Channel Marker

December 2017

IT channel partners: A look ahead at 2018
John Moore - Senior Site Editor 22 Dec 2017

Here's a look at the most popular Channel Marker blog posts of 2017 and what they might say about 2018 trends for IT channel partners.

Digital transformation business: Procurement ripe for revitalization
John Moore - Senior Site Editor 08 Dec 2017

As the digital transformation business moves into back-office operations, systems such as procurement may be among the candidates for renewal.

MicroscopeUK

Riverbed still pitching visibility and performance

Networking player believes its message is a good one for channel partners to take out to customers drawing up future strategies

Midwich weathers Covid-19 storm

Distributor issues end-of-year trading update indicating that its second half was strong and its pipeline is looking healthy ...

Canalys: Cyber security channel set for further growth

Analyst house Canalys forecasts another decent year ahead for those set to can help customers fend off cyber attacks

SearchSecurity

FireEye releases new tool to fight SolarWinds hackers

The new tool, dubbed Azure AD Investigator, will help audit Microsoft 365 environments for techniques used by the nation-state ...

SolarWinds breach news center

The massive SolarWinds supply-chain attack continues to invade networks. Here's the latest news on the breach, how the malware ...

How to develop a cybersecurity strategy: Step-by-step guide

A cybersecurity strategy isn't meant to be perfect, but it must be proactive, effective, actively supported and evolving. Here ...

SearchStorage

New Infinidat CEO discusses storage transition

Ex-Western Digital exec Phil Bullinger replaces founder Moshe Yanai as CEO of Infinidat storage vendor. Bullinger says Infinidat ...

Calculate HPC storage costs based on these 8 factors

IT teams that want an accurate estimate of HPC storage costs must account not only for the technology itself, but for staffing, ...

Enterprise data storage 2020 Products of the Year finalists

The field of entrants in our 19th annual Products of the Year contest has been reduced to 47 contenders vying for gold, silver ...

SearchNetworking

10 network security tips in response to the SolarWinds hack

From perimeter protection to persistent patching, enterprises should regularly review, update and test their network security ...

Considerations for SASE management and troubleshooting

SASE opens new territory for network and security management and troubleshooting. Ultimately, teams should look for system ...

Cisco sweetens Acacia deal by $2 billion

Cisco has agreed to pay $4.5 billion for Acacia, $2 billion more than the initial agreement in 2019. Cisco wants Acacia's optical...

SearchCloudComputing

IBM acquisition spree targets hybrid cloud consulting market

Acquiring five providers specializing in cloud-based consulting and managed services since November, IBM wants to make it easier ...

How to choose between IaaS and SaaS cloud models

Even if you already moved a few workloads to the cloud, it's never too early to start looking at where you are going and never ...

COVID-19 and remote work shift cloud predictions for 2021

If we learned anything from 2020, it's to expect the unexpected. Yet that doesn't stop analysts from trying to predict what's to ...

SearchDataManagement

Fivetran data connectors boost enterprise data integration

An enterprise data integration vendor is building out its suite of data connectors with updates for organizations to create data ...

Informatica takes Customer 360 master data management to cloud

Updated MDM service benefits from integrations with the broader cloud-native Informatica platform that is built on top of a ...

Graph database vs. relational database: Key differences

Relational databases and graph databases both focus on the relationships between data but not in the same ways. Here are some key...

SearchBusinessAnalytics

Partnership enables Alteryx users to prep data in Snowflake

Alteryx and a rising cloud data warehouse vendor unveiled a new partnership that will enable joint customers to more easily and ...

Key differences in uses of DataOps vs. DevOps

As with DevOps, DataOps hinges on cooperation between teams and breaking down silos within an organization with the focus of ...

Data storytelling a key part of Yellowfin analytics platform

Data storytelling remains a focal point for Yellowfin. Stories, the vendor's narrative generation tool, features heavily in both ...