Channel Marker

August 2015

Google debuts reseller effort; AWS grows managed service roster
John Moore - Site Editor 31 Aug 2015

Partnerships between cloud vendors and channel partners, ideally, aim to satisfy both parties: national vendors stand to gain marketing muscle, customization services and a local contact for ...

CompTIA launches sales toolkit for tech companies
John Moore - Site Editor 07 Aug 2015

Technology adept and sales inept is probably a somewhat harsh analysis of the typical channel partner. But managed service providers, value-added resellers and systems integrators do tend to be ...

MicroscopeUK

Peer-to-peer lending growing in popularity

P2P is an option that more in the channel are taking a look at as an alternative source of finance

Education needed to spur SD-WAN spending

There are predictions that the market for SD-WAN is going to be worth billions but to get that spending partners will have to ...

Outsourcing market suffering Brexit impact

Deals in the UK have been smaller than elsewhere in EMEA as customers look to trim back spending ahead of uncertain economic times

SearchSecurity

Zero-day jQuery plugin vulnerability exploited for 3 years

A zero-day in jQuery File Upload could affect thousands of projects because the jQuery plugin vulnerability has existed for eight...

Facebook hack the work of spammers, not foreign adversary

News roundup: The Facebook hack was the work of spammers, according to The Wall Street Journal. Plus, 35 million voter records ...

GreyEnergy threat group detected attacking high-value targets

Researchers claim a new threat group called GreyEnergy is the successor to BlackEnergy, but experts are unsure if the evidence ...

SearchStorage

Hammerspace targets data silos with new software service

Silicon Valley startup debuts software service that harnesses data virtualization technology from Primary Data and adds hybrid ...

DNA data storage developments demonstrate serious potential

As futuristic as it may sound, writing to DNA-based data storage is well on its way to becoming a possibility. Mainstream use may...

NVMe fabric options include Fibre Channel, RDMA

Planning NVMe over Fabrics? Then get to know all about the Fibre Channel and RDMA fabric options to decide which of the two ...

SearchNetworking

VMware faces strong challengers in cloud systems management

VMware topped IDC's latest vendor ranking in the cloud systems management market. But the analyst firm said the market is too ...

How SD-WAN services could improve application metrics

In this roundup of network blogs, industry insiders dissect SD-WAN's role in application metrics, the future of 5G growth and the...

Comcast gigabit service ready in 39 states

Comcast gigabit cable is now available to 58 million homes and businesses in 39 states. Comcast completed the rollout as AT&T and...

SearchCloudComputing

Estimate cloud computing costs prior to app migration

Enterprises should enlist a number of resources, including cost calculators and third-party tools, to assess what they'll pay for...

Containers, cloud orchestration tools rattle DevOps foundation

Any form of virtualization that disconnects infrastructure from apps threatens the foundation of DevOps and could push IT toward ...

Machine learning tools ease cloud security, log management

Machine learning has increasingly found a home in enterprise cloud management teams, but the technology is still far from being a...

SearchDataManagement

11 features to look for in data quality management tools

As the need for quality data has increased, so have the capabilities of data quality tools. Learn how collaboration, data lineage...

How data lineage tools boost data governance policies

Enterprises can bolster data governance efforts by tracking how and when changes are made to data. Expert David Loshin offers ...

MarkLogic Data Hub Service aims to ease cloud use of NoSQL DBMS

MarkLogic rolled out a cloud-service version of its NoSQL database management system, a move designed to make the technology more...

SearchBusinessAnalytics

3 ways to make machine learning in business more effective

Dun & Bradstreet analytics exec Nipa Basu offers three tips on how to integrate machine learning tools into business processes to...

Nationwide sees ups, downs with self-service Tableau tools

Tableau provides users at insurer Nationwide with a versatile, self-service analytics platform. But the IT team faces some ...

Looker 6 update adds analytics applications to BI tool

With Looker 6, users of the BI platform can now access packaged applications that are designed for uses such as web analytics and...