Storage

Pure Storage Misses Revenue, Earnings Expectations, Lowers 2020 Guidance

by Joseph F. Kovar

Pure Storage CEO Charles Giancarlo said on the company’s first fiscal quarter 2020 earnings call that although he was not satisified with the quarter’s results, the company is ‘broadening’ its customer base and ‘delivering new innovations through both organic and inorganic investments.’

Apple, Dell, Kingston, Seagate To Sell Shares In Toshiba Memory: Report

by Joseph F. Kovar

The sale, totaling about $4.5 billion, would close last year's move by the four companies to ensure a joint venture between Toshiba Memory and Western Digital did not fall into the hands of Western Digital and further consolidate the flash storage industry.

Qualcomm-Backed WekaIO Snags $31.7M For Scalable File Storage Tech

by Joseph F. Kovar

The list of strategic investors in WekaIO, developer of high-performance, scalable file storage, reads like the who's who of the storage industry.

Nutanix CEO On ‘Funky’ Nutanix On AWS Xi Clusters For Hybrid Cloud

by Mark Haranas

‘That’s the real deal about this whole thing -- that we can create hybrid clouds in one or two clicks. In less than half an hour, you have a hybrid cloud running,’ says Nutanix CEO Dheeraj Pandey in regards to Nutanix Xi Clusters for AWS.

Backup And Disaster Recovery Minute: OneXafe – The Ultimate Midmarket Opportunity

by Aaron Nobil

Discover how StorageCraft’s OneXafe provides your midsize enterprise customers with a simple next-generation data protection and business continuity solution at an affordable and differentiated price.

NetApp Eyes Consumption-Based Storage, Intros Cloud-Focused Ontap 9.6

by Joseph F. Kovar

‘People want on-premises, cloudlike offerings,’ says NetApp’s Joel Reich. ‘They don't want a rebranding of a private cloud. As hybrid cloud becomes the model people are moving toward, they will be looking at how to balance their spending while having new flexibility.’

Cohesity Acquires Imanis Data In Big Hadoop, NoSQL Data Protection Play

by Joseph F. Kovar

Cohesity also is expanding its data protection and management capabilities with native Kubernetes container and Microsoft OneDrive capabilities.

5 Companies That Came To Win This Week

by Rick Whiting

For the week ending May 3, CRN takes a look at the companies that brought their 'A' game to the channel.

WATCH: Dell’s Chief Commercial Officer On Why 98% Of The Fortune 500 Is Partnering With Dell Technologies

by Diana Blass

Dell CCO Marius Haas explains how companies like the McLaren Group are using Dell’s technology and how partners stand to benefit.

CRN Exclusive: Former Cisco Channel Chief Wendy Bahr Joins Storage Startup Rubrik

by Joseph F. Kovar

Bahr, who is now the first-ever chief commercial officer of Rubrik, joins the data management vendor after her former boss John Chambers made an investment in the company and became its board adviser.

Dell EMC And VMware Launch SD-WAN Edge ‘Prime Time’ Solution

by Mark Haranas

‘What we have is Dell, who is the leader in open networking category, combining forces with VMware software, and we’re delivering an SD-WAN solution bundled together,’ says Brian Henderson, director of converged infrastructure and open networking product marketing at Dell EMC.

Dell EMC Expands Unity, PowerMax Lines, Intros Cloud Storage Services

by Joseph F. Kovar

Dell EMC is making the cloud a more central part of its storage offerings with the introduction of Cloud Storage Services and is working with Intel to bring Optane dual-port enterprise server-class memory to its flagship PowerMax line.

The Big Data 100 2019

by Rick Whiting

The 2019 Big Data 100 is CRN's annual ranking of the most important big data technology vendors that solution providers should be aware of.

Dell VMware Doubling Down On Integrations; Partners ‘Thrilled’

by Mark Haranas

“The more advantages and the more integrations that Dell and VMware have – that’s a major competitive advantage for us,” said Rick Gouin, CTO at Winslow Technology Group.

Channel Icon Frank Vitagliano Is New CEO Of Global Technology Distribution Council

by Steven Burke

‘I want to make sure we are doing everything possible to articulate the value and ongoing importance of distribution in the IT supply chain moving forward,’ Vitagliano says. ‘As distribution continues to evolve, it is really important for everybody to be aware of what a difference distribution is making in the digital transformation era.’