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

Channel roundup: Who's gone where?

UK resellers striking out for the U, board appointments at a couple of security players and a channel specialist at an AI player ...

CRM sellers advised to push cloud offerings

With three quarters of CRM sales heading into the cloud those looking to make revenues in the market need to have a strong SaaS ...

Advanced thanks channel for delivering growth

Changing market conditions have played into the hands of software player Advanced and its partners

SearchSecurity

YubiKey FIPS recalled from government for reduced randomness

Yubico recalled YubiKey FIPS series devices after discovering an issue leading to reduced randomness in values generated by the ...

Dragos: Xenotime threat group targeting U.S. electric companies

Dragos says Xenotime, the threat group behind a devastating ICS attack in 2017, has been probing the networks of U.S. electric ...

SANS security awareness credential paves new career path

The SANS Security Awareness Professional credential gives enterprises a new method to recognize and promote cybersecurity ...

SearchStorage

8 NAS appliance features to consider for small business

There are a growing number of options for small business users purchasing a NAS appliance. Look through the list of eight ...

SwiftStack launches new multi-cloud storage product

SwiftStack launched a new product, designed to compete with companies like Hadoop and Spark. It's specifically for big data ...

Kaminario expands its storage-as-a-service offerings

To expand its capabilities as a storage-as-a-service platform, Kaminario has added metered usage payments, disaster recovery and ...

SearchNetworking

Aerohive Networks launches new Wi-Fi management products

Aerohive Networks is using AI and machine learning to provide behavior insights for Wi-Fi management with the launch of its new ...

VMware acquisition of Avi fills NSX gaps

VMware plans to acquire Avi Networks. The VMware acquisition of the application delivery controller maker will fill gaps in ...

Versa Networks partnership expands Riverbed SD-WAN offerings

Riverbed and Versa Networks teamed up on an OEM agreement that enables Riverbed to use Versa's enterprise-class secure SD-WAN ...

SearchCloudComputing

Microsoft AI Builder brings machine learning to PowerApps

Microsoft AI Builder empowers nonprogrammers to incorporate AI as they build applications using low-code, no-code platforms.

Ask these 5 questions before deploying cloud HA

IT teams can build HA into their organization's cloud apps, but is it worth it? And how much is too much? Ask these and other ...

Know the tools needed to bake cloud HA into apps

The cost for HA might outweigh the benefit for many cloud apps. But, before you can debate the need to architect a highly ...

SearchDataManagement

Data virtualization use cases cover more integration tasks

In a Q&A, Gartner analyst Mark Beyer discusses user adoption of data virtualization software and the wider data integration uses ...

Microservices and big data start to get closer

Microservices are riding a wave of user interest, leading to changes in IT operations. ThoughtWorks expert Zhamak Dehghani ...

AtScale updates its data warehouse virtualization platform

AtScale 2019.1 comes with many new capabilities, including extended database support, increased security and advanced analytical ...

SearchBusinessAnalytics

How the Salesforce acquisition will affect Tableau users

In the wake of Salesforce's acquisition of Tableau, it remains to be seen whether Tableau users will be pushed to the cloud and ...

Google acquisition of Looker to boost Google Cloud analytics

By acquiring Looker, Google will enhance its analytics and BI capabilities available through Google Cloud, while becoming a ...

6 tips for effective customer data mining

Digging into customer analytics can improve sales opportunities -- but how does an organization balance that against data privacy...