SimpliVity's first formal channel program aims to help the developer of hyper-converged infrastructure technology quickly scale its business in a market still dominated mainly by newcomers.
Multiple channel sources tell CRN that Cisco will soon launch a smaller version of Cisco's UCS servers targeting remote offices/branch offices, hyper-converged infrastructure, or hyper-scale data center environments.
Cisco and NetApp said for SDN, the choice in FlexPod will be Cisco's ACI technology, but FlexPod channel partners call the decision a risky one given VMware's influence.
In its first Magic Quadrant for Integrated Systems report, Gartner included all the top vendors and coalitions in the converged infrastructure market except for the VSPEX reference architecture, which it said included too many vendor options.
IBM's moves are all part of a concerted effort to make storage one of its biggest new lines of business and one of the biggest new opportunities for channel partners.
A poster that briefly appeared on the VMware campus said 'Marvin' -- described as a VMwware-powered hyper-converged infrastructure appliance -- will arrive this summer.
The new Nimble Storage CS700 hybrid array, combined with an all-flash storage expansion shelf, can be clustered to provide 500,000-plus IOPS of performance and 64 TB of flash capacity.
Despite the market buzz surrounding the converged infrastructure market, Cisco didn't roll out the red carpet for UCS Invicta at launch. Some are wondering why.
First quarter 2014 storage sales fell significantly compared to last year despite a nearly 20-percent growth in total capacity shipped, according to the latest IDC quarterly report.
Converged infrastructure startup Nutanix is gunning for VCE customers with a new migration service to get Vblock customers to switch, and it's getting its channel partners to help out.
EMC is now validating non server, storage, and virtualization components as part of its VSPEX reference architecture, including Eaton power equipment and software.
Other top stories include a possible rift in the VCE collaboration. Also, Apple confirms the Beats acquisition, and partners anticipate big announcements from the vendor.
Wells Fargo argues that EMC should bring VMware in-house, using VMware's management and orchestration software to go with its Elastic Cloud Storage Appliance for converged infrastructure.
EMC World was a chance for solution providers and partners to see the latest in storage and virtualization solutions from EMC, its friends, and even rival HP.
EMC and Cisco Systems, partners in the development of converged infrastructure technology, may be headed for a breakup as traditional data center architecture methods transform.
VCE, the converged infrastructure joint venture between EMC and Cisco and VMWare, is showing tension over software-defined networking in vBlocks and other areas.
