IT Channel News

• Week of 13 May 2013 Network governance fights packet loss, oversubscription (SearchNetworking.com | 17 May 2013)

  Packet loss, oversubscription, unpatched and inconsistent switch software still plague enterprise networks. Find out how engineers are fighting back.

• Citrix bets on Excalibur at Synergy 2013 (SearchVirtualDesktop.com | 17 May 2013)

  The Citrix Synergy 2013 conference is awash with vendors moving beyond just desktop virtualization and into enterprise mobility management.

• Higher enterprise use will drive new Hadoop features (SearchDataManagement.com | 17 May 2013)

  With user interest rising, Hadoop vendors are trying to pave a path to higher adoption with add-ons that target issues holding the technology back.

• HDS partner program adjusted with account segmentation, rebate changes (16 May 2013)

  HDS is making changes to its TrueNorth partner program in five areas, including account segmentation, rebates, specialization support.

• VMware public cloud, AMD 64-bit ARM servers coming soon (SearchDataCenter.com | 17 May 2013)

  VMware's upcoming public cloud and AMD's 64-bit ARM servers are technologies for the data center that exemplify the changes in the IT industry.

• Google Compute Engine vs. AWS: What price war? (SearchCloudComputing.com | 16 May 2013)

  Conventional wisdom has Google and AWS locked in the Price War of the Titans with the launch of GCE, but a deeper look reveals a different truth.

• Avnet, HP team up on big data practice (17 May 2013)

  Avnet, HP are rolling out a big data practice aimed at helping HP partners build out their big data businesses.

• MetricStream and CipherCloud cloud security platforms (SearchCompliance.com | 16 May 2013)

  In this Product Spotlight, learn about two new security platforms from vendors CipherCloud and MetricStream.

• SDN technology vendors talk OpenFlow, hybrid SDN (SearchSDN.com | 16 May 2013)

  We spoke with five vendors at Interop who share their approach to and definition of SDN as it relates to OpenFlow, hypervisor and legacy views.

• BlackBerry Secure Workspace for iOS, Android aids BYOD (SearchConsumerization.com | 16 May 2013)

  BlackBerry's Secure Work Space for iOS and Android will help heavily regulated companies or those searching for extra security to better support BYOD.

• Q&A: WLAN test tools slow to evolve on back end (SearchNetworking.com | 16 May 2013)

  Network consultant Peter Welcher talked to SearchNetworking about the evolution of WLAN test tools as more businesses look to wireless networks.

• Barr discusses AWS pricing, uptime on user group tour (SearchCloudProvider.com | 15 May 2013)

  At the first stop on his cross-country speaking tour, Amazon's Jeff Barr answered questions on AWS pricing, performance and availability.

• DDoS attack sizes grow, but experts fear targeted DDoS (SearchSecurity.com | 15 May 2013)

  Though the Spamhaus DDoS attack showed the potential devastation of increasing bandwidth, DDoS attack trends show DDoS type to be just as important.

• Wi-Fi Alliance certification for the enterprise (SearchNetworking.com | 15 May 2013)

  The Wi-Fi Alliance certification program continue to expand as more devices, applications and users rely on Wi-Fi for connectivity.

• Here comes the chief procurement officer (SearchCIO.com | 15 May 2013)

  The rise of the chief procurement officer raises questions about the role of IT.

• Brocade partners gain additional IT financing option (15 May 2013)

  Brocade has rolled out its new Brocade Subscription Plus option, which enables monthly payment for a multivendor solution under a single contract.

• BlackBerry Enterprise Service roadmap questions remain (SearchConsumerization.com | 15 May 2013)

  During the company's user conference, IT pros hoped to hear more about how BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 features will help them manage mobility.

• Self-service portals give IT control in the cloud (SearchCloudComputing.com | 15 May 2013)

  Cloud computing purists say true clouds require portals for self-service, but those who've actually deployed portals are in the minority.

• NetApp pledges BYOD security without the cloud (SearchStorage.com | 15 May 2013)

  NetApp Connect, based on technology the storage vendor acquired from ionGrid, brings BYOD security to data stored on NetApp arrays.

• Microsoft delivers fixes for Windows Server 2012 (SearchWindowsServer.com | 14 May 2013)

  Microsoft delivered two critical and eight important bulletins in May's Patch Tuesday release, fixing issues in Windows Server 2012 and Office apps.

• HP reseller program launched with SMB-focused resources, incentives (14 May 2013)

  A new program for HP resellers, Simply StoreIT, offers tools, resources and incentives for HP partners working with SMBs around specific technologies.

• Do mobile users need full desktop access? (SearchVirtualDesktop.com | 14 May 2013)

  Desktop virtualization isn't the only way to get Windows apps on non-Windows devices, but VMware's CTO says there's still a need for it in some cases.

• Enterprise backup software avoids storage sales slump (SearchDataBackup.com | 14 May 2013)

  While storage vendors reported slow sales at start of 2013, Symantec and CommVault had success with enterprise backup software.

• Enterasys channel research shows rate of vendor firings among its partners (14 May 2013)

  In Enterasys' channel research of its partner community, about a third of its North American partners said they had fired a vendor in the past year.

• All You Can Meet video price is right (SearchUnifiedCommunications.com | 14 May 2013)

  Blue Jeans Network, which provides hosted video bridges, is delivering All You Can Meet video conference pricing plans to enterprises.

• Networking vendors discuss the role of network admins (SearchNetworking.com | 13 May 2013)

  Networking vendors at Interop 2013 discuss the changing role of the network administrator.

• Virtualization paves the way to private cloud (SearchServerVirtualization.com | 13 May 2013)

  Columbia Sportswear parlayed server virtualization into a private cloud. Along the way, it found that its management tools needed serious rethinking.

• HP MSA gets SSD support (SearchSMBStorage.com | 13 May 2013)

  Hewlett-Packard upgrades its entry-level SAN array, giving HP MSA some SSD support, a new controller and 4 TB hard drives.

• Technology business development plan: Overcoming challenges (14 May 2013)

  Find out how IT solution providers are approaching the challenges of building a successful business development plan.

• Week of 06 May 2013 Harvard Business Publishing: Cloud migration lessons (SearchCloudComputing.com | 09 May 2013)

  Despite a recent, costly server upgrade, Harvard Business School Publishing opted for a cloud migration project -- and is seeing its benefits.

• Organization of the future needs hybrid people (SearchContentManagement.com | 10 May 2013)

  The adoption of hybrid IT approaches creates a need for executives who can both formulate business objectives and assess IT requirements and options.

• What's the point of a BYOD program? (SearchConsumerization.com | 10 May 2013)

  Thinking about a BYOD program? Make sure you know what the business value is, and that you're not just doing it to placate gadget-happy end users.

• Forgotten password? No problem, says FIDO Alliance (SearchNetworking.com | 10 May 2013)

  Password-based authentication is becoming more taxing for users, especially on mobile devices. The FIDO Alliance is developing alternatives.

• Avnet formalizes services offerings under Avnet Services unit (10 May 2013)

  After acquiring dozens of services businesses in the past few years, Avnet is bringing them all under the umbrella of a Services unit.

• VMware may take lead on mobile app management standards (SearchConsumerization.com | 09 May 2013)

  VMware CTO Scott Davis said the company might take the lead in creating mobile application management standards to make apps more interoperable.

• DoL website hack highlights advanced attack trends (SearchSecurity.com | 09 May 2013)

  The IE8 zero-day attack planted in the U.S. Labor Department's website highlights how few organizations can ward off never-before-seen attacks.

• Case study: Synchronous mirroring boosts telecom's DR (SearchStorage.com | 09 May 2013)

  Great Plains Communications discovered DataCore SANsymphony-V storage and received the synch mirroring needed to beef up its DR strategy.

• New McAfee IPS offers 40 Gbps throughput (SearchNetworking.com | 09 May 2013)

  The new NS series of McAfee IPS appliances offers 40 Gbps. McAfee has also acquired NGFW vendor Stonesoft.

• OpenFlow scalability: Q&A with Nick McKeown (SearchSDN.com | 09 May 2013)

  Nick McKeown, OpenFlow and SDN icon, talks about OpenFlow scalability and the state of OpenFlow switching.

• Channel recruitment and VAR staffing best practices (09 May 2013)

  For many solution providers, VAR staffing challenges present a stumbling block for growth. Get advice for overcoming those challenges.

• SaaS mobile apps: CRM, ERP (SearchCloudApplications.com | 08 May 2013)

  More providers of SaaS are serving up customer relationship management, enterprise resource planning and other enterprise-specific mobile apps.

• Will big data be the next big management revolution? (SearchCIO.com | 08 May 2013)

  SearchCIO asks MIT's IT productivity scholar Erik Brynjolfsson just what he means when he says big data will be the next big management revolution.

• NEC unveils SDN applications on open northbound API (SearchSDN.com | 08 May 2013)

  NEC unveiled SDN applications built on an open northbound API to optimize and secure the cloud. Will OpenDaylight use the interface as a standard?

• Google storage coming to your data center (SearchStorage.com | 08 May 2013)

  EMC says its ViPR software-defined storage platform is the first step to creating Google storage in your data center.

• Avaya Connect partners get new products, new Avaya One Source portal (08 May 2013)

  Avaya has introduced its One Source partner portal that's aimed at consolidating processes and speeding feedback to partners.

• Westcon Group develops service for BYOD management, security (08 May 2013)

  IT distributor teams with Fiberlink and BlueCat to offer a subscription-based service for VARs to handle BYOD security and management.

• Array expands line of application delivery controllers (SearchNetworking.com | 07 May 2013)

  Array Networks expanded its line of ADCs as it targets larger companies and service providers.

• Case study: Using OpenFlow for converged storage (SearchSDN.com | 07 May 2013)

  Edgenet built an OpenFlow SDN data center network with a multipath fabric that will allow it to roll storage networking into the SDN programmability.

• ShoreTel Mobility app and BYOD dock transform desk phone (SearchUnifiedCommunications.com | 07 May 2013)

  ShoreTel's new docking station and Mobility client can transform smartphones and tablets into desk phones.

• Dell vWorkspace 8 adds user monitoring, more (SearchVirtualDesktop.com | 07 May 2013)

  Former Quest customers no longer have to wonder what's up with vWorkspace. Dell released version 8 with exciting new features and support.

• EMC aims to define software-defined storage with ViPR (SearchStorage.com | 07 May 2013)

  EMC World 2013 features just one major product announcement as EMC pushes its software-defined storage message around ViPR.

• EMC channel partners to get new partner program as EMC Velocity is phased out (07 May 2013)

  The multiple EMC Velocity partner programs are being phased out in favor of a new program, EMC Business Partner, with a single brand.

• PLA 'Comment Crew' hasn't changed cyber-espionage tactics (SearchSecurity.com | 06 May 2013)

  The Chinese government's alleged cyber-espionage arm remains active after a quiet period, using the same tactics revealed in Mandiant's APT1 report.

• EMC ViPR has vendor on software-defined storage route (SearchStorage.com | 06 May 2013)

  EMC ViPR, the vendor's software-defined storage technology, is designed to manage heterogeneous storage as one pool while adding cloud features.

• VMware's Casado on SDN vs. network virtualization (SearchSDN.com | 06 May 2013)

  VMware's Martin Casado discusses the definition of SDN as it relates to network virtualization, and what to expect at this year's Interop conference.

• Security vendors team to detect targeted attacks on networks (SearchNetworking.com | 06 May 2013)

  Security vendors are teaming up to detect malicious attacks that target IT organizations' networks.

• TechSelect Day 2: Tech Data talks up mobility, cloud, data center (06 May 2013)

  Tech Data's president of the Americas, Murray Wright, sketched out how the company is evolving, with attention on mobility and cloud enablement.

• Week of 29 Apr 2013 Dell Foglight management tools upgraded, rebranded (SearchStorage.com | 03 May 2013)

  Dell rebrands and upgrades its Foglight data center management tools, which include VMware View support and virtual-to-physical landscape.

• Week of 01 Apr 2013 Channel exec Mike Fouts on Citrix partners, customer segmentation, more (03 Apr 2013)

  Citrix' Mike Fouts explains why channel partners were taken off big accounts, and discusses initiatives to support partners in the SMB space.

• Week of 18 Feb 2013 HP channel partners welcome new rules to avoid channel conflict (20 Feb 2013)

  HP channel partners say the company's new rules of engagement are a good step toward overcoming channel conflict with HP's sales teams.

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