Software-Defined Storage

ZeroStack expands aggressive partnering strategy with Nexenta

April 11, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off

ZeroStack is looking to put its Intelligent Cloud Platform at the centre of the cloud universe, and is actively partnering with other vendors to make it happen.

Big changes in data centre technology to help channel in 2017: Dell EMC

January 26, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off

The CTO of the Dell EMC Converged Platforms & Solutions Division also stressed the continuing importance of their Nutanix partnership, emphasizing its centrality to Dell EMC’s growing relationship with Microsoft.

Atlantis Computing expands Citrix partnership, announces new one with Rancher Labs

October 25, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off

The new Atlantis integration with Citrix brings its VDI infrastructure directly into Citrix management interfaces, while the new partnering with Rancher Labs integrates Atlantis’ management interface with theirs to better manage containers.

Servers

Integrated Dell-EMC technologies begin to roll out with ScaleIO Ready Node

September 23, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off

Dell EMC releases ScaleIO software from EMC integrated with PowerEdge servers, and thinks it will be a strong channel offering.

Riverbed announces multiple software-defined solutions

September 13, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off

Riverbed is making significant announcements today around its SteelConnect, SteelCentral and SteelFusion product lines.

Scality looks to develop select channel with its first partner program

September 13, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off

Object storage vendor Scality believes the time is ripe to introduce its ATLAS Partner Program, designed to provide additional support to its channel of 25 partners, and to increase that number by selective recruitment.

HPE unveils new StoreVirtual, MSA entry level storage arrays

August 15, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off

HPE’s strategy with its new offerings is to offer strong featured hybrid-flash and software-defined offerings to the entry level at a sub-$10k price where they haven’t played before.

HPE extends software-defined storage strategy

June 7, 2016 Mark Cox 1

The company has announced more details about its composable data fabric strategy, made possible by extending its StoreVirtual technology across all its form factors, to serve as the basis of its strategy for making software-defined ubiquitous in the date centre.

Atlantis Computing, Citrix form strategic alliance around hyper-converged

May 26, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off

The two companies have been long-time partners around VDI, but this extension of their relationship makes a very low cost hyper-converged offering, which combines Atlantis’ hyper-converged infrastructure with the full Xen stack, available to any certified Citrix partner.