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How to install and configure vCenter Update Manager

Follow these steps to install and configure VMware vCenter Update Manager, which can help solution providers with patching hosts and virtual machines. Continue Reading
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VMware Partner Network

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FAQ: Virtual machine migration to vSphere

Use this FAQ to get advice for performing a virtual machine migration from Hyper-V or XenServer to vSphere and learn about incompatibilities among hypervisors. Continue Reading
Study Guide: Virtualization -- Answer 8

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Virtualization Study Guide

Virtualization is an increasingly important technology that service providers can derive business from. Use this study guide to test your knowledge of virtualization.Continue Reading

Home working product demand increasing strain on channel stocks

The rush of customers to equip staff for a world of home working has led to huge spikes in demand of certain products over the ...

Coronavirus: Extreme makes partner programme changes to up support

Extreme Networks has become the latest vendor to use the tools in its partner programme to increase the support it can give ...

MicroScope: Seeking sustainability

In this issue, we look at sustainability in the channel, with customers increasingly wanting to know that their reseller has a ...

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Microsoft warns hospitals of impending ransomware attacks

Microsoft warned "dozens" of hospitals with vulnerable gateway and VPN software that an infamous ransomware group known as REvil ...

4 essential AI-enabled security concerns for buyers and vendors

Experts offer four concerns for enterprises and vendors to discuss in order to deploy and run AI-based cybersecurity tools.

Risk & Repeat: Zoom security comes under fire

This week's Risk & Repeat podcast looks at several security issues Zoom faced over the last week, which led to questions about ...

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Choose between NAND vs. NOR flash memory

When comparing NAND flash memory to NOR, it's important to examine the structural differences to understand which type of ...

The future of flash memory promises unprecedented speed, capacity

NAND flash's future involves more layers and bits per cell. At the same time, NVMe-oF, storage class memory and other new ...

Komprise stretches NAS migration tool for multi-cloud use

Komprise's Elastic Data Migration moves beyond NAS-to-NAS migration over LANs to enable customers to shift file and object data ...

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Tech users weigh in on upcoming approval of more Wi-Fi 6 spectrum

Technology users say the pending Federal Communications approval of additional spectrum for Wi-Fi 6 should bring much higher ...

CloudGenix-Palo Alto buy combines SD-WAN with cloud security

The CloudGenix-Palo Alto Networks acquisition will combine the Prisma cloud security suite with CloudGenix's software-defined WAN.

A deep dive into the differences between 5G and Wi-Fi 6

While the latest cellular and Wi-Fi technology generations -- 5G and Wi-Fi 6, respectively -- have been pitted against one ...

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5 tips that can lead to Azure cloud management success

Many factors go into managing Azure resources, and they vary based on a company's needs. Explore five pieces to the larger cloud ...

AWS security options grow with Amazon Detective

AWS has released Amazon Detective, a managed threat hunting service that generates visualizations out of log data from native ...

Explore the pros and cons of cloud computing

Familiarize yourself with the basics of computing in the cloud, how the market has changed over the years, and the advantages and...

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PlanetScale extends multi-cloud database as a service

Open source-based PlanetScaleDB adds support for Microsoft Azure, enabling a multi-cloud database as a service platform that ...

Oracle NoSQL database comes to the cloud

Another Oracle database is coming to the cloud with the general availability of Oracle NoSQL Database Cloud Service as the demand...

MariaDB SkySQL enables cloud-native database as a service

MariaDB brings back an old name for its cloud-native database-as-a-service platform. MariaDB CEO Michael Howard details how he's ...

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Importance of analytics clear amid COVID-19 crisis

With health organizations and business leaders alike trying to minimize the effects of COVID-19, analytics is playing a critical ...

AI tools in analytics software key in fighting COVID-19

With data skewed by incomplete testing, augmented intelligence and machine learning tools are helping data scientists create ...

Should your company hire a freelance data scientist?

Enterprises need to make the right hiring choices when it comes to supporting their data projects. Here are some reasons your ...