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• July 28, 2015 28 Jul'15

  SAP revamps PartnerEdge channel program

  SAP has retooled its channel program in the first major overhaul in a decade. The revamped initiative moves away from traditional partner types.

• July 28, 2015 28 Jul'15

  Business customers + channel partners = digital business opportunity

  Channel partners are in demand by business customers as they formulate and implement their digital business and cloud strategies. That’s because partners offer expertise above and beyond what many ...

• July 28, 2015 28 Jul'15

  Savage IO delivers software-agnostic hardware for SDS

  Savage IO's SavageStor is a software-agnostic brick of storage, servers and controllers that leaves storage management and data protection to open software.

• July 28, 2015 28 Jul'15

  IT departments aren't getting sidelined by cloud, research shows

  Research from Harvard Business Review suggests IT departments are maintaining a firm grip on enterprise cloud deployments.

• July 28, 2015 28 Jul'15

  IoT device makers stand to lose out on software licensing revenue

  Gartner claims many IoT device manufacturers could lose out on recurring revenues by failing to safeguard their software investments.

• July 28, 2015 28 Jul'15

  Chuck Robbins: 'Cisco’s next chapter starts today'

  Less than two days into his tenure as CEO of Cisco, Robbins has brought in fresh blood and started laying out the roadmap for the future of the firm.

• July 28, 2015 28 Jul'15

  New data center tools can start conversations

  There are ways to combine DCIM and ITSM systems in the data center that give even better visibility.

• July 28, 2015 28 Jul'15

  X-IO Technologies SAN-itizes ISE, builds an Iglu

  X-IO Technologies adds a SAN controller to give its ISE storage blocks the management and data protection customers want in traditional arrays.

• July 28, 2015 28 Jul'15

  Datrium DVX debuts 'bring your own flash' server-based storage

  Datrium built its DVX software and NetShelf system for customers that want to use low-cost flash in servers to separately scale performance and capacity.

• July 27, 2015 27 Jul'15

  Simplicity does not mean going it alone in the security market

  Customers want simplicity but when it comes to security that does not mean they can do without expert help from the channel.

• July 27, 2015 27 Jul'15

  Cisco ends SSD hardware production

  Cisco has dropped its Invicta all-flash product line, leaving customers to buy SSD hardware for its UCS servers from third parties.

• July 27, 2015 27 Jul'15

  Steam accounts hijacked through password reset flaw

  A glaring error in the Steam password recovery system allowed hackers to take over accounts for Valve's popular gaming platform.

• July 27, 2015 27 Jul'15

  U.S. Census Bureau admits it was hacked

  The U.S. Census Bureau admits that it was attacked and had data exfiltrated from systems, and one expert says this latest government data breach is another example that federal systems are not safe from attack.

• July 27, 2015 27 Jul'15

  Google goes GA with Cloud Storage Nearline

  Google makes its Cloud Storage Nearline archiving service generally available, goes after Amazon and Microsoft with incentives to switch over to Google cloud.

• July 24, 2015 24 Jul'15

  Skyport Systems: SkySecure not a 'cookie-cutter' partner program

  Startup vendor Skyport Systems unveiled the SkySecure Partner Program, which includes an on-site/on-demand evaluation program. Also this week, LogicNow released MAX ServiceDesk 2.2 and more news.

• July 24, 2015 24 Jul'15

  Aliyun cloud expansion targets 2,000-plus partners

  Aliyun, Alibaba's cloud services unit, plans to expand its partner base as it grows in international markets, including the U.S.

• July 24, 2015 24 Jul'15

  Cisco sells set-top box business to focus on cloud-based video

  Cisco is selling its set-top box and cable modem business as pay TV delivery shifts to cloud-based video.

• July 24, 2015 24 Jul'15

  Rackspace and Intel to increase enterprise appeal of OpenStack

  Managed cloud company and chip maker are creating an innovation center in Texas to accelerate maturity of OpenStack.

• July 24, 2015 24 Jul'15

  High-fives all round as Juniper beats Wall Street's expectations

  The folks at Juniper HQ will be patting themselves on the back, as Q2 results blow expectations out of the water.

• July 24, 2015 24 Jul'15

  HP misrepresents severity of four critical IE vulnerabilities

  HP's Zero Day Initiative has disclosed four critical vulnerabilities found in Internet Explorer that could lead to remote code execution, but mistakenly labeled them as affecting Windows desktop not Windows Phone.

• July 23, 2015 23 Jul'15

  IDC's Darren Bibby offers business transformation pointers

  Last month when I spoke to Darren Bibby, program vice president, channels and alliances research at IDC, about partner collaboration as the path to new and broader channel business opportunities, ...

• July 23, 2015 23 Jul'15

  DataCore Software chairman lauds EMC's ViPR strategy

  DataCore Chairman Ziya Aral shares opinions on the state of the storage industry and trends with flash, hyper-converged and software-defined storage.

• July 23, 2015 23 Jul'15

  VMware NSX sales a positive sign for SDN market

  VMware has reported growing NSX sales, the latest indicator that the SDN market has momentum. Rival Cisco has also reported rising SDN platform sales.

• July 23, 2015 23 Jul'15

  National Guard breach highlights the risk of accidental data exposure

  The National Guard reported an accidental data exposure affecting thousands of former and current employees was not related to the OPM breach.

• July 23, 2015 23 Jul'15

  Dell provides upbeat channel progress report

  With Dell's fiscal 2016 underway the firm has summarized all of the recent enhancements to its channel program highlighting a decent start to the year

• July 23, 2015 23 Jul'15

  VMware posts solid Q2 results, despite DoJ fiasco

  The virtualization giant keeps investors ticking over with a solid set of results

• July 23, 2015 23 Jul'15

  Cisco quits set-top boxes and reshuffles IoT and cloud organization

  Cisco sells off the set-top box business it acquired in 2005 and restructures its cloud and IoT businesses

• July 23, 2015 23 Jul'15

  AirBnB, LinkedIn, Spotify & Twitter sign up for Box cloud storage

  As enterprise file sync and share supplier announces latest customers wins, but competitor flags data sovereignty limitations of Box's operations

• July 23, 2015 23 Jul'15

  Uptime certification misuse leads to big changes

  The Uptime Institute's tier-level certification will now only be handed out to constructed projects that meet the standards, not for designs.

• July 23, 2015 23 Jul'15

  ICYMI: Masergy expands cloud marketplace with Microsoft Azure

  Masergy has added the Microsoft Azure cloud platform to its cloud marketplace, while Sonus demonstrated that its SDN controller can be used with Skype for Business.

• July 22, 2015 22 Jul'15

  Dell carries on in evolving cloud market

  Dell Cloud Manager added Azure Pack Support, custom catalogs and auto-scaling features as the company tries to meet the demands of hybrid IT environments.

• July 22, 2015 22 Jul'15

  Worldwide public cloud spend tipped to hit $70B in 2015

  Latest IDC cloud spending data highlights growing appetite for public cloud services across several vertical markets.

• July 22, 2015 22 Jul'15

  Amazon DynamoDB gets a boost with Streams

  New possibilities have opened up for cloud users now that the Amazon DynamoDB NoSQL database and AWS Lambda can be used together.

• July 22, 2015 22 Jul'15

  Microsoft Office 365 telephony could rattle UC market

  Microsoft is building out Office 365 telephony, a strategy that could trump Cisco in providing an all-in-one communications suite.

• July 22, 2015 22 Jul'15

  Experts split on open source security

  Researchers say that malware makers have been targeting .NET since Microsoft made the software open source, and experts debate to what extent open source security can be maintained.

• July 21, 2015 21 Jul'15

  At Microsoft, partnering rises to the top

  Partnering is rising to the top at Microsoft, especially as unique intellectual property, differentiation and specialization increasingly set apart channel partner firms. At the same time, ...

• July 21, 2015 21 Jul'15

  Microsoft takes down another Hacking Team Windows zero-day

  A Windows zero-day affecting a wide swath of Microsoft products has been found in the Hacking Team data leak, so Microsoft has released an out-of-band patch to fix the vulnerability.

• July 21, 2015 21 Jul'15

  Mainframe fails to save IBM from 13th declining quarter

  IBM's second-quarter revenue was down 13% year-on-year to $20.8bn, but IBM said the decline is only 1%, adjusting for the sale of its x86 server business and the impact of the strong dollar.

• July 21, 2015 21 Jul'15

  Dell adds TLC drives to SC Series arrays

  Dell said it will ship SC Series hybrid arrays with 3.8 TB SSDs designed with Samsung's 3D Vertical NAND flash technology.

• July 21, 2015 21 Jul'15

  Average DDoS attack size increasing, Arbor warns businesses

  While extremely large DDoS attacks grab the headlines, it is the increasing size of the average attack that is affecting enterprises, warns Arbor Networks.

• July 21, 2015 21 Jul'15

  Microsoft pushes app portabiity with latest Visual Studio

  Microsoft has been focused on making its own applications portable – now it wants Windows developers writing cross-platform.

• July 20, 2015 20 Jul'15

  VMware adds compute muscle to EVO:RAIL

  Looking to boost sales and attract new users, VMware is beefing up its hyper-converged infrastructure offering EVO:RAIL.

• July 20, 2015 20 Jul'15

  Dell gets to market first with TLC for enterprise flash arrays

  Dell SC series storage customers will be able to use TLC flash drives, which are suited to read-intensive workloads, from August in arrays with MLC, SLC and/or spinning disk.

• July 20, 2015 20 Jul'15

  Organizations are moving to single-vendor UC

  Struggles with interoperability, cost and user experience have led organizations to move away from a multivendor UC architecture.

• July 20, 2015 20 Jul'15

  UC success declining among enterprises, report finds

  Employees aren't using UC tools because they're not trained on them or don't know about them, which limits UC success, according to a new report.

• July 20, 2015 20 Jul'15

  Wassenaar Arrangement comment period ends

  The Wassenaar Arrangement is a multilateral export control association aimed at controlling a wide range of goods, including intrusion software. However, Black Hat and Google believe the proposed rules will have a negative impact on security.

• July 20, 2015 20 Jul'15

  DDN expands EXAScaler NAS platform to midrange

  EXAScaler 7000 midrange HPC storage scales to nearly 5 PB in 42U of rack space and includes an embedded Lustre file system.

• July 20, 2015 20 Jul'15

  Employees hold the keys to Windows 10 upgrades

  Free Windows 10 upgrades may prompt users to move before IT is ready. VDI and other strategies can prevent app compatibility issues and helpdesk calls.

• July 20, 2015 20 Jul'15

  Parsec Labs targets NAS acceleration, data migration

  Parsec Labs HyperQ storage router improves NAS performance through flash and moves data across on-premises and cloud tiers without changing namespace.

• July 17, 2015 17 Jul'15

  WPC 2015: HP, Tech Data, Nintex expand channel offerings

  Lots of vendors issued press releases at Microsoft's WPC 2015 this week; here are a few more for SearchITChannel readers: HP HP ServiceOne partners have several new offerings that target Microsoft ...

• July 17, 2015 17 Jul'15

  Guidance Software offers incentives for partner sales training

  Guidance Software has enhanced it channel program with new training and certifications. Also in IT channel news, Citrix packaged tools for driving Windows 10 adoption.

• July 17, 2015 17 Jul'15

  Plexxi low-latency switch suitable for Wall Street, cloud vendors

  Plexxi launched a low-latency switch that's suitable for high-frequency financial trading. The Switch 2 Series is also aimed at analytics applications and cloud data centers.

• July 17, 2015 17 Jul'15

  Successful big data projects start with an A-team

  Big data creates a big test for enterprises: finding the right employees who can meld the technology and business needs in a way to make the data useful.

• July 17, 2015 17 Jul'15

  Experts say Darkode already being rebuilt

  The U.S. Department of Justice, in coordination with 20 countries, has taken down the computer hacking forum known as Darkode, but experts say the community is already rebuilding.

• July 17, 2015 17 Jul'15

  Healthcare cloud services: A security risk or a safer haven?

  Healthcare organizations are increasing their usage of cloud services, but is the cloud making them safer or creating more security issues?

• July 16, 2015 16 Jul'15

  Microsoft partner conference highlights training

  According to Microsoft, partners can expect the company to step up its training, certification, exam delivery and performance tracking efforts.

• July 16, 2015 16 Jul'15

  Microsoft cloud strategy starts to lean on others' clouds

  For a company once known for its closed ecosystem, the Microsoft cloud strategy is increasingly reliant on the competition.

• July 16, 2015 16 Jul'15

  Calls to kill the Flash Player get louder

  There have been calls for the death of the Adobe Flash Player for years either due to performance issues or the threat of exploit, but a recent rash of zero-day vulnerabilities is causing those calls to get louder.

• July 16, 2015 16 Jul'15

  Would-be MSPs need to invest in the right technology

  Those looking to increase their managed service business need to invest in the right technology solutions or face spiraling costs and risks of failing to meet SLAs.

• July 16, 2015 16 Jul'15

  Google sponsors OpenStack hybrid interoperability

  Google becomes a corporate sponsor of the OpenStack open-source private cloud platform, aiming to deliver container management and cloud-native apps.

• July 16, 2015 16 Jul'15

  All-flash array maker Kaminario plans TLC flash arrays

  All-flash array pioneer Kaminario says software smarts can overcome limits of TLC flash storage to allow it to offer all-TLC and mixed MLC/TLC arrays.

• July 16, 2015 16 Jul'15

  Coho Data updates DataStream hybrid

  The DataStream DS1008 array gets a capacity jolt, while a software upgrade adds flash optimization tools and subscription-based storage pricing.

• July 15, 2015 15 Jul'15

  WPC 2015: Microsoft's Sorgen talks partner differentiation

  Phil Sorgen, corporate VP of Microsoft's worldwide partner group, told conference attendees how to stand out from the channel crowd.

• July 15, 2015 15 Jul'15

  Windows opportunity: Partners to sell more services around Win 10

  Execs at Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference told attendees they can expect Windows 10 to generate increased device sales and cloud services revenue.

• July 15, 2015 15 Jul'15

  Microsoft expands Cortana to power cloud-based data analytics

  At its worldwide partner conference, Microsoft showed that Cortana is more than a talking search engine with the introduction of cloud-based data analytics.

• July 15, 2015 15 Jul'15

  Microsoft delivers fixes for Windows, Office and IE

  Microsoft issues 14 bulletins for Internet Explorer, Microsoft Office and Windows, including the last for Windows Server 2003.

• July 15, 2015 15 Jul'15

  Microsoft partners told to get skilled up and drive consumption

  Microsoft's COO Kevin Turner has used his keynote slot at WPC to encourage partners to get aggressive and drive more market growth.

• July 15, 2015 15 Jul'15

  Microsoft underlines the need for reseller IP innovation

  Microsoft's channel chief has used his slot at its worldwide partner conference to underline the need for resellers to develop their own.

• July 15, 2015 15 Jul'15

  Nimble adds all-flash service level to hybrid array

  Continuing its wooing of enterprise customers, Nimble Storage adds software-based encryption and now lets users pin applications to flash to improve performance.

• July 15, 2015 15 Jul'15

  Seagate rebrands backup, expands HPC storage reach

  Seagate Technology extends its enterprise storage reach with new and updated products in data protection portfolio, additional partnerships in HPC.

• July 15, 2015 15 Jul'15

  Experts warn more Hacking Team zero-day flaws are likely to come

  Researchers discovered two more vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash player stemming from the breach of Italian surveillance software vendor Hacking Team.

• July 15, 2015 15 Jul'15

  AWS RDS gains HIPAA cred

  AWS RDS, DynamoDB and EMR have been declared HIPAA-eligible, but healthcare organizations must do more to ensure HIPAA compliance.

• July 14, 2015 14 Jul'15

  HP, IndependenceIT among WPC 2015 newsmakers

  ORLANDO, Fla. -- Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) 2015 is the place for companies in the vendor's partner ecosystem to tout their latest news. Here's a brief roundup: HP With the ...

• July 14, 2015 14 Jul'15

  WPC: Cloud solution provider firms amped on Microsoft strategy

  Microsoft cloud solution provider firms and other channel allies voiced support for the company's technology and partner initiatives at WPC.

• July 14, 2015 14 Jul'15

  July 2015 Patch Tuesday goes after zero-day flaws

  July 2015's Patch Tuesday shows both Microsoft and Adobe working fast to patch four Hacking Team zero-day vulnerabilities exposed in the past week.

• July 14, 2015 14 Jul'15

  HP adds sub-LUN tiering to MSA 1040, 2040 arrays

  HP gives MSA Storage platform a makeover, adding a dedicated front-end SAS connector to MSA 1040 and enhanced flash capabilities to hybrid MSA 2040 SAN arrays.

• July 14, 2015 14 Jul'15

  Remote working is NOT the future, says Samsung

  Samsung predicts that smart technology will transform the office of 2025 in its new Smarter Futures business report.

• July 14, 2015 14 Jul'15

  HP views Win 10 security concerns as part of the channel pitch

  Customers are always worried about security and Windows 10 is no different but HP believes there could be an opportunity for resellers to accentuate the positive.

• July 14, 2015 14 Jul'15

  Mitigating the risks of Windows Server 2003 end-of-life

  The Windows Server 2003 end-of-life is upon us and many organizations still haven't made the upgrades or security remediations necessary to mitigate the coming risks.

• July 14, 2015 14 Jul'15

  Micron broadens flash storage with M51ODC SSD launch

  The M510DC SATA drives are aimed at service providers that use flash to handle workloads with heavy read volume, infrequent writes.

• July 14, 2015 14 Jul'15

  Extreme Wi-Fi appliances support more access points

  Extreme Networks introduces Wi-Fi appliances that can manage considerably more access points than previous versions.

• July 14, 2015 14 Jul'15

  Arcserve Cloud provides DRaaS for SMBs, MSPs

  Arcserve moves into crowded disaster recovery as a service (DRaaS) market with Arcserve Cloud, an appliance connected to the vendor's cloud.

• July 13, 2015 13 Jul'15

  Data storage online: Tugboat firm E.N. Bisso partners with Venyu cloud

  E.N. Bisso has migrated most of its IT assets to cloud partner Venyu's environment, a transition that includes running NAS in the cloud.

• July 13, 2015 13 Jul'15

  Microsoft partner conference pivots on mobile, cloud

  Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference focused on the ongoing transition of its channel allies to the Redmond Company's mobile and cloud offerings.

• July 13, 2015 13 Jul'15

  Microsoft thanks partners and looks for more transformation

  Microsoft has kicked off WPC outlining its ambitions and revealing that partners are responsible for helping it turn those dreams into revenue.

• July 13, 2015 13 Jul'15

  Adobe to patch two more Flash flaws exposed by Hacking Team hack

  Adobe plans to release security updates this week for two more Adobe Flash vulnerabilities exposed when hackers published documents belonging to Italy's controversial Hacking Team.

• July 13, 2015 13 Jul'15

  New X-IO CEO: We'll build a car with ISE as the engine

  New X-IO CEO Bill Miller talks about adding features to ISE storage, taking the company public and sticking around longer than his predecessors.

• July 10, 2015 10 Jul'15

  Intel Security partner program enters 'phase two' of enhancements

  Intel Security has updated several features of its partner program in phase two of its enhancement plan. Also this week, AWS unveiled a new partner program and services; SGI and Dell formed an alliance; and more.

• July 10, 2015 10 Jul'15

  Splunk acquires behavioral analytics firm Caspida in $190m deal

  Splunk's acquisition of Caspida is aimed at extending its security analytics leadership by adding behavioral analytics to improve detection of insider threats.

• July 10, 2015 10 Jul'15

  Mirantis finds OpenStack success where others failed

  Mirantis, which bills itself as the "pure play" OpenStack vendor, is rounding out its portfolio of services with turnkey appliances.

• July 10, 2015 10 Jul'15

  IT hopes Citrix doesn't rock the boat

  Citrix's business model is shifting, as the company moves into new technology areas. And some IT pros worry about what that means for certain products.

• July 10, 2015 10 Jul'15

  Take a tactical approach to AWS cost management

  Getting stakeholders to help manage AWS costs shouldn't be like herding cats. Create a cost-conscious culture and follow these steps to control cloud costs.

• July 10, 2015 10 Jul'15

  No iOS yet in AWS Device Farm release

  Mobile app developers can turn to AWS Device Farm for testing on physical devices, but only on Android and Fire OS.

• July 10, 2015 10 Jul'15

  Nearly 22 million records stolen in OPM breach

  Investigators for the OPM data breach find that 21.5 million personal records were stolen in the attack, including 1.1 million fingerprints. The White House is still considering its response.

• July 10, 2015 10 Jul'15

  DHS head wants federal breach reporting law

  The Homeland Security head wants federal laws requiring data breach reporting and information sharing, but one expert warns that government officials need better understanding of infosec technology before creating such laws.

• July 09, 2015 09 Jul'15

  Cisco worldwide channel chief Bruce Klein to depart company

  Bruce Klein, Cisco's global channel chief, will leave his post to pursue new opportunities outside the networking company.

• July 09, 2015 09 Jul'15

  AWS adds Chef to cloud Marketplace to drive up DevOps adoption

  Chef sets sights on winning over more AWS users with its DevOps-friendly automation tools.

• July 09, 2015 09 Jul'15

  HP split gives enterprises cost-saving opportunities

  HP is scheduled to split into two new companies this fall, opening the door for IT shops to renegotiate contracts.

• July 09, 2015 09 Jul'15

  Panasas tunes up ActiveStor

  Panasas enhances its hybrid NAS system with 8 TB hard drives, more SSD capacity and cache. It also boasts 200 gigabit per second throughput.

• July 09, 2015 09 Jul'15

  New AWS tools ease app development

  Amazon launched a number of services that make it easier to develop cloud apps in AWS, including Amazon API Gateway, but some warn not to get in too deep.