Servers

Hardware

Dell announces 13th generation PowerEdge servers

September 8, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell announces 13th generation PowerEdge servers
Dell is emphasizing that the design and software enhancements in its 13th generation of PowerEdge servers significantly boost application performance.

Hardware

Lenovo unveils three next-gen enterprise servers

September 8, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on Lenovo unveils three next-gen enterprise servers
Lenovo is emphasizing these new enterprise-ready server products have overcome limitations of Lenovo servers in the enterprise in the past.

Data Centre

HP announces its ProLiant Gen9 servers

August 28, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on HP announces its ProLiant Gen9 servers
Feeds and speeds of individual servers await later rollouts, but HP is promising three times the compute power of Gen8 servers, and a focus server strategy for the modern data centre.

Doug Oathout, Vice President of Global Marketing, SMB & Alliances at HP.
Servers

HP, Microsoft joint initiative to capture Windows Server 2003 transition

July 14, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on HP, Microsoft joint initiative to capture Windows Server 2003 transition
With the Windows XP support deadline in the rear-view mirror, HP and Microsoft are turning their attention to the end of support for Windows Server 2003.

IBM System X Servers
Data Centre

IBM-Lenovo server deal hits security snag

June 5, 2014 Larry Walsh (Channelnomics) Comments Off on IBM-Lenovo server deal hits security snag
IBM and Lenovo requests extension to give U.S. national security regulators more time to review the proposed sale of the IBM server unit to Lenovo.

Lenovo North American channel chief Chris Frey
Channel Programs

Lenovo simplifies incentives with upfront rebates

May 14, 2014 Larry Walsh (Channelnomics) Comments Off on Lenovo simplifies incentives with upfront rebates
Lenovo continues to woo the channel community by providing resellers with upfront rebates, simplified purchasing and sales reporting and expedited payments.

Dell NetVault 10
Security

Dell enhances data protection portfolio with NetVault 10, dedupe appliance

May 13, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell enhances data protection portfolio with NetVault 10, dedupe appliance
Dell has beefed up its data protection portfolio with the release of version 10 of its NetVault software, together with a new deduplication appliance.

Susan Bailey, vice president of sales and services for the Americas at Stratus Technologies
Data Centre

Stratus signs first distie deal with Arrow

April 22, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on Stratus signs first distie deal with Arrow
Stratus Technologies’ partnership with Arrow to bring fault-tolerant software to x86 servers.

server sales are up, but revenues are not following
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Server shipments up, revenues down in 2013

March 3, 2014 Larry Walsh (Channelnomics) Comments Off on Server shipments up, revenues down in 2013
Demand for servers is strong, but value is evaporating for the basic building blocks of data centers.

HPC servers
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IDC Finds Server Bright Spot in Global HPC Sales

September 11, 2013 Chris Gonsalves (Channelnomics) Comments Off on IDC Finds Server Bright Spot in Global HPC Sales
Worldwide revenue for the HPC servers jumped 7.9 percent to $2.6 billion in the second quarter of 2013, up from $2.4 billion in the same period last year.