April 2009

April 15, 2009 15 Apr'09
Yahoo eyes more cuts; eBay to sell Skype

Headlines: Yahoo layoff plans reported; eBay to spin off Skype; other IT channel news. Continue Reading
April 14, 2009 14 Apr'09
Tips for successful technical certification testing

Key technical certifications can boost a VARs career. Here's how to best prepare for the required tests. Continue Reading
April 14, 2009 14 Apr'09
Channel Chat: Telepresence = robotic technology?

Telepresence is more than just high-definition videoconferencing -- it's also the use of robotic technology to enable remote work in a variety of settings. Continue Reading

April 14, 2009 14 Apr'09
IBM to help SOA partners with SEO and social net tools

IBM is amping up its partner effort around service-oriented architectures with new social networking tools, search engine optimization help and other resources. Continue Reading
April 14, 2009 14 Apr'09
Data center and IT server room cooling guidelines

Learn the best practices for offering data center cooling solutions to customers and planning and designing their IT server rooms. Continue Reading
April 14, 2009 14 Apr'09
Synnex signs Red Hat for open source SMB push

Synnex and Red Hat launched Open Source Channel Alliance to push open source solutions into SMBs. Continue Reading
April 14, 2009 14 Apr'09
Microsoft transitions Windows XP support; Autodesk builds new partner portal

Headlines: Microsoft spells out XP support going forward; Autodesk recreates Partner Portal. Continue Reading
April 14, 2009 14 Apr'09
Asigra forges channel partner program for MSPs, resellers

Asigra's channel partner program offers discounts for managed service providers (MSPs) and resellers who package its software for backup and disaster recovery. Continue Reading
April 13, 2009 13 Apr'09
Identity management technologies and products to offer customers

Identity management technologies can be complex and require a complicated deployment. Several IdM technologies, however, lend themselves to the value-added reseller model. Mark Diodati discusses these channel-friendly identity management ... Continue Reading
April 13, 2009 13 Apr'09
Cloud storage services via hybrid system approach

Find out how to get a foothold in the cloud storage market using emerging hybrid on-premise approaches from cloud storage vendors. Continue Reading

April 13, 2009 13 Apr'09
Determining energy usage in the data center

Learn which data center energy usage information vendors should give to their clients including best- and worst-case consumption plans and metrics for energy billing. Continue Reading
April 13, 2009 13 Apr'09
How to create an energy-efficient data center

Learn how to create an energy-efficient data center by server virtualization, shifting application workloads and improving current power usage. Continue Reading
April 13, 2009 13 Apr'09
When vendors get too big (and channel unfriendly), VARs get going

IT solution providers like to carry brand names, but when over distribution and channel conflicts put the squeeze on margins, it's time to find smaller, nimbler tech vendors. Continue Reading
April 13, 2009 13 Apr'09
Oracle jumps on Google apps bandwagon; SAP shops start to virtualize

Headlines: Deal forges Oracle-Google apps ties; SAP virtualization starting to catch on; other IT channel news. Continue Reading
April 10, 2009 10 Apr'09
Helping storage administrators save money: Telling both sides of the story, Part 2

There are many ways your storage administrator customers can save money, but make sure they understand the pros and cons of each technology, in this second of a two-part series. Continue Reading
April 10, 2009 10 Apr'09
Cisco to acquire Tidal Software

News Roundup: Cisco looks to Tidal Software to enhance their data center strategy; Sun goes through dark times; other systems channel news. Continue Reading
April 10, 2009 10 Apr'09
Selling advanced VPN technology FAQ

Lisa Phifer answers frequently asked questions about selling advanced VPN technology. Check out the best advice on selling advanced VPN technologies that can secure endpoints and ensure protection for mobile workers. Continue Reading
April 10, 2009 10 Apr'09
Cisco snaps up Tidal Software; Samba 4 beta to be released

Headlines: Cisco to buy Tidal Software; Samba 4 brings more platforms to data centers; other IT channel news. Continue Reading
April 09, 2009 09 Apr'09
Positioning storage services to take advantage of stimulus package

Despite the slowdown in the economy and IT spending, storage services will benefit from Congress' economic stimulus package; find out what steps to take to position your services for the highest return from stimulus spending. Continue Reading
April 09, 2009 09 Apr'09
VirtualBox targets VMware users; Microsoft updates virtual desktop

Headlines: VirtualBox lures VMware users; Microsoft releases virtual desktop technology; other IT channel news. Continue Reading

AI Cops Walk the Thin Line Between Fin Tech and Fiend Tech

Steps are being taken to ensure that AI and machine learning do not damage consumers finds Nick Booth

Veeam: Pushing the services opportunity

In an on-going series of Q&A's with channel executives the questions this time were put to Greg Bailey, director channel and ...

Dell EMC launches Enterprise Preferred Channel Programme

Dell EMC take collaborative approach to channel enterprise sales with new programme

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Azure licensing eliminates pillar of public cloud from its platform

Changes to Azure licensing mean customers who want pay-as-you-go pricing will have to make upfront commitments to get it, as ...

HPE Helion cloud brokerage supplants its defunct public cloud

With its public cloud soon a thing of the past, the HPE cloud strategy around hybrid management continues to take shape with ...

Docker containers slide into production with Tutum deal

Docker has acquired container management provider Tutum to help transition its much talked about technology from an intriguing, ...

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Lessons learned from Meltdown and Spectre disclosure process

During a Black Hat 2018 session, Google, Microsoft and Red Hat offered a behind-the-scenes look at the disclosure and response ...

10 unified access management questions for OneLogin CSO Justin Calmus

Enterprise security veteran Justin Calmus, who describes himself as an avid hacker, joined OneLogin as the CSO earlier this year....

2018 Pwnie Awards cast light and shade on infosec winners

The Meltdown and Spectre research teams won big at the Pwnie Awards this year at Black Hat, while the late-entry Bitfi Wallet ...

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New Seagate Nytro SSD line uses Toshiba 3D NAND chips

Seagate shows off its first triple-level cell, 64-layer 3D NAND Nytro SSDs since investing in Toshiba NAND. Analysts wonder if ...

Products of the Year judging criteria

This article discusses how products are judged for the Storage Products of the Year awards.

NAND flash shortage end could lead to dramatic price drop

Impending NAND flash oversupply will lead to price collapse of NAND flash chips and higher capacity enterprise SSDs, according to...

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Mist Systems gives VMware NSX SD-WAN a boost

Arista Networks and VMware are focusing on Wi-Fi to bolster products for the wireless LAN. Wi-Fi vendor Mist is strengthening ...

ITSM automation helps advance network automation

IT service management helps close the gap between IT staff and business needs, as AI and machine learning work with ITSM ...

Juniper boosting performance of SRX5000 firewall for IoT, 5G

Juniper Networks has released an acceleration card for its SRX5000 line of firewalls. The SPC3 card readies the product for IoT, ...

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Map application dependencies to prepare for cloud migration

The practices a development team puts in place to manage dependencies before a move to the cloud will determine how smoothly apps...

Evaluate speech-to-text services from AWS, Microsoft and Google

AWS, Microsoft and Google dictation services can infuse cloud applications with helpful speech-to-text capabilities. Here's an ...

Nvidia GPU Cloud marries data science and containers

With its GPU Cloud, Nvidia offers a way to deploy data science workloads that span on-premises systems and the public cloud -- ...

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GDPR checklist items data managers might have overlooked

Now that the General Data Protection Regulation has been implemented, it's a good time for organizations to make sure they ...

Confluent Platform 5.0 aims to mainstream Kafka streaming

Confluent Platform updates seek to bring data streaming with Apache Kafka to a wider audience. A new GUI and user-defined ...

Cloud vs. legacy ERP systems: Tug of war intensifies for SMBs

Aging legacy ERP systems at SMBs seem to be getting plenty of scrutiny these days. Heightened consumer demands, shifting ...

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Talking Data: AI advances and the MIT Startup Exchange

The Talking Data podcast team discusses some of the MIT startups that are making advances in AI and natural language processing.

Tableau BI gets Extensions API in version 2018.2 update

Tableau's BI software sees general release of a 2018.2 update with an API for dashboard extensions, while a 2018.3 beta adds more...

BigQuery ML moves machine learning into Google BigQuery

Google is enabling BigQuery users to build SQL-based machine learning models inside the cloud data warehouse via a BigQuery ML ...