Channel Marker

April 2019

Managed service provider (MSP) business model

MSP software takes a different turn in ServiceNow-LogicMonitor link
John Moore - Senior Site Editor 23 Apr 2019

MSP software comes in various forms and combinations. Some larger MSPs are adopting ServiceNow and LogicMonitor to automate core business functions.

MSP business model moves toward three key staples
John Moore - Senior Site Editor 11 Apr 2019

The developing MSP business model is showing some of the characteristics of an ancient agricultural technique. Find out how service providers are cultivating business.

MicroscopeUK

Cohesity, Extreme and Cloudera enhancing partner programmes

Just like waiting for buses it's turning out to be the week when numerous channel partner programme refreshes all turn up

How to improve customer experience

Billy MacInnes questions experts on what they’re doing to digitally transform the customer experience and asks what advice they ...

Tech Data unifies services portfolio

The distributor has pulled together its existing options in the UK along with some of the developments it has devised in Europe

SearchSecurity

Louisiana ransomware attack hits government systems

A ransomware attack on Louisiana government systems has been contained, according to Governor John Bel Edwards, and experts are ...

CrowdStrike: Incident response times still too long

A CrowdStrike study revealed that it takes enterprise security teams almost seven days of non-stop work to detect, investigate ...

Rise in ransomware attacks prompts new prevention priorities

Officials predict that already widespread ransomware attacks will only grow in scale and influence, while urging organizations to...

SearchStorage

Unstructured data storage showdown: Object storage vs. scale-out NAS

Object storage and scale-out NAS are both highly scalable and built to handle large amounts of unstructured data. Which one is ...

Effectively implement Azure Ultra Disk Storage

Ultra Disk Storage delivers consistent performance and low latency for I/O-intensive workloads. Learn why it's solving latency ...

HPE Container Platform combines AI pickups BlueData, MapR

Hewlett Packard Enterprise showcases Container Platform for bare metal Kubernetes deployments, helping data centers make ...

SearchNetworking

Juniper Mist roadmap includes SD-WAN, security integrations

The Juniper Mist roadmap includes integrating the wireless LAN's cloud AI engine with Juniper's SD-WAN and malware detection ...

Why Secure Access Service Edge is the future of SD-WAN

Secure Access Service Edge -- or SASE -- architecture transitions from network design that revolves around the data center to a ...

5 common SD-WAN challenges and how to prepare for them

SD-WAN technology has its fair share of risk factors, some of which include security, deployment and quality of service. Find out...

SearchCloudComputing

Save money on instances with these cloud discounts

Don't pay full price for cloud computing resources when you don't have to. See how to save money for VMs on AWS, Azure and Google...

Google joins bare-metal cloud fray

Google could attract more legacy application workloads through new bare-metal cloud instances, but it's unclear how they measure ...

Google boosts VMware public cloud support with CloudSimple buy

Google has acquired CloudSimple to get a slice of the VMware public cloud deployment market. Indications are that CloudSimple ...

SearchDataManagement

CockroachDB 19.2 improves distributed database performance

New release of CockroachDB cloud-native distributed database platform helps to reduce latency; it also gets enhanced data backup ...

Redis Labs eases database management with RedisInsight

Based on the open source RDBTools project, Redis Labs' new tool gives database administrators a stable graphical user interface ...

How AI could save the enterprise data catalog

Enterprise data catalogs record all the databases and files in a corporation, but sometimes it can become out of date. Advances ...

SearchBusinessAnalytics

Alteryx analytics platform focuses on ease of use

Alteryx is focusing on ease of use in new platform updates as it looks to attract users beyond its traditional base of data ...

Salesforce acquisition of Tableau finally getting real

With Salesforce and Tableau finally free to start integrating, Andrew Beers, Tableau's chief technology officer, talks about what...

Tableau analytics platform upgrades driven by user needs

In a Q&A, Tableau chief technology officer Andrew Beers talks about the driving factors behind recent product upgrades centered ...