Podcasts
New Year’s Podcast Series: Shawn Massey of Storagecraft
Storagecraft channel sales manager Shawn Massey recaps 2014 in DR, and offers his preview for what his company, and the industry, will accomplish in 2015.
Storage
Sponsored Content
What is Recoverability?
Storagecraft uses”Recoverability” as its mantra. In this video interview, Shawn Massey explains what the term means to Storagecraft and its partners.
Storage
NexGen spinoff out of SanDisk to return to all-channel model
While NexGen’s R&D and overall sales benefitted significantly from being part of larger companies, moving forward they believe they will be in a stronger position to satisfy customers as a separate company.
Software
Enhanced DFS namespace automation highlights Data DynamicsStorageX 7.5 release
Improved automation of Microsoft’s DFS global namespace management capability highlights this release.
Sponsored Content
Selling disaster recovery
Shawn Massey of Storagecraft on how solution providers can position disaster recovery and differentiate their offering in a crowded marketplace.
Small Business
Fourth gen HP MSA Storage adds data tiering, SSD read caching
The enhanced horsepower in the Gen 4 MSA facilitates needed upgrades like Archive Tiering and Performance Tier options, a new SSD Read Cache feature to better utilize flash, and thin provisioning.
Storage
Dell emphasizes SMB with new all- flash array, and hybrid EqualLogic entry level offerings
The Dell Storage SC 4020 all-flash array is a less expensive follow-up to Dell’s Flash Optimized Solution from last year, while the PS4210, which replaces the PS4110 and PS4100 in the Dell EqualLogic lineup, is targeted at the entry-level customer, but has some other market potential.
Channel Programs
Dell announces new channel programs and competencies
Dell announced a series of new and enhanced programs to continue to drive channel growth, which for the first time has passed 40 per cent of total Dell revenues.
Storage
Dot Hill releases new version of RealStor storage management software
Dot Hill is emphasizing enhancement to their autonomic tiering in this release, which they say gives them a boost over competitors, and allows them to offer the best price-performance balance for the mid-market.
Cloud
HDS announces three new cloud options
The enhancements to Hitachi Unified Compute Platform which streamline and accelerate the process of building and managing cloud are the big news here for most HDS partners.
Data Centre
EMC’s Federation debuts joint SDDC solution
The Federation of EMC, VMware, and Pivotal debuts the first of five planned joint solutions, offering an easier path to the software-defined data centre.
Storage
SolidFire adds two new storage nodes to flagship line
The new offerings will significantly decrease the cost of entry for the SolidFire array.
Data Centre
Dimension Data rolls out globally standardized managed services for data centres
The solution provider looks to capitalize on a trend where 70 per cent of private cloud adopters will utilize third parties to manage their environments.
Virtualization
New Citrix XenApp, XenDesktop releases to take down adoption barriers
The major focus of the new releases is removing significant barriers to adoption, notably greatly reducing storage costs, and adding FIPS certification.
Distribution
ASG Software signs on Promark for data protection distribution
ASG has seen a significant recent ramp up in the amount of business done through its channel, and expects much more to come.
Channel Programs
BiTMICRO moves into enterprise SSDs with MAXio drives
The enterprise SSD space is a very congested one, but BiTMICRO believes that it can differentiate itself from this crowded field because while they focus on IOPS, BiTMICRO focuses on capacity.
Data Centre
CacheBox brings server-side caching into application tier
Their CacheAdvance application acceleration software delivers high performance while using only a fraction of flash capacity required by other solutions.
Cloud
Cleversafe, Nasuni partner on unified storage solution
The partnership creates a unified storage system that will let distributed offices and mobile employees access a single global fileshare which makes collaboration and centralized data protection possible.
Storage
Seagate unveils new NAS lines for small business
Seagate NAS Pro line includes everything from fully loaded to completely diskless for VARs who prefer to specify their own storage for customers’ NASes.
Storage
Violin announces four new Windows Flash Array models with pay-as-you-grow pricing
Violin Memory builds out its Windows-centric all-flash storage lineup, ramps up recruiting of Microsoft VARs for what will be a major new business.