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Nexsan Unveils Next Generation Unity Systems to Meet Growing Customer Demand
Nexsan has announced the next generation of Unity , a unified storage system providing both file ( NAS ) and block services with Enterprise File Sync and Share ( EFSS ), n-Way sync , and integrated secure active archiving .
The new Unity systems offer up to 40 per cent performance improvement over previous models , more flexible configurations , and reduces costs by more than a third . New all-flash configurations are now available to meet the demands of customers ’ high performance applications , as well as hybrid configurations for the more cost conscious .
The next generation of Unity has been completely redesigned to improve performance and management , increase flexibility , decrease costs , and launch all-flash models . The latest Intel Xeon Processor E5 v4 family and increased memory allow for more IOPs , lower latency , and power to expand and deliver performance up to 40 per cent over previous similarly configured systems .
Additional ports , connectivity options , and the support of SMB 3.0 provides greater configuration flexibility . Because of the new designs , the new hybrid models in similar configurations are up to a third less expensive , delivering significant savings .
For further information visit : www . nexsan . com
Firstnet Offers Hybrid Cloud Services Powered by Nutanix Enterprise Cloud Platform
Nutanix has announced an agreement with Firstnet Solutions to offer customers a choice of flexible hybrid cloud services based on the Nutanix Enterprise cloud platform .
Firstnet Solutions recently formed a new entity , Firstnet Data Centres , which opened its first data centre in Leeds . Aspiring to be the first dedicated Tier 3 data centre in its region , it gives customers a choice of traditional colocation facilities alongside a new mix of managed hosting , virtual desktop and cloud services . These new services will be based entirely on the Nutanix Enterprise cloud platform , chosen after exhaustive research and competitive analysis .
Key differentiators were the single Nutanix Prism management pane for both compute and storage resources , plus the hypervisor neutral virtualisation capabilities of the Nutanix platform . Together , these will enable Firstnet to offer customers immediate managed hosting , quickly followed by VDI services using the built-in virtualisation solution , Nutanix AHV .
As a Nutanix partner , Firstnet will provide customers with a complete end-to-end hybrid cloud solution based on the Nutanix Enterprise Cloud Platform . Customers using Nutanix for their on-premise infrastructure can leverage the built-in replication , back up , and DR functions by connecting to the Nutanix clusters hosted by Firstnet .
For further information visit : www . nutanix . com
Rubrik ’ s Cloud Data Management Platform Now Runs in AWS and Microsoft Azure
Rubrik has announced a milestone expansion of its product portfolio , extending its scale-out software fabric to deliver data protection for cloud native applications running in AWS and Microsoft Azure . In addition , Rubrik recently announced bookings approaching $ 100m annual run rate in just six quarters of selling .
According to IDC , more than 80 per cent of IT organisations will be committed to hybrid cloud architectures by end of this year . As enterprises migrate applications to the cloud , the need for a cloudscale data management platform becomes paramount in order to protect and manage data born in the cloud . Rubrik Cloud Data Management is deployed onpremises through plug-and-play appliances and at the edge with software appliances ( Rubrik Edge ).
For cloud native applications , Rubrik orchestrates all critical data management functions - including backup and recovery , replication and disaster recovery , archival , copy data management , search , and analytics .
By extending Rubrik Cloud Data Management software fabric to run on public cloud providers , enterprises can : Get up and running in minutes ; avoid cloud vendor lock-in ; achieve management simplicity ; start small and scale-out easily ; locate and deliver application-consistent recoveries for data born in the cloud and provide actionable insights with rich visual reporting .
For further information visit : www . rubrik . com
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