July 2016

• July 29, 2016 29 Jul'16

  Virtustream expands public sector business with Carahsoft partnership

  EMC Federation company Virtustream has opened the door to more public sector business through a partnership with Carahsoft Technology; more IT channel news from the week.  Continue Reading

• July 29, 2016 29 Jul'16

  IManage: Professional services market embracing cloud services

  As cloud computing becomes ubiquitous among professional services firms, vendors like iManage look to meet their business-specific demands.  Continue Reading

• July 29, 2016 29 Jul'16

  Microsoft to energize business video market with Stream

  Microsoft Stream, backed by the vendor's marketing power, is expected to draw more enterprises into the business video market.  Continue Reading

• July 29, 2016 29 Jul'16

  Oracle-NetSuite deal to expand Oracle's cloud ERP

  The Oracle cloud ERP chase could gain speed, thanks to a $9.3B plan to buy cloud applications vendor NetSuite. The software giant's timing may be good, as more users look to the cloud for ERP deployments.  Continue Reading

• July 29, 2016 29 Jul'16

  Federal cybersecurity plan divides agency responsibilities

  The White House's new federal cybersecurity plan outlines the responsibilities of each agency in a cyberattack and creates a rating system to determine the severity of an attack.  Continue Reading

• July 28, 2016 28 Jul'16

  Building a partnership: How to link up with other service providers

  Partnering with your fellow IT service providers can help expand the services you offer clients without incurring the cost of hiring and retaining talent.  Continue Reading

• July 27, 2016 27 Jul'16

  KeySniffer flaw echoes MouseJack wireless vulnerability

  The KeySniffer wireless vulnerability goes beyond the similar MouseJack flaw in exposing users of inexpensive wireless keyboards to sniffing, injection attacks.  Continue Reading

• July 27, 2016 27 Jul'16

  Will the new EU-U.S. data transfer pact survive?

  The new data transfer agreement between the U.S. and the European Union has its detractors, but industry observers say, 'Give it a chance.'  Continue Reading

• July 27, 2016 27 Jul'16

  Sage vows to curb complexity for partners

  At Sage Summit 2016 in Chicago, the vendor admits to unnecessary complexity in the past, and promises partners that it will do better.  Continue Reading

• July 27, 2016 27 Jul'16

  IBM DeepFlash 150 -- just a bunch of flash

  New IBM flash storage product is a high-density JBOF system designed to work with Spectrum Scale software-defined storage to target big data.  Continue Reading

• July 26, 2016 26 Jul'16

  NIST guidelines say SMS 2FA isn't safe

  America's National Institute for Standards and Technology is advising the deprecation of using SMS-based two-factor authentication in order to improve security.  Continue Reading

• July 26, 2016 26 Jul'16

  New management features make Dropbox more IT-friendly

  Dropbox adds a few new features to enhance its IT management interface, giving admins more control of the corporate content users share in its business-focused editions.  Continue Reading

• July 26, 2016 26 Jul'16

  Date set for landmark hearing into EU-US data transfers

  Irish court hearing triggered by Austrian law student Max Schrems could have huge implications for EU-US trade and the data privacy rights of millions of EU citizens.  Continue Reading

• July 25, 2016 25 Jul'16

  ZeroStack taps channel partners to host private cloud appliances

  ZeroStack has entered partnerships with T5 Data Centers and Colovore, which will host the company's cloud appliance technology in their colocation facilities.  Continue Reading

• July 25, 2016 25 Jul'16

  Cisco releases plug-in to help VMware admins

  Cisco has launched a vCenter plug-in for connecting the VMware management tool to applications running on non-virtualized servers.  Continue Reading

• July 25, 2016 25 Jul'16

  Yahoo confirms nearly $5B sale deal with Verizon

  Verizon Communications to boost its advertising business by acquiring Yahoo's client database in a $4.83 billion deal.  Continue Reading

• July 22, 2016 22 Jul'16

  SolidFire partners linking up with NetApp channel program

  NetApp and SolidFire, a flash storage vendor acquired earlier this year, are in the process of integrating their channel programs and partner ecosystems.  Continue Reading

• July 22, 2016 22 Jul'16

  Partner portals aim to strengthen vendor-channel relationships

  Technology vendors are launching or reworking channel program portals, offering partners the ability to register deals, receive training and obtain marketing materials online.  Continue Reading

• July 22, 2016 22 Jul'16

  Container technologies: NetEnrich study reveals channel opportunity

  Research from NetEnrich highlighted how service providers can play a role in container technologies; more IT channel news from the week.  Continue Reading

• July 21, 2016 21 Jul'16

  Microsoft WPC 2016: A quizzical recap of the channel partner event

  This month's channel news quiz focuses on the recent Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference, which highlighted cloud opportunities for the company's channel partners.  Continue Reading