VxRail has the same concept as last year’s unsuccessful EMC first foray into hyperconverged, but is designed to be much more flexible and modular, and benefits greatly from an improved software stack. It will also be available through all EMC partners, not just ones certified on VCE.
The channel-exclusive VSPEX solutions, which have been targeted at mid-market and SMB customers, are being expanded to the enterprise with the addition of the EMC VMAX 100K enterprise data services platform.
The new offerings include new four and eight socket X6 systems, Lenovo Flex System X6 Compute Nodes, and both Lenovo X6 and joint Lenovo-EMC solutions optimized for SAP HANA.
EMC sees this as a new category of product, which provides the same benefits as hyperconverged appliances provide, but to the datacentre, where the appliances do not scale well.
Frank Czyz, new Canadian channel chief at Nutanix, looks to replicate the hyperconverged vendor’s U.S. success in getting closer to top partners.
The joint offering with EMC, available through EMC and its channel, is designed to provide a secure Disaster Recovery-as-a-Service offering that is less expensive and less complex to deploy than existing DR solutions.
The biggest attraction for the channel here is likely to be its integration with VSPEX, when that is available in Q4.
EMC announces a trio of programs to address customer concerns with flash storage, including a guarantee that XtremIO products will last at least 7 years.
VCE, Cisco, and EMC come together for their first joint partner program, aiming to get partners to elevate the conversation around converged infrastructure.
Distributor hopes VSPEX-based Converged Infrastructure Anywhere will capture channel’s imagination
