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• July 21, 2017 21 Jul'17

  BMC, partners focus on growing sales pipeline, solutions selling

  BMC Software is working with channel partner companies to boost their sales pipelines, encourage solutions selling and promote a broader range of offerings.

• July 17, 2017 17 Jul'17

  SAP Leonardo enhances digital transformation projects

  SAP Leonardo is a marketing term for SAP's next-gen technologies like IoT, AI and ML, and some industry observers believe it helps it sell digital transformation services.

• July 17, 2017 17 Jul'17

  VDI product bundles aim to urge adoption by improving customer support

  Organizations don't want to go through the headache of involving multiple vendors in their VDI environment, so vendors aim to mitigate this and other negative aspects of VDI.

• July 17, 2017 17 Jul'17

  IBM claims breakthrough in mainframe encryption

  IBM says its new mainframe ushers in a new era of data protection in response to a call to action from chief information security officers and security experts worldwide

• July 17, 2017 17 Jul'17

  Microsoft business partners urged to use DevOps opportunities

  Addressing business partners at Inspire, Microsoft and DORA drove home the importance of DevOps and the need for Microsoft business partners to display DevOps expertise.

• July 14, 2017 14 Jul'17

  Microsoft Inspire: Four takeaways from the company's partner meetup

  Microsoft Inspire attracted about 17,000 partners from around the world; here are a few takeaways from the annual channel conference

• July 14, 2017 14 Jul'17

  Kaseya intros quick paths to adding managed services offerings

  Kaseya said its Powered Services offerings can help MSPs quickly expand their portfolios to include security and network management services; other news from the week.

• July 14, 2017 14 Jul'17

  Splunk Partner Portal evolves to boost channel partner experience

  Splunk continues to invest in the channel with a revised partner portal, which provides visibility into the deal registration process, educational materials and other new features.

• July 14, 2017 14 Jul'17

  Observable brings AWS, Azure security to Cisco

  Cisco plans to acquire security company Observable Networks. The acquisition would strengthen Cisco cloud security for AWS and Microsoft Azure.

• July 14, 2017 14 Jul'17

  MSSPs can help in the fight against ransomware

  Recent high-profile ransomware cases have underlined the need for help, and providing it as part of a managed service could be the answer.

• July 14, 2017 14 Jul'17

  Microsoft UC services propelled by partnerships

  Microsoft partnerships highlighted new products and services at its Inspire conference. Several partner companies had a keen focus on improving Skype for Business integrations.

• July 13, 2017 13 Jul'17

  Startup's new scale-out file system targets flash SSDs

  WekaIO launched its scale-out file system, which is optimized for server-based flash storage and designed to tier data to cheaper object storage on premises and in public clouds.

• July 13, 2017 13 Jul'17

  Verizon denies data loss but admits potentially huge breach

  Verizon has responded to reports of millions of customer records being exposed to the internet by saying no data was accessed by malicious third parties, but the incident raises thorny issues.

• July 13, 2017 13 Jul'17

  Is Symantec looking to exit the certificate business?

  As Google and Mozilla prepare plans to reduce trust for Symantec's certificate authority, the antivirus vendor is reported to be seeking a buyer for its web certificate business.

• July 12, 2017 12 Jul'17

  Microsoft industry focus meets with channel approval

  Microsoft is adopting an industry orientation that channel partners believe will mirror their go-to-market approaches and promote solution selling in areas such as IoT.

• July 12, 2017 12 Jul'17

  Microsoft Inspire 2017: Microsoft streamlines its channel approach

  Microsoft is looking to make things easier for its partners through newly introduced incentives for its internal sellers, among other initiatives.

• July 12, 2017 12 Jul'17

  Cloud onRamp takes Viptela SD-WAN to Azure, AWS

  Viptela introduces Cloud onRamp for AWS and Microsoft Azure. The new product tailors the Viptela vEdge router for the infrastructure-as-a-service providers.

• July 12, 2017 12 Jul'17

  Actifio CEO: Copy data management rises in cloud era

  Actifio's copy data management platform finds favor with financial, government, healthcare and retail organizations. More than 2,200 customers use Virtual Data Pipeline.

• July 12, 2017 12 Jul'17

  Everything-as-a-Service the future for MSPs

  Those MSPs that want to be successful will have to add a lot more services to their portfolios, warns 451 Research.

• July 12, 2017 12 Jul'17

  Jules Okafor talks diversity in the cybersecurity industry

  Jules Okafor discusses the skills gap in the cybersecurity industry, how better IT diversity could help, and what is needed to bring in more women and minorities.

• July 11, 2017 11 Jul'17

  Azure Stack hardware bundles emerge for channel

  Microsoft Azure Stack, the company's hybrid cloud platform, could provide channel partner opportunities among customers who need an on-premises instance of the Azure public cloud.

• July 11, 2017 11 Jul'17

  Kinvey acquisition bolsters Progress' BaaS efforts

  Progress' addition of the Kinvey BaaS to its app dev tools lineup adds strong back-end capabilities intended to complement its Telerik front-end mobile development platform.

• July 11, 2017 11 Jul'17

  Experts question Google Samba app security

  Experts said the new Android Samba app from Google supported only unsafe SMBv1 despite susceptibility to WannaCry exploits and unclear demand from users.

• July 11, 2017 11 Jul'17

  Another Citrix CEO change raises more questions

  Citrix has named its fourth CEO in less than two years, appointing its CFO to replace Kirill Tatarinov. The move has analysts and IT pros questioning the company's motivation.

• July 10, 2017 10 Jul'17

  Microsoft Inspire 2017 reveals shift in field sales, partner strategies

  With its sights set on digital transformation, Microsoft will establish new incentives and compensation strategies in an effort to better align field sales and channel partners.

• July 10, 2017 10 Jul'17

  Nadella: Partners are in everything we do

  Microsoft Inspire has kicked off with the firm's CEO thanking partners for their commitment to the vendor and underlining a world of opportunities that they can exploit thanks to digital transformation.

• July 10, 2017 10 Jul'17

  Microsoft looks to Inspire greater ISV involvement

  Microsoft has opened its Inspire event boasting of its partner commitment and taking steps to make life even easier for developers.

• July 07, 2017 07 Jul'17

  NetSuite cites cloud-based ERP software opportunity for partners

  Mainstream acceptance of cloud computing has led more organizations to adopt cloud-based ERP, creating a demand that NetSuite wants to capitalize on with its partners; other news from the week.

• July 07, 2017 07 Jul'17

  AWS Greengrass pushes Amazon to the edge

  AWS Greengrass represents a shift for the public cloud heavyweight, allowing customers to bring AWS compute resources in-house to overcome public cloud limitations.

• July 07, 2017 07 Jul'17

  Women and minorities are key to closing skills gap

  A new survey shows a majority of organizations are facing a cybersecurity skills gap and experts said more focus on women and minorities could be key to finding talent.

• July 06, 2017 06 Jul'17

  Why Windows 10 adoption lags in the enterprise

  Windows 10 turns two this month, but most organizations forgo its security enhancements and stick with Windows 7 because of legacy app incompatibility or resistance to change.

• July 06, 2017 06 Jul'17

  Ivanti makes another UEM acquisition with RES Software

  Ivanti acquires user environment management vendor RES Software for its automation and identity management tech. The deal follows Ivanti's 2016 deal for RES competitor AppSense.

• July 05, 2017 05 Jul'17

  Tintri: Software for local cloud storage will rule

  Tintri will scale back head-to-head matchups in all-flash array market; stand-alone software accounts for a growing portion of storage revenue, CTO and co-founder Kieran Harty says.

• July 05, 2017 05 Jul'17

  Almost nine in 10 say no way to SAP S/4HANA migration

  A survey from Rimini Street says that almost 90% of SAP users have no plans for an S/4HANA migration, in part due to satisfaction with their existing SAP ERP.

• June 30, 2017 30 Jun'17

  Digital consulting firms join Microsoft in digital transformation push

  At Microsoft, digital transformation is getting an assist from five consulting firms in its newly launched Microsoft Customer Engagement Alliance program; more news from the week.

• June 30, 2017 30 Jun'17

  Tough road ahead for Cisco intent-based networking

  Cisco has the pieces for building a software-based network management center for the enterprise WAN. But reaching that goal will require integration work and customer hand-holding.

• June 30, 2017 30 Jun'17

  Advanced malware techniques seen in new ransomware

  NotPetya represented advanced malware compared to its cousin WannaCry, but also showed sophistication experts worry may be a ransomware trend.

• June 29, 2017 29 Jun'17

  Parsing Formation Data's software-defined storage end

  Formation Data's recent demise shows the challenges startups face in differentiating products in a crowded software-defined storage market, industry analysts say.

• June 29, 2017 29 Jun'17

  VDI faces new trends, but same challenges

  There are new trends fueling VDI software, including the addition of AI and machine learning to better help IT, but cost is still an issue when it comes to VDI adoption.

• June 29, 2017 29 Jun'17

  Xi marks the spot for Nutanix cloud services

  Xi Cloud Services brings hyper-converged vendor Nutanix into the public cloud game as it seeks to tie on-premises data to the cloud with help of Calm orchestration software.

• June 28, 2017 28 Jun'17

  Oracle partners get Cloud Excellence status for implementation expertise

  Oracle rolled out the Cloud Excellence Implementer Program to recognize partners that have expertise in cloud implementations. The program will initially focus on SaaS products.

• June 28, 2017 28 Jun'17

  Microsoft video service lacks key features

  Despite its name, Microsoft Stream currently does not offer live streaming. The enterprise video service, launched last week, also lacks API support and analytics tools.

• June 28, 2017 28 Jun'17

  Commvault CEO Bob Hammer addresses ransomware and GDPR

  GDPR, ransomware, blockchain, and vendors merging and splitting have changed the data protection world. We asked Commvault CEO Bob Hammer for his take on it all.

• June 28, 2017 28 Jun'17

  Researchers can stop Petya-like ransomware

  A new global ransomware attack has been spreading quickly using the same exploits as WannaCry, but researchers have already found ways to protect users from the damage.

• June 28, 2017 28 Jun'17

  Petya marks the time for the channel to talk data protection

  The latest high profile ransomware attack underlines the dangers customers that fail to look after data are facing.

• June 28, 2017 28 Jun'17

  Tegile IntelliFlash updates storage with SSDs, NVMe

  Tegile Systems updates IntelliFlash with two tiers of flash. The 6U Tegile configuration supports 72 SAS SSDs for capacity and NVMe flash drives for performance.

• June 27, 2017 27 Jun'17

  Project Zero finds dangerous Windows antivirus bug

  A newly disclosed Windows Defender bug, which could allow an attacker to fully take over a target system and create admin accounts, marks yet another major antivirus vulnerability.

• June 27, 2017 27 Jun'17

  Cisco-Apple partnership focuses on joint projects

  With Cisco's Ericsson partnership on hold for now, the Cisco and Apple CEOs hinted at joint work on Wi-Fi and security at Cisco annual customer conference.

• June 27, 2017 27 Jun'17

  Google fined €2.4B for abusing internet search dominance

  Company’s practices amount to an abuse of its dominant position in general internet search, stifling competition in comparison shopping, says European Commission.

• June 26, 2017 26 Jun'17

  Panzura expands scale and performance of cloud NAS

  Panzura's enhancements to its cloud NAS include support for NVMe flash and increased capacity limit on VMware deployments. The cloud file system now works with object storage.

• June 26, 2017 26 Jun'17

  Palo Alto Networks confident of taking security into SaaS era

  Security platforms could make it easier to take products to market and improve firms’ security posture by making innovative products easier to consume, but the biggest winners could be the platform providers.

• June 26, 2017 26 Jun'17

  Identity management market has IT on its toes

  Identity and access management tools are critical today, as companies seek ways to handle users' distributed resources. IT shops have tough choices in an evolving market.

• June 26, 2017 26 Jun'17

  Experts wary of Russian requirements to review code

  Demands for security code reviews by Russia have been on the rise, and not all experts or U.S. companies want to comply with the requests.

• June 23, 2017 23 Jun'17

  Demisto launches formal channel program, targets MSSPs, SIs

  Demisto, a vendor in the security automation and orchestration space, has unveiled a channel program, as it sets its sights on large enterprise customers; other news from the week.

• June 23, 2017 23 Jun'17

  Channel: Tech launch shakes up Cisco campus network design

  Channel executives said Cisco's new campus networking approach offers software-defined networking, management and security capabilities, but will face a customer adoption test.

• June 23, 2017 23 Jun'17

  CIA USB malware takes advantage of good nature

  The Brutal Kangaroo USB malware leaked from the CIA's Vault 7 could pose a threat to air-gapped computers if hackers can reverse engineer it.

• June 22, 2017 22 Jun'17

  There's a new way for bad guys to sneak into a server

  The latest threat to server security could be the firmware. That's the emphasis of at least one server maker, hoping to help users thwart new attacks -- and spark server demand.

• June 22, 2017 22 Jun'17

  Cisco redesigns its campus network platform

  Cisco has launched a Catalyst switching line that provides a redesigned platform for the campus network. The Cisco DNA software console provides the policy-based management layer.

• June 22, 2017 22 Jun'17

  Enterprise-challenged Zoom taps Cisco hardware

  Zoom is offering its cloud-based video conferencing service on Cisco hardware through its integration app, Zoom Connector. Zoom's service competes with Cisco WebEx.

• June 22, 2017 22 Jun'17

  A Red Hat flies into the hyper-converged ring

  Red Hat launches open source-based hyper-converged product combining Gluster file system, KVM hypervisor, enterprise Linux, Ansible deployment tool and CloudForms management.

• June 22, 2017 22 Jun'17

  Detecting encrypted malware traffic may have privacy implications

  Cisco claims it can accurately detect malware activity in encrypted traffic using machine learning, but some experts worry about privacy implications.

• June 22, 2017 22 Jun'17

  IAM systems set to apply machine learning in cybersecurity

  Machine learning in cybersecurity applications for identity management systems are becoming more common today. But will algorithms be the best option for authenticating and authorizing users?

• June 21, 2017 21 Jun'17

  Leaked RNC data exposes poor cloud security practices

  A massive voter database RNC leak underscores the poor cloud security practices in place in the U.S. government and many enterprises.

• June 21, 2017 21 Jun'17

  Ping to offer embedded multifactor authentication

  At the 2017 Cloud Identity Summit, Ping Identity launched a new software development kit that will embed multifactor authentication security features in mobile apps.

• June 20, 2017 20 Jun'17

  Plame: Expect more nation-state hacking

  At the 2017 Cloud Identity Summit, former covert CIA officer Valerie Plame discussed the increasing risks of nation-state cyberattacks focused on geopolitical influence.

• June 20, 2017 20 Jun'17

  Arista's latest service provider spine reaches 15 Pbps

  Arista has upgraded its spine-leaf architecture for service providers and huge data centers. The update includes a new spine switch and line cards.

• June 19, 2017 19 Jun'17

  Pure fans of stretch clustering get multisite replication

  All-flash array vendor Pure Storage added multisite replication between FlashArray and FlashBlade systems with ActiveCluster stretch clustering, which is included in the Purity 5 OS.

• June 19, 2017 19 Jun'17

  Pure Storage software gets predictive analytics

  New predictive sizing tool complements other Pure Storage software rollouts from Accelerate. The artificial intelligence engine learns from all workloads running on Pure arrays.

• June 19, 2017 19 Jun'17

  Google Chrome gets more enterprise-ready

  The Chrome Enterprise Bundle helps IT manage the most popular browser in the consumer market, giving organizations a reason to move away from Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer.

• June 16, 2017 16 Jun'17

  Altaro unveils MSP backup offering, aims to grow North American channel

  Altaro released a version of its VM backup product for managed services providers; other channel news from the week.

• June 16, 2017 16 Jun'17

  Pure teams with Cisco for NVMe over Fabrics storage

  Pure Storage and Cisco Systems showcase NVM Express over Fabrics storage based on FlashArray//X all-flash and Cisco next-gen NVMe fabric protocol at Accelerate conference.

• June 13, 2017 13 Jun'17

  DDoS report shows spike in attacks. Will channel opportunities follow?

  Channel partners have more than ransomware attacks to consider in the cybersecurity field. A newly released report points to a rising tide of DDoS activity.

• June 13, 2017 13 Jun'17

  ICS security leaves opening for CrashOverride attack

  Researchers discovered new details of a Kiev ICS attack from December using CrashOverride malware that could be used to disrupt an insecure electrical grid.

• June 13, 2017 13 Jun'17

  Pure Storage flash software souped up for cloud apps

  Purity 5 software for Pure Storage FlashArray adds active-active multisite replication and portable snapshots. Pure FlashBlade clusters now scale to 75 blades and five chassis.

• June 13, 2017 13 Jun'17

  SDN vendor Cumulus releases network monitoring tools

  Cumulus' NetQ system monitors the performance of switching fabrics in large enterprises. The new product is aimed at companies running the Cumulus network operating system.

• June 12, 2017 12 Jun'17

  RSA GM Peter Tran talks about cyber attribution

  RSA's GM Peter Tran sheds light on the value of cyber attribution, explains why the 'how' and 'why' of an attack may be more important than finding who did it.

• June 12, 2017 12 Jun'17

  Veritas adds cloud data visibility to Information Map

  Veritas now has an Amazon S3 Connector that gives users visibility into their unstructured data residing in the cloud. Information Map can help identify risk.

• June 12, 2017 12 Jun'17

  Pure Storage CEO: Flash market disrupts disk

  In the run-up to Pure Accelerate, CEO Scott Dietzen assesses the trajectory of the NVMe flash market, vendor consolidation and how customers are using Pure's FlashArray.

• June 09, 2017 09 Jun'17

  Global channel exec pursues 'new gen' of IBM business partners

  IBM's new general manager of global IBM business partners will take over from Marc Dupaquier in July and pursue 'born in the cloud' partners; other news from the week.

• June 09, 2017 09 Jun'17

  Channel execs: Westcon-Comstor deal creates technology synergies

  Synnex's $800 million agreement to purchase distributor Westcon-Comstor could help unify product sets in communications and cybersecurity, while avoiding significant overlap.

• June 09, 2017 09 Jun'17

  U.K. election result leaves the channel facing more uncertainty

  A hung parliament and the prospect of more uncertainty is the last thing most in the channel would have wanted.

• June 08, 2017 08 Jun'17

  Windows 10 found susceptible to EternalBlue

  The EternalBlue exploit behind the WannaCry ransomware attacks has been successfully ported to an older version of Windows 10, but newer versions of the OS are protected.

• June 08, 2017 08 Jun'17

  Quorum recovery product targets ransomware

  Using snapshots and server-level restores, the new Quorum recovery appliance is another layer of protection and helps organizations rebuild minutes following a ransomware attack.

• June 08, 2017 08 Jun'17

  IoT troubled again by hardcoded credentials

  IoT cameras could be fully compromised due to multiple vulnerabilities, including hardcoded passwords that can be used regardless of user settings.

• June 08, 2017 08 Jun'17

  Cloud data warehouses central to next wave of BI

  Cloud data warehouses let enterprises dream big about emulating web-scale success, but their ambitions outpace reality, as they struggle to manage disparate environments.

• June 07, 2017 07 Jun'17

  HPE partner program takes on digital marketing

  Hewlett Packard Enterprise is looking to bring its channel up to speed with digital marketing concepts and trends -- a business area where many partners tend to stumble. The HPE Digital Marketing ...

• June 07, 2017 07 Jun'17

  Windows 10 takes on big data boom

  Microsoft revealed plans to release a new edition of Windows 10 that can optimize PCs to deal with intensive data workloads. That could be a big help to companies that rely on machine learning data and more.

• June 07, 2017 07 Jun'17

  Aruba ships first core campus switch

  The first Aruba core switch provides the performance, analytics and automation for supporting large campus networks with IoT deployments.

• June 07, 2017 07 Jun'17

  NSA leak adds evidence of Russia hacking US election

  A new NSA leak allegedly shows Russian agents engaged in election cyberattacks against local U.S. governments and proves people are still the hardest cybersecurity risk to mitigate.

• June 07, 2017 07 Jun'17

  Apple hardware plans should benefit partners

  The plans Apple is sharing at its developer conference should provide more opportunities for business partners.

• June 06, 2017 06 Jun'17

  HPE Partner Summit 2017: Channel at the heart of hybrid IT strategy

  HPE channel partners will soon see integrations of SGI, SimpliVity and Nimble Storage into the Partner Ready Program in addition to other channel changes.

• June 06, 2017 06 Jun'17

  Synnex snaps up US operations at Westcon-Comstor

  US distributor also takes a minority stake in the international business as it is chosen as the partner to take Westcon-Comstor forward in the Americas

• June 06, 2017 06 Jun'17

  Pegasystems turns up heat on Salesforce Einstein CRM AI

  AI in CRM holds promise, but Pegasystems' CEO warns business users not to believe the hype -- especially around Salesforce and Oracle AI.

• June 06, 2017 06 Jun'17

  Databricks looks to simplify Spark computing via auto-config option

  Databricks brings new features to its managed Spark platform -- as well as to open source Spark -- that it hopes will make the computing engine more widely usable.

• June 06, 2017 06 Jun'17

  Jive-Cisco partnership offers cloud voice services

  In UC news, Jive Communications and Cisco partner to bring cloud voice services to Cisco handsets, while Oblong expands its suite of immersive visual collaboration products.

• June 06, 2017 06 Jun'17

  British Airways IT glitch caused by human error, says IAG CEO

  Airline’s data center power failure was caused by an engineer accidentally switching the power off and on again, says parent company

• June 06, 2017 06 Jun'17

  AT&T to work with Brocade in assuming Vyatta virtual router contracts

  AT&T said it would continue supporting the Vyatta virtual router it has bought from Brocade. The service provider, however, won't take over all user contracts.

• June 05, 2017 05 Jun'17

  Canalys: SMEs turning to channel for GDPR help

  With the introduction of the GDPR data regulations just under a year away Canalys is expecting more SMEs to turn to resellers for help getting ready

• June 05, 2017 05 Jun'17

  Xerox adds partners and pitches channel friendly products

  Xerox has launched more products that should appeal to the channel and the SME customer base and is recruiting partners to make sure it can get them into the hands of customers

• June 05, 2017 05 Jun'17

  NetApp HCI system brings vendor belatedly into hyper-convergence

  NetApp's HCI incorporates flash hardware and quality of service from SolidFire, which NetApp acquired in 2016. Traditional NetApp software also runs on the HCI appliance.