a new, next-generation technology, leverages technology acquired with Pentaho last year to provide an appliance that is aimed at Big Data, Data Lake and Internet of Things use cases now, and at broader use cases once an all-flash version is available later this year.

Big Data

EMC’s shift in Data Lake strategy opens up new partner opportunities

November 13, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on EMC’s shift in Data Lake strategy opens up new partner opportunities
EMC’s Data Lake 2.0 significantly enhances the original core-focused Data Lake strategy by extending it to the edge and the cloud, as well as strengthening the core. This is also likely to expand partner opportunities somewhat beyond the very limited involvement thought likely when the original Data lake was announced.

Software

Dell adds Scality to partners in software-defined storage portfolio

August 18, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell adds Scality to partners in software-defined storage portfolio
The addition of Scality to Dell’s software-defined roster is likely to extend its market reach considerably, and partners Dell up with a leading object storage vendor.

Storage

ExaGrid ramps up scalability with enhanced deduplication, Oracle RMAN Channel support

August 17, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on ExaGrid ramps up scalability with enhanced deduplication, Oracle RMAN Channel support
ExaGrid, which competes against much larger players like EMC Data Domain, is in a growth spurt, has ramped up its internal sales which work with channel partners, and hopes to go public in between two and two and a half years.

Distribution

Web-scale flash storage vendor Coho Data signs first disti deal with SYNNEX

April 7, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Web-scale flash storage vendor Coho Data signs first disti deal with SYNNEX
While Coho Data’s founders have a heavy XenSource connection, their engineering team has a heavily Canadian one: much of it is based in Vancouver.

Big Data

Qumulo breaks stealth with data-aware scale-out NAS

March 16, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Qumulo breaks stealth with data-aware scale-out NAS
Qumulo’s software, sold as 1U appliance nodes, integrates real-time data analytics directly into storage, to make data and storage resources much more visible. They sell only through the channel.