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• December 12, 2019 12 Dec'19

  Pivot3, Scale Computing HCI appliances zoom in on AI, edge

  Pivot3 Acuity automates data protection for self-healing node rebuilds. New Scale Computing HE150 HCI systems combine M.2 NVMe SSD, Scale networking software and Intel mini-PCs.

• December 03, 2019 03 Dec'19

  HCI storage adoption rises as array sales slip

  Dell goes against the grain by increasing storage sales, but much of its gains came from hyper-converged and data protection products rather than traditional primary storage arrays.

• November 12, 2019 12 Nov'19

  Dell EMC PowerOne, On Demand add cloud-like pricing

  Dell EMC expands storage-as-a-service pricing, launches PowerOne converged stack for IT users looking for the "Holy Grail" of cloud pricing and on-premises management.

• November 04, 2019 04 Nov'19

  Dell EMC upgrades VxRail appliances for AI, SAP HANA

  As hyperconverged infrastructure use cases expand, Dell EMC adds analytics, flash and network management to VxRail platform built on PowerEdge servers.

• October 28, 2019 28 Oct'19

  HPE brings InfoSight AI to SimpliVity HCI

  HPE brings technologies from two 2017 acquisitions -- predictive analytics and hyper-convergences -- together with InfoSight on SimpliVity in hopes of giving SimpliVity a sales jolt.

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• October 15, 2019 15 Oct'19

  Steel company mines value with Scale Computing HC3 cluster

  Harrison Steel Castings outgrew its converged system and swapped it out for Scale Computing HC3 hyper-converged infrastructure, which uses open source KVM virtualization.

• September 04, 2019 04 Sep'19

  VMware vSAN HCI: Complete stack or 'vaporware'?

  VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger says vSAN is crushing Nutanix, while Nutanix CEO Dheeraj Pandey says VMware sells 'vaporware' -- but users say they like the integrated stack for HCI.

• August 28, 2019 28 Aug'19

  VMware vSAN HCI users share cloud strategies, battle scars

  Hyper-converged infrastructure has meant change to IT organizations, and VMware vSAN customers consider evolving their cloud plans in an age of hybrid and multi-cloud options.

• August 13, 2019 13 Aug'19

  Scale Computing HC3 gaining an enterprise foothold, CEO says

  Scale Computing founder and CEO Jeff Ready claims demand for HC3 is pulling the vendor into more enterprise use cases as edge-created data prompts companies to consolidate IT.

• August 12, 2019 12 Aug'19

  Composable architecture extends the reach of disaggregation

  In composable architecture, IT components are broken apart and reassembled for specific applications. They can provide more flexibility than converged or hyper-converged systems.

• July 24, 2019 24 Jul'19

  Beer maker brews up cloud alternative with Dell EMC VxRail

  With breweries in Colorado and North Carolina, New Belgium Brewing Co. moved shared production apps from cloud to local cluster of Dell EMC hyper-converged infrastructure.

• July 17, 2019 17 Jul'19

  VMware vSAN HCI multi-cloud setup keeps ambulance airbound

  Angel MedFlight runs a multi-cloud setup, using a customer-built app and hyper-converged infrastructure built on VMware vSAN software and HPE ProLiant servers.

• June 20, 2019 20 Jun'19

  HPE SimpliVity gets new features, competition

  HPE exec says vendor's HCI strategy is 'SimpliVity, SimpliVity, SimpliVity' -- but don't forget HPE's competitive Nutanix and Nimble Storage dHCI products.

• June 18, 2019 18 Jun'19

  HPE unveils Nimble dHCI, InfoSight on SimpliVity HCI

  Is disaggregated HCI a thing? Hewlett Packard Enterprise says yes, with its new Nimble Storage-ProLiant server combo that looks more like converged infrastructure than hyper-converged.

• June 17, 2019 17 Jun'19

  Scale Computing HC3 hyper-converged hardware gets edgy

  Scale Computing 1U edge nodes allow easy deployment by retailers in multiple sites that lack on-site IT. The Scale Computing storage layer removes the need for RAID-based data protection in the box.