January 2014

January 31, 2014 31 Jan'14
Cisco security certification changes; FalconStor, Astute partner programs updated

Cisco has revised its CCNP Security Certification and added a Cybersecurity Specialist Certification; plus, news from FalconStor, Astute and more. Continue Reading
January 31, 2014 31 Jan'14
IDC points to the top channel trends of 2014

IDC has guidance for channel partners mapping out plans for the coming year. Read up on the key trends they say will impact solution providers. Continue Reading
January 31, 2014 31 Jan'14
Microsoft Windows 8.1 update to offer native desktop boot

Screenshots of a beta of the next update to Windows 8.1, have been leaked, which suggest Microsoft will allow users to boot directly into desktop mode. Continue Reading

January 31, 2014 31 Jan'14
Cisco APIC Enterprise controls ISRs, ASRs and Catalyst switches

Cisco has extended its Insieme APIC controller to manage campus switches and WAN edge routers for a better application experience. Continue Reading
January 31, 2014 31 Jan'14
New ONF membership category opens door for startup SDN companies

The ONF cut membership fees for SDN startups incorporated within the past two years, allowing them to become more involved in the non-profit. Continue Reading
January 31, 2014 31 Jan'14
NetSuite thanks channel for growth

NetSuite's CEO has cheered the channel's role in improving its revenue numbers in 2013. Continue Reading
January 31, 2014 31 Jan'14
Will open source save the datacentre industry?

IT rivals stand cheek-by-jowl to praise Facebook’s Open Compute Project, but is the love-in a Damascene conversion or just damage limitation? Continue Reading
January 31, 2014 31 Jan'14
Is Lenovo making an enterprise smartphone play with its Motorola buy?

Lenovo's nearly $3 billion Motorola Mobility buy could lead to integration with Lenovo's ThinkPad brand for a big enterprise play. Continue Reading
January 31, 2014 31 Jan'14
Windows XP's looming death may stabilize declining PC industry

The Windows XP end of life could revive the breathless PC industry as enterprise IT shops buy new systems to upgrade to Windows 7 or Windows 8. Continue Reading
January 31, 2014 31 Jan'14
IT experts weigh Dell Wyse Cloud Connect pros and cons

Dell released its Cloud Connect product for desktop access via the cloud this week, but it may have limited enterprise value due to some drawbacks. Continue Reading

January 31, 2014 31 Jan'14
Sinking Safe Harbor? What's next for data privacy compliance?

An attorney says the rumored suspension of Safe Harbor is unlikely, but either way, data privacy compliance will get harder for U.S. companies. Continue Reading
January 30, 2014 30 Jan'14
How developers could have avoided HealthCare.gov technical problems

Software project manager Kay Diller identifies the Healthcare.gov technical problems and advises developers and managers on how to avoid them. Continue Reading
January 30, 2014 30 Jan'14
Is Cisco’s ‘SDN plus’ the best software-defined networking?

The networking giant has been accused of not embracing software-defined networking, but Cisco claims it offers better SDN than its competitors. Continue Reading
January 30, 2014 30 Jan'14
Symantec: Channel strategy changes on track

One year into Symantec’s transformation process, the CEO of the company has underlined its determination to improve its channel strategy. Continue Reading
January 30, 2014 30 Jan'14
EMC's ViPR adds support for Hadoop, SRM

EMC's ViPR software-defined storage now supports EMC SRM Suite and Hadoop Distributed File System, but not yet arrays from Dell, HP or IBM. Continue Reading
January 30, 2014 30 Jan'14
Is IBM shopping around its SDN business unit?

Analysts speculate on IBM's strategy regarding the company's rumored plan to sell its young SDN business unit. Continue Reading
January 30, 2014 30 Jan'14
Quantum boss highlights VAR cloud backup program

Revealing the highlights of its third fiscal quarter, the boss of Quantum draws attention to the company’s cloud backup reseller program. Continue Reading
January 30, 2014 30 Jan'14
Alleged SpyEye mastermind pleads guilty to fraud

The alleged mastermind of the SpyEye banking Trojan has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit fraud in a US court. Continue Reading
January 30, 2014 30 Jan'14
Google sells Motorola Mobility to Lenovo

Google ditches Motorola Mobility smartphone business after $2.9B sale to China’s Lenovo. Continue Reading
January 30, 2014 30 Jan'14
AWS cloud data warehouse offers cheaper alternative to Oracle database

Online ticketing service Etix found a cloud data warehouse much cheaper than an on-premises one, even with integration software factored in. Continue Reading

Skills issues holding back wider channel adoption of emerging tech

CompTIA takes the pulse of the UK channel and discovers more would like to be at the cutting edge but expertise is an issue

New Commvault channel chief promises partners greater stability

Mercer Rowe’s pledge of no more “knee-jerk reactions” welcomed by partners

Channel roundup: Who's gone where?

Another busy seven days with some more arrivals that have been hand picked for their abilities to bring growth

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Combat the human aspect of risk with insider threat awareness

When it comes to insider threat awareness and prevention, enterprises would be wise to marry a people-centric approach with a ...

Forcepoint Web Security offering reaches for the edge

Forcepoint has delivered a web-based security tool leveraging elastic cloud gateway technology that allows admins to access ...

Bugcrowd launches Attack Surface Management platform

The new platform provides an extra layer of testing by sending its findings to Bugcrowd's crowdsourced security testing tools.

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NetApp Insight 2019 Las Vegas: Conference highlights and updates

At last year's event, NetApp made it clear that a cloud push wasn't going to eliminate on-premises options. Where does the legacy...

Virtual Instruments becomes Virtana, adds cloud monitoring

Virtual Instruments' focus expands to hybrid IT infrastructure management, as company changes name to Virtana and adds ...

NetApp data storage is in transition as Insight 2019 looms

NetApp focuses on transition to cloud, containers, data mobility, next-generation flash and storage class memory as it strives ...

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Edge computing use cases and drivers to watch

Edge computing use cases span across multiple industry sectors, including manufacturing, retail and medical. The motives for ...

Discover 5 key cloud networking basics for your organization

Clear away the fog, and explore these five key cloud networking fundamentals -- such as models, challenges and tools -- you need ...

Transform network management with a network automation strategy

Enterprises can employ a network automation strategy to provide some stability for network management and monitoring. Automation,...

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Utilize AI for cloud cost optimization

The sticker shock of cloud bills is still a pain point for enterprises. Providers are looking to AI to fix the problem, but can ...

Equifax shares 'risk averse' cloud security model post-breach

Equifax explains how it has transformed its data security strategy using multiple clouds and a more focused approach through ...

Get to know the top managed Kubernetes services in the cloud

All managed Kubernetes providers address the pain points of deploying and maintaining the container orchestration platform, but ...

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Open source database use is a growing trend

Study shows that more users are using open source software for data management, with most organizations using more than one ...

Databricks contributes Delta Lake to the Linux Foundation

Databricks has found a new home at the Linux Foundation for its open source Delta Lake data lake project, in a bid to help grow a...

Apache Rya matures open source triple store database

Open source triple store database technology used by the U.S. Navy moves forward as a stable, mature project at the Apache ...

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SAP Tennis Analytics adds tool to track patterns within points

Players and coaches in the Women's Tennis Association are now able to discover the tendencies of their opponents within a given ...

New tools add AI power to Teradata Vantage platform

Teradata unveiled Vantage Analyst and Customer experience, two new tools now part of the vendor's analytics platform, on Tuesday ...

SAS analytics platform aided by $1 billion AI investment

The SAS suite of business intelligence products is quickly seeing results from the vendor's $1 billion commitment to AI seven ...