December 2015

Which storage vendors face most pressure in 2016?

EMC and Dell face the pressures of a $67 billion merger in 2016, but it will be a pivotal year for other storage vendors as well among declining sales and splits.  Continue Reading

Top SearchAWS news stories of 2015

Cloud customers keep their ears to the ground to keep up with new AWS information, particularly when it comes to service issues. These five news stories were most popular on SearchAWS in 2015.  Continue Reading

Dell-EMC wasn't the only storage disruption in 2015

Dell's move to gobble up EMC for $67 billion was the largest disruption in a year full of changes and new technologies for the data storage industry in 2015.  Continue Reading

Microsoft cloud telephony presents challenges

Microsoft's new Office 365 E5 suite includes cloud telephony services, but the software faces some challenges with deployment and business adoption.  Continue Reading

The biggest hyper-converged developments this year

The hyper-convergence market expanded to include bigger storage vendors in 2015, while also moving the market along through the development of new partnerships.  Continue Reading

SDN expected to spike in production environments

Next year is expected to be a breakout year for SDN development, as a large number of enterprises and service providers take their projects into production.  Continue Reading

Where does SAP NetWeaver 7.5 fit in the integration puzzle?

SAP's integration landscape is crowded with products, including SAP NetWeaver 7.5, HANA Cloud Platform and HANA Cloud Integration. So, what's your best option?  Continue Reading

Commvault IntelliSnap partnerships eye more thorough backup

Commvault partners with NetApp and Infinidat on IntelliSnap to simplify increasingly popular snapshot management and for a more inclusive backup offering.  Continue Reading

Slack courts developers in team collaboration tools race

In an effort to be more competitive in the team collaboration tools space, Slack is offering $80 million to developers who build integrated applications.  Continue Reading

Top virtual storage management tips of 2015

When it comes to managing virtual server environments, readers were most interested in technologies new to the market, such as Docker containers and VMware VVOLs.  Continue Reading

Analytics, social, employee engagement are keys for HR in 2016

Analysts from Deloitte, Forrester and Nucleus Research predict performance management, social media and employee engagement will lead HCM software trends in the coming year.  Continue Reading

FASB lease accounting changes to impact channel

FASB lease accounting changes will impact channel partners involved in IT leasing. Managed services could get a boost from the new standard.  Continue Reading

Microsoft Azure partnership with HPE: Channel reaction

News analysis: The recent alliance between Microsoft Azure and HPE could eventually open opportunities for the channel, but appears to have minimal short-term impact.  Continue Reading

Cloud data security skills to set your business apart

The wave of high-profile data breaches has led many customers today to take data security more seriously, and, as a result, many of them are turning to partners to safeguard their cloud data assets against developing threats.

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NSA implicated in Juniper firewall, VPN backdoors

Juniper firewalls are reportedly vulnerable to two serious backdoors, and the NSA may be at least indirectly responsible for one that exposes VPN data.  Continue Reading

Microsoft announces plans to buy startup Talko

This past year saw a surge of mergers and acquisitions among UC services, most recently with Microsoft buying startup Talko. Experts think this trend will continue in 2016.  Continue Reading

Cloud-based time-tracking system: TQS logs hours with Replicon

A cloud-based time-tracking system enabled Total Quality Systems to scale with growing business demands and provide its mobile employees with a flexible way to log hours.  Continue Reading