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What is OEM (original equipment manufacturer)?

An original equipment manufacturer (OEM) is a company that produces hardware or software that is later marketed and sold under another company's brand.

What is Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN)?

Oracle PartnerNetwork, also known as OPN, is a channel partner program that provides resources and benefits for value-added resellers (VARs), independent software vendors (ISVs) and other businesses that want to collaborate with Oracle.

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Channel catch-up: News in brief
Developments of note at Dell, Gamma Communications, Bytes, TD Synnex, LevelBlue, Crayon, Trend Micro and Brother UK
Boxxe bolsters position with CAE buy
Channel consolidation continues, with Cisco and Microsoft partner snapped up in the latest deal
MicroScope: Navigating through uncertainty
In this issue, learn about how to navigate the multitude of challenges facing the channel today, from global politics to ...

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How to build a cybersecurity strategy and plan in 4 steps
A cybersecurity strategy isn't meant to be perfect, but this high-level plan must be proactive, effective, actively supported and...
What is the future of cybersecurity?
As cyberthreats grow more sophisticated, enterprises face mounting challenges. What does the future of cybersecurity hold, and ...
How to implement a risk-based security strategy: 5 steps
Making the move from compliance-based to risk-based security helps organizations prioritize threats using systematic assessment ...

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Conference news from Pure//Accelerate 2025
Check out our guide to the annual conference, with key pre-conference material to get you ready and on-the-spot reports from this...
Panzura Symphony conducts automated user data permissions
Panzura tunes its Symphony software to automatically add and remove users from protected data and connect with third-party ...
Flash, AI and cloud: 3 IT takeaways from Pure Accelerate
Significant innovations in storage infrastructure from Pure and other major vendors have emerged recently, giving IT pros ways to...

Arista buys VeloCloud from Broadcom
Arista fills a gap in its portfolio with VeloCloud's SD-WAN capabilities.
HPE's Mottram touts key Aruba Networking AI advancements
The infrastructure company is injecting AI throughout its business, including its networking arm, which will harness the power of...
3 pillars to enhance networks for agentic AI infrastructure
Agentic AI requires better network infrastructure to prevent wasted GPU capacity, built on three principles: simplified ...

Prioritize security from the edge to the cloud
Businesses can find security vulnerabilities when they push their workloads to the edge. Discover the pitfalls of cloud edge ...
6 edge monitoring best practices in the cloud
When it comes to application monitoring, edge workloads are outliers -- literally and metaphorically. Learn what sets them apart ...
Google Cloud, Cloudflare struck by widespread outages
Multiple companies investigated a widespread outage Thursday. Google Cloud later said it was due to a faulty API update and ...

Confluent platform update targets performance, simplicity
The vendor's latest release replaces its coordinating technology to make its tools easier to use and updates its Control Center ...
New Actian features target data discoverability, reliability
Automatically embedded data governance, data product registration on a data marketplace platform and a natural language interface...
Why Apache Iceberg is essential for modern data lakehouses
Organizations adopt Apache Iceberg to build open data lakehouses that support high-performance analytics, multi-cloud strategies ...

Qlik adds trust score to aid data prep for AI development
By measuring dimensions such as diversity and timeliness, the vendor's new tool helps users understand if their data is properly ...
Agents, semantic layers among top data, analytics trends
The top 10 predictions for the next few years are all influenced by the increasing deployment of AI to help make business ...
ThoughtSpot evolving as BI becomes driven by AI
Recent releases, including the Agentic Analytics Platform and Agentic Semantic Layer, demonstrate that the vendor continues to be...