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- July 29, 2015
29 Jul'15
Amazon Aurora generally available after lengthy beta
Amazon Aurora is now available, but its features don't match that of the rest of Relational Database Service.
- July 29, 2015
29 Jul'15
Enterprise tech buyers could benefit from a stronger Juniper
Juniper Networks is selling to more enterprises, a trend that could heat up the competition for the wallets of tech buyers.
- July 28, 2015
28 Jul'15
IT departments aren't getting sidelined by cloud, research shows
Research from Harvard Business Review suggests IT departments are maintaining a firm grip on enterprise cloud deployments.
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- July 28, 2015
28 Jul'15
IoT device makers stand to lose out on software licensing revenue
Gartner claims many IoT device manufacturers could lose out on recurring revenues by failing to safeguard their software investments.
- July 28, 2015
28 Jul'15
Chuck Robbins: 'Cisco’s next chapter starts today'
Less than two days into his tenure as CEO of Cisco, Robbins has brought in fresh blood and started laying out the roadmap for the future of the firm.
- July 28, 2015
28 Jul'15
New data center tools can start conversations
There are ways to combine DCIM and ITSM systems in the data center that give even better visibility.
- July 28, 2015
28 Jul'15
X-IO Technologies SAN-itizes ISE, builds an Iglu
X-IO Technologies adds a SAN controller to give its ISE storage blocks the management and data protection customers want in traditional arrays.
- July 28, 2015
28 Jul'15
Datrium DVX debuts 'bring your own flash' server-based storage
Datrium built its DVX software and NetShelf system for customers that want to use low-cost flash in servers to separately scale performance and capacity.
- July 28, 2015
28 Jul'15
Savage IO delivers software-agnostic hardware for SDS
Savage IO's SavageStor is a software-agnostic brick of storage, servers and controllers that leaves storage management and data protection to open software.
- July 27, 2015
27 Jul'15
Simplicity does not mean going it alone in the security market
Customers want simplicity but when it comes to security that does not mean they can do without expert help from the channel.
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- July 27, 2015
27 Jul'15
Cisco ends SSD hardware production
Cisco has dropped its Invicta all-flash product line, leaving customers to buy SSD hardware for its UCS servers from third parties.
- July 27, 2015
27 Jul'15
Google goes GA with Cloud Storage Nearline
Google makes its Cloud Storage Nearline archiving service generally available, goes after Amazon and Microsoft with incentives to switch over to Google cloud.
- July 27, 2015
27 Jul'15
Steam accounts hijacked through password reset flaw
A glaring error in the Steam password recovery system allowed hackers to take over accounts for Valve's popular gaming platform.
- July 27, 2015
27 Jul'15
U.S. Census Bureau admits it was hacked
The U.S. Census Bureau admits that it was attacked and had data exfiltrated from systems, and one expert says this latest government data breach is another example that federal systems are not safe from attack.
- July 24, 2015
24 Jul'15
Rackspace and Intel to increase enterprise appeal of OpenStack
Managed cloud company and chip maker are creating an innovation center in Texas to accelerate maturity of OpenStack.
- July 24, 2015
24 Jul'15
High-fives all round as Juniper beats Wall Street's expectations
The folks at Juniper HQ will be patting themselves on the back, as Q2 results blow expectations out of the water.
- July 24, 2015
24 Jul'15
HP misrepresents severity of four critical IE vulnerabilities
HP's Zero Day Initiative has disclosed four critical vulnerabilities found in Internet Explorer that could lead to remote code execution, but mistakenly labeled them as affecting Windows desktop not Windows Phone.
- July 24, 2015
24 Jul'15
Cisco sells set-top box business to focus on cloud-based video
Cisco is selling its set-top box and cable modem business as pay TV delivery shifts to cloud-based video.
- July 23, 2015
23 Jul'15
ICYMI: Masergy expands cloud marketplace with Microsoft Azure
Masergy has added the Microsoft Azure cloud platform to its cloud marketplace, while Sonus demonstrated that its SDN controller can be used with Skype for Business.
- July 23, 2015
23 Jul'15
DataCore Software chairman lauds EMC's ViPR strategy
DataCore Chairman Ziya Aral shares opinions on the state of the storage industry and trends with flash, hyper-converged and software-defined storage.
- July 23, 2015
23 Jul'15
VMware NSX sales a positive sign for SDN market
VMware has reported growing NSX sales, the latest indicator that the SDN market has momentum. Rival Cisco has also reported rising SDN platform sales.
- July 23, 2015
23 Jul'15
National Guard breach highlights the risk of accidental data exposure
The National Guard reported an accidental data exposure affecting thousands of former and current employees was not related to the OPM breach.
- July 23, 2015
23 Jul'15
Dell provides upbeat channel progress report
With Dell's fiscal 2016 underway the firm has summarized all of the recent enhancements to its channel program highlighting a decent start to the year
- July 23, 2015
23 Jul'15
VMware posts solid Q2 results, despite DoJ fiasco
The virtualization giant keeps investors ticking over with a solid set of results
- July 23, 2015
23 Jul'15
Cisco quits set-top boxes and reshuffles IoT and cloud organization
Cisco sells off the set-top box business it acquired in 2005 and restructures its cloud and IoT businesses
- July 23, 2015
23 Jul'15
AirBnB, LinkedIn, Spotify & Twitter sign up for Box cloud storage
As enterprise file sync and share supplier announces latest customers wins, but competitor flags data sovereignty limitations of Box's operations
- July 23, 2015
23 Jul'15
Uptime certification misuse leads to big changes
The Uptime Institute's tier-level certification will now only be handed out to constructed projects that meet the standards, not for designs.
- July 22, 2015
22 Jul'15
Dell carries on in evolving cloud market
Dell Cloud Manager added Azure Pack Support, custom catalogs and auto-scaling features as the company tries to meet the demands of hybrid IT environments.
- July 22, 2015
22 Jul'15
Worldwide public cloud spend tipped to hit $70B in 2015
Latest IDC cloud spending data highlights growing appetite for public cloud services across several vertical markets.
- July 22, 2015
22 Jul'15
Amazon DynamoDB gets a boost with Streams
New possibilities have opened up for cloud users now that the Amazon DynamoDB NoSQL database and AWS Lambda can be used together.
- July 22, 2015
22 Jul'15
Microsoft Office 365 telephony could rattle UC market
Microsoft is building out Office 365 telephony, a strategy that could trump Cisco in providing an all-in-one communications suite.
- July 22, 2015
22 Jul'15
Experts split on open source security
Researchers say that malware makers have been targeting .NET since Microsoft made the software open source, and experts debate to what extent open source security can be maintained.
- July 21, 2015
21 Jul'15
Microsoft takes down another Hacking Team Windows zero-day
A Windows zero-day affecting a wide swath of Microsoft products has been found in the Hacking Team data leak, so Microsoft has released an out-of-band patch to fix the vulnerability.
- July 21, 2015
21 Jul'15
Mainframe fails to save IBM from 13th declining quarter
IBM's second-quarter revenue was down 13% year-on-year to $20.8bn, but IBM said the decline is only 1%, adjusting for the sale of its x86 server business and the impact of the strong dollar.
- July 21, 2015
21 Jul'15
Dell adds TLC drives to SC Series arrays
Dell said it will ship SC Series hybrid arrays with 3.8 TB SSDs designed with Samsung's 3D Vertical NAND flash technology.
- July 21, 2015
21 Jul'15
Average DDoS attack size increasing, Arbor warns businesses
While extremely large DDoS attacks grab the headlines, it is the increasing size of the average attack that is affecting enterprises, warns Arbor Networks.
- July 21, 2015
21 Jul'15
Microsoft pushes app portabiity with latest Visual Studio
Microsoft has been focused on making its own applications portable – now it wants Windows developers writing cross-platform.
- July 20, 2015
20 Jul'15
VMware adds compute muscle to EVO:RAIL
Looking to boost sales and attract new users, VMware is beefing up its hyper-converged infrastructure offering EVO:RAIL.
- July 20, 2015
20 Jul'15
Dell gets to market first with TLC for enterprise flash arrays
Dell SC series storage customers will be able to use TLC flash drives, which are suited to read-intensive workloads, from August in arrays with MLC, SLC and/or spinning disk.
- July 20, 2015
20 Jul'15
DDN expands EXAScaler NAS platform to midrange
EXAScaler 7000 midrange HPC storage scales to nearly 5 PB in 42U of rack space and includes an embedded Lustre file system.
- July 20, 2015
20 Jul'15
Organizations are moving to single-vendor UC
Struggles with interoperability, cost and user experience have led organizations to move away from a multivendor UC architecture.
- July 20, 2015
20 Jul'15
UC success declining among enterprises, report finds
Employees aren't using UC tools because they're not trained on them or don't know about them, which limits UC success, according to a new report.
- July 20, 2015
20 Jul'15
Employees hold the keys to Windows 10 upgrades
Free Windows 10 upgrades may prompt users to move before IT is ready. VDI and other strategies can prevent app compatibility issues and helpdesk calls.
- July 20, 2015
20 Jul'15
Parsec Labs targets NAS acceleration, data migration
Parsec Labs HyperQ storage router improves NAS performance through flash and moves data across on-premises and cloud tiers without changing namespace.
- July 20, 2015
20 Jul'15
Wassenaar Arrangement comment period ends
The Wassenaar Arrangement is a multilateral export control association aimed at controlling a wide range of goods, including intrusion software. However, Black Hat and Google believe the proposed rules will have a negative impact on security.
- July 17, 2015
17 Jul'15
Plexxi low-latency switch suitable for Wall Street, cloud vendors
Plexxi launched a low-latency switch that's suitable for high-frequency financial trading. The Switch 2 Series is also aimed at analytics applications and cloud data centers.
- July 17, 2015
17 Jul'15
Successful big data projects start with an A-team
Big data creates a big test for enterprises: finding the right employees who can meld the technology and business needs in a way to make the data useful.
- July 17, 2015
17 Jul'15
Healthcare cloud services: A security risk or a safer haven?
Healthcare organizations are increasing their usage of cloud services, but is the cloud making them safer or creating more security issues?
- July 17, 2015
17 Jul'15
Experts say Darkode already being rebuilt
The U.S. Department of Justice, in coordination with 20 countries, has taken down the computer hacking forum known as Darkode, but experts say the community is already rebuilding.
- July 16, 2015
16 Jul'15
Microsoft cloud strategy starts to lean on others' clouds
For a company once known for its closed ecosystem, the Microsoft cloud strategy is increasingly reliant on the competition.
- July 16, 2015
16 Jul'15
Calls to kill the Flash Player get louder
There have been calls for the death of the Adobe Flash Player for years either due to performance issues or the threat of exploit, but a recent rash of zero-day vulnerabilities is causing those calls to get louder.
- July 16, 2015
16 Jul'15
Would-be MSPs need to invest in the right technology
Those looking to increase their managed service business need to invest in the right technology solutions or face spiraling costs and risks of failing to meet SLAs.
- July 16, 2015
16 Jul'15
Google sponsors OpenStack hybrid interoperability
Google becomes a corporate sponsor of the OpenStack open-source private cloud platform, aiming to deliver container management and cloud-native apps.
- July 16, 2015
16 Jul'15
All-flash array maker Kaminario plans TLC flash arrays
All-flash array pioneer Kaminario says software smarts can overcome limits of TLC flash storage to allow it to offer all-TLC and mixed MLC/TLC arrays.
- July 16, 2015
16 Jul'15
Coho Data updates DataStream hybrid
The DataStream DS1008 array gets a capacity jolt, while a software upgrade adds flash optimization tools and subscription-based storage pricing.
- July 15, 2015
15 Jul'15
Nimble adds all-flash service level to hybrid array
Continuing its wooing of enterprise customers, Nimble Storage adds software-based encryption and now lets users pin applications to flash to improve performance.
- July 15, 2015
15 Jul'15
Seagate rebrands backup, expands HPC storage reach
Seagate Technology extends its enterprise storage reach with new and updated products in data protection portfolio, additional partnerships in HPC.
- July 15, 2015
15 Jul'15
Experts warn more Hacking Team zero-day flaws are likely to come
Researchers discovered two more vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash player stemming from the breach of Italian surveillance software vendor Hacking Team.
- July 15, 2015
15 Jul'15
Microsoft expands Cortana to power cloud-based data analytics
At its worldwide partner conference, Microsoft showed that Cortana is more than a talking search engine with the introduction of cloud-based data analytics.
- July 15, 2015
15 Jul'15
Microsoft delivers fixes for Windows, Office and IE
Microsoft issues 14 bulletins for Internet Explorer, Microsoft Office and Windows, including the last for Windows Server 2003.
- July 15, 2015
15 Jul'15
Microsoft partners told to get skilled up and drive consumption
Microsoft's COO Kevin Turner has used his keynote slot at WPC to encourage partners to get aggressive and drive more market growth.
- July 15, 2015
15 Jul'15
Microsoft underlines the need for reseller IP innovation
Microsoft's channel chief has used his slot at its worldwide partner conference to underline the need for resellers to develop their own.
- July 15, 2015
15 Jul'15
AWS RDS gains HIPAA cred
AWS RDS, DynamoDB and EMR have been declared HIPAA-eligible, but healthcare organizations must do more to ensure HIPAA compliance.
- July 14, 2015
14 Jul'15
WPC: Cloud solution provider firms amped on Microsoft strategy
Microsoft cloud solution provider firms and other channel allies voiced support for the company's technology and partner initiatives at WPC.
- July 14, 2015
14 Jul'15
Arcserve Cloud provides DRaaS for SMBs, MSPs
Arcserve moves into crowded disaster recovery as a service (DRaaS) market with Arcserve Cloud, an appliance connected to the vendor's cloud.
- July 14, 2015
14 Jul'15
July 2015 Patch Tuesday goes after zero-day flaws
July 2015's Patch Tuesday shows both Microsoft and Adobe working fast to patch four Hacking Team zero-day vulnerabilities exposed in the past week.
- July 14, 2015
14 Jul'15
HP adds sub-LUN tiering to MSA 1040, 2040 arrays
HP gives MSA Storage platform a makeover, adding a dedicated front-end SAS connector to MSA 1040 and enhanced flash capabilities to hybrid MSA 2040 SAN arrays.
- July 14, 2015
14 Jul'15
Remote working is NOT the future, says Samsung
Samsung predicts that smart technology will transform the office of 2025 in its new Smarter Futures business report.
- July 14, 2015
14 Jul'15
HP views Win 10 security concerns as part of the channel pitch
Customers are always worried about security and Windows 10 is no different but HP believes there could be an opportunity for resellers to accentuate the positive.
- July 14, 2015
14 Jul'15
Mitigating the risks of Windows Server 2003 end-of-life
The Windows Server 2003 end-of-life is upon us and many organizations still haven't made the upgrades or security remediations necessary to mitigate the coming risks.
- July 14, 2015
14 Jul'15
Micron broadens flash storage with M51ODC SSD launch
The M510DC SATA drives are aimed at service providers that use flash to handle workloads with heavy read volume, infrequent writes.
- July 14, 2015
14 Jul'15
Extreme Wi-Fi appliances support more access points
Extreme Networks introduces Wi-Fi appliances that can manage considerably more access points than previous versions.
- July 13, 2015
13 Jul'15
New X-IO CEO: We'll build a car with ISE as the engine
New X-IO CEO Bill Miller talks about adding features to ISE storage, taking the company public and sticking around longer than his predecessors.
- July 13, 2015
13 Jul'15
Adobe to patch two more Flash flaws exposed by Hacking Team hack
Adobe plans to release security updates this week for two more Adobe Flash vulnerabilities exposed when hackers published documents belonging to Italy's controversial Hacking Team.
- July 13, 2015
13 Jul'15
Microsoft thanks partners and looks for more transformation
Microsoft has kicked off WPC outlining its ambitions and revealing that partners are responsible for helping it turn those dreams into revenue.
- July 10, 2015
10 Jul'15
Splunk acquires behavioral analytics firm Caspida in $190m deal
Splunk's acquisition of Caspida is aimed at extending its security analytics leadership by adding behavioral analytics to improve detection of insider threats.
- July 10, 2015
10 Jul'15
Mirantis finds OpenStack success where others failed
Mirantis, which bills itself as the "pure play" OpenStack vendor, is rounding out its portfolio of services with turnkey appliances.
- July 10, 2015
10 Jul'15
DHS head wants federal breach reporting law
The Homeland Security head wants federal laws requiring data breach reporting and information sharing, but one expert warns that government officials need better understanding of infosec technology before creating such laws.
- July 10, 2015
10 Jul'15
IT hopes Citrix doesn't rock the boat
Citrix's business model is shifting, as the company moves into new technology areas. And some IT pros worry about what that means for certain products.
- July 10, 2015
10 Jul'15
Take a tactical approach to AWS cost management
Getting stakeholders to help manage AWS costs shouldn't be like herding cats. Create a cost-conscious culture and follow these steps to control cloud costs.
- July 10, 2015
10 Jul'15
No iOS yet in AWS Device Farm release
Mobile app developers can turn to AWS Device Farm for testing on physical devices, but only on Android and Fire OS.
- July 10, 2015
10 Jul'15
Nearly 22 million records stolen in OPM breach
Investigators for the OPM data breach find that 21.5 million personal records were stolen in the attack, including 1.1 million fingerprints. The White House is still considering its response.
- July 09, 2015
09 Jul'15
AWS adds Chef to cloud Marketplace to drive up DevOps adoption
Chef sets sights on winning over more AWS users with its DevOps-friendly automation tools.
- July 09, 2015
09 Jul'15
HP split gives enterprises cost-saving opportunities
HP is scheduled to split into two new companies this fall, opening the door for IT shops to renegotiate contracts.
- July 09, 2015
09 Jul'15
Indian government exposes passwords via cloud service
Researchers at Elastica recently discovered an Indian government agency had its employees' email addresses and passwords exposed through Google Drive.
- July 09, 2015
09 Jul'15
Panasas tunes up ActiveStor
Panasas enhances its hybrid NAS system with 8 TB hard drives, more SSD capacity and cache. It also boasts 200 gigabit per second throughput.
- July 09, 2015
09 Jul'15
New AWS tools ease app development
Amazon launched a number of services that make it easier to develop cloud apps in AWS, including Amazon API Gateway, but some warn not to get in too deep.
- July 08, 2015
08 Jul'15
Cisco helps resellers by acquiring maintenance agreements tracker
Cisco plans to acquire maintenance agreements tracker MaintenanceNet. The $139 million deal is expected to help resellers.
- July 08, 2015
08 Jul'15
Dell UC tools check ROI of Cisco, Microsoft UC
Dell's latest version of Unified Communications Command Suite has UC tools for comparing Cisco UC Manager and Microsoft Skype for Business.
- July 08, 2015
08 Jul'15
Fujitsu soups up Eternus for multi-petabyte workloads
Eternus phases out its DX8700 S2 model and replaces it with two block storage devices that scale from 4.6 TB to 13.8 TB of raw capacity.
- July 08, 2015
08 Jul'15
Azure price hike: it's not about the Benjamins
Currency fluctuations are behind an Azure price hike from Microsoft, but it's more of a blip in the market than a larger trend.
- July 08, 2015
08 Jul'15
Mystery hacker group stealing corporate secrets
A mysterious hacker group has hit a number of major U.S. companies with the intent of committing industrial espionage, according to new security research reports.
- July 08, 2015
08 Jul'15
EMC sells Syncplicity business unit
EMC pulls out of the enterprise file sharing market with the sale of its Syncplicity business to Skyview three years after acquiring the startup.
- July 08, 2015
08 Jul'15
Flash zero-day from Hacking Team breach gets patched
Adobe patches a Flash zero-day vulnerability found as part of the massive data breach of Hacking Team. Experts recommend speedy remediation as the flaw has been added to multiple exploit kits.
- July 08, 2015
08 Jul'15
How high-density data centers affect VDI deployments
High-density data centers try to do less with more: They have a smaller footprint at a reduced cost with more compute power. The question is how this affects VDI.
- July 08, 2015
08 Jul'15
Microsoft confirms 7,800 jobs to go worldwide
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella confirms fresh round of job cuts as software giant moves to overhaul its mobile portfolio.
- July 07, 2015
07 Jul'15
Dashlane bullish about the future despite LastPass Hack
Password management firm Dashlane is confident its business model will evolve and continue to be relevant even if passwords eventually disappear.
- July 07, 2015
07 Jul'15
ActivTrak can nab workers wasting time on social media
Web monitoring software can block use of Facebook and HBO at work, but also raises privacy concerns.
- July 07, 2015
07 Jul'15
Veritas makes NetBackup 7.7 more cloud friendly
Veritas adds cloud backup features to NetBackup 7.7, streamlines and re-brands Storage Foundation and launches new information management apps.
- July 07, 2015
07 Jul'15
OpenSSL patch coming Thursday
The OpenSSL project team will release a critical patch on Thursday and experts warn admins that the upgrade process could take days or weeks to complete.