Channel Marker

December 2016

IoT business opportunity in 2017: Are channel partners ready?
Spencer Smith - Site Editor 16 Dec 2016

As channel partners mull over business moves for the upcoming year, many executives may consider IoT as a potential play -- and for good reason. "There is so much demand for IoT within SMBs [small ...

Microsoft offers free Azure training
John Moore - Senior Site Editor 07 Dec 2016

Microsoft is offering free Azure training as it seeks to ready more partners to work in the cloud.

MicroscopeUK

Nutanix reassures channel in transition to software company

Nutanix launches partners services programme and pushes OEM relationships

Webroot and Carbonite to re-launch channel programme in 2020

Webroot talks merging channel organisations following its acquisition by Carbonite in March

Cancom adds more depth to UK operation with Novosco

Belfast-based dealer becomes part of Cancom's UK operations as German firm continues to invest in the market

SearchSecurity

Essential instruments for a pen test toolkit

Does your penetration testing toolkit have the proper contents? Learn the must-have tool for any pen tester, as well as specific ...

Imperva breach update puts blame on exposed AWS API keys

Imperva CTO Kunal Anand posted updated information regarding the recent breach affecting Cloud WAF customers and admitted poor ...

Cybersecurity threats on the rise, prey on human nature

Cybersecurity attacks continue to rise, taking advantage of network vulnerabilities -- and human ones. First National Technology ...

SearchStorage

Cloud repatriation from the storage experts' point of view

Four industry experts discuss whether enterprises are really bringing data back from the public cloud, what's driving this trend ...

New Violin Systems CEO talks up ambitious storage roadmap

New Violin CEO talks up plans for newly architected, NVMe-based flash array that will focus on enterprise software capabilities ...

Hitachi storage refocuses on enterprise with new VSP array

Large commercial consumers have been the primary target for Hitachi storage systems of late, but new Hitachi Vantara VSP 5000 ...

SearchNetworking

After ransomware virus, Merck's medicine was network automation

After a ransomware attack, Merck decided the best remedy was to deploy network automation tools designed to transform how it ...

5 steps to follow in a network security audit checklist

Planning, execution, analysis, reporting and follow-up are the basic elements of a network security audit checklist. But ...

Top 3 network security threats and how to protect against them

Enterprise networks are seemingly always under attack. Learn about the most common network security threats and what protections ...

SearchCloudComputing

6 long-term plans to add to cloud cost optimization strategies

Short-term cost management tools are one way to improve cost efficiencies in the cloud, but to stay on track, you also need ...

IaaS vs. PaaS options on AWS, Azure and Google Cloud Platform

Looking to shift your workloads to the cloud? Understand and compare the IaaS and PaaS options on AWS, Azure and Google Cloud ...

5 best practices for choosing cloud developer tools

Enterprises are pushing cloud app development as a way to stay up to date on the latest IT trends. Find out how to pick the right...

SearchDataManagement

PostgreSQL 12 boosts open source database performance

Widely used open source PostgreSQL database platform gets a major update providing users with new SQL query capabilities for JSON...

Data integration vs. ETL in the age of big data

Data integration provides a consistent view of business performance across multiple data sources, though it needs to keep up with...

5 steps to an improved data quality assurance plan

Consultant David Loshin offers tips on developing a data quality strategy that can help identify data errors before they cause ...

SearchBusinessAnalytics

ThoughtSpot 6 advances AI power of BI platform

New augmented intelligence and machine learning tools, along with a new mobile app, highlight the release of the new update to ...

Promethium tool taps natural language processing for analytics

The software, called Data Navigation System, was designed to enable non-technical users to make complex SQL requests using plain ...

Intelligence as a service is key to nonprofit's urban planning

Cobalt Community Research, a nonprofit organization based in Michigan, uses data collected and packaged by TruFactor for urban ...