virtualization

D&H Canada brings Partner Services Marketing library to Canada

November 19, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off

D&H’s Canadian partners had been asking for this service, available in the U.S since 2012, to come north. It assembles marketing collateral and customizable templates from both D&H and participating vendors in one library, and is free to use.

Fourth gen HP MSA Storage adds data tiering, SSD read caching

November 18, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off

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.

ViewSonic, Userful roll out first joint VDI product for low-cost markets

November 10, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off

ViewSonic and Calgary-based Userful announced last month that they would bundle Userful’s software and ViewSonic’s hardware into a VDI bundle, and now the first solution from this partnership has been announced.

Anthony Ricco, vice president of worldwide demand marketing at Citrix, at Citrix Mobility Toronto.

Citrix introduces partners to the software-defined workplace

October 15, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off

Taking mobility to a strategic level creates a CEO-level conversation about “business and human outcomes” of IT projects, Citrix exec says at Toronto event.

Dell announces Network Functions Virtualization platform, starter kits

October 14, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off

Dell’s NFV platform is targeted at the carrier market, giving Dell its first solid solution for this high-end space. It brings software-defined networking and compute infrastructure virtualization, which started in the enterprise and midmarket, into the carrier space.

ViewSonic, Userful partner to offer hardware-software VDI bundle for economy market

October 10, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off

Both companies see this bundled solution as a great way for PC-focused hardware partners to get into the VDI market.

Bharat Badrinath, senior director of global solutions marketing at EMC

EMC’s Federation debuts joint SDDC solution

October 9, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off

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.

Joseph Pelonero, senior manager of sales for Ingram Micro’s advanced computing division

Ingram Micro bolsters Expert Service lineup

September 10, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off

Ingram Micro adds VNX installation and voice and video network readiness assessments to its growing collection of services for solution providers.

Greg Smith, senior director of product and technical marketing at Nutanix.

Nutanix welcomes VMware to hyper-converged fray

September 3, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off

With new funding and new markets to tap, Nutanix sees the debut of VMware’s Evo family of products as evidence for further convergence of infrastructure.