Data Center

Online Tech Buys Cloud Infrastructure From Neverfail, Signs Software Partnership

by Joseph F. Kovar

With the deal, Neverfail will focus on its data center and data protection software development while Online Tech will get Neverfail's cloud infrastructure nodes, IaaS customers and channel partners.

HPE CEO Antonio Neri 'Bullish' On 2019 Outlook With Intelligent Edge, Hybrid IT Momentum

by Steven Burke

‘Why I am confident about 2019 is data continues to explode around us,’ says Neri. ‘That data has to be stored and managed. It is just physics. That is a big opportunity for both us and our partners: how we really accelerate outcomes from that data with the best edge to cloud architectures with connectivity, security, AI and the right cloud computing associated with those workloads.’

VMware Vs. Nutanix: Poonen And Pandey Trade Barbs In Software-Defined Spat

by Mark Haranas

VMware COO Sanjay Poonen said Nutanix CEO Dheeraj Pandey is "just screaming into Nutanix’s echo chamber" regarding the CEO's recent comments that VMware is worried about Nutanix.

ClearSky Data Raises $20M, Expands Equinix Relationship

by Joseph F. Kovar

The startup developer of technology for managing primary and secondary data without disrupting existing applications obtains both additional financing to grow and new managed co-location and data services to expand its offerings.

VMware CEO Gelsinger: 3Q Growth Highlights Impact Of Hybrid Cloud Investments, AWS Partnership

by Joseph F. Kovar

VMware's CEO and CFO used the company's quarterly earnings call to highlight the importance of hybrid cloud and a big upgrade in guidance for fiscal 2019 and 2020.

Eaton To Buy Power Supplier Ulusoy Elektrik For $300M: Report

by Mark Haranas

The data center and power management giant is close to buying power equipment maker Ulusoy Elektrik, according to a report from Reuters, marking Eaton's first acquisition in years.

Pat Gelsinger Says Michael Dell Is A 'Fan' Of VMware's AWS Partnership

by Mark Haranas

‘Though it has competitive elements with Dell, [Michael Dell] believes that if it's in VMware's best interests, it's in Dell Technologies best interests,’ says VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger, after AWS announces plans to sell on-premise hardware solutions.

Nutanix CEO Dheeraj Pandey: VMware 'Avoids' Head-To-Head Competition

by Mark Haranas

Nutanix CEO Dheeraj Pandey says that when it comes to virtualization, Global 5,000 companies are ‘looking at VMware like the new Oracle.’

Nutanix Xi Cloud Services Arrive With IoT, Edge And Disaster Recovery Features

by Mark Haranas

‘The future is at the edge. So the fact that they're getting involved in that space and making sure partners are prepared for edge computing is a great thing,’ says Craig Manahan, practice manager of data center infrastructure for RoundTower Technologies.

Partners: HPE Acquisition Will 'Kill' BlueData-Dell EMC Offerings

by Mark Haranas

“This is going to kill the Dell-BlueData deal," said Raymond Tuchman, CEO of Experis Technology Group, Potomac, Md., one of HPE's top enterprise partners. “We saw the same thing happen when HPE acquired Plexxi.”

HPE Accelerates AI, Big Data March With Acquisition Of BlueData

by Mark Haranas

'AI and machine learning are transforming enterprises into smarter enterprises. HPE gets that and is adding to its lead,’ said LAN Infotech CEO Michael Goldstein. ‘There are so many data points that you have to make sure customers have a way of reading and managing them all.’

Data Transformation Digest: Solve Customer’s Hybrid IT Challenges With Synnex

by Aaron Nobil

Synnex’s solutions are focused on enabling hybrid IT in order to help solution providers sell data center technology to their customers.

5 Companies That Had A Rough Week

by Rick Whiting

For the week ending Nov. 16, CRN looks at IT companies that were unfortunate, unsuccessful or just didn't make good decisions.

5 Companies That Came To Win This Week

by Rick Whiting

For the week ending Nov. 16, CRN takes a look at the companies that brought their 'A' game to the channel.

Carl Icahn Drops 'Unwinnable' Case Against Dell's VMware Stock Swap Deal

by Mark Haranas

‘We have determined that a proxy fight would be unwinnable and have decided to withdraw our Delaware litigation and terminate our proxy contest,’ says Carl Icahn, regarding his lawsuit against Dell's VMware stock swap deal.