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November 17, 2017 17 Nov'17
Midrange storage: More Dell EMC partner resources, incentives ahead

Dell EMC continues to make moves in the midrange storage space, adding new products, enhancements and support for channel partners; other news from the week.
November 17, 2017 17 Nov'17
To exist, businesses must undergo cloud transformation

Oracle roadshow keynoters count six alternative routes to adopting cloud computing technology, and they note that the best implementations demand a deep understanding of the customer.
November 15, 2017 15 Nov'17
Vulnerabilities Equities Process gets new charter

The White House wants a more open Vulnerabilities Equities Process and has unveiled a new VEP Charter in order to promote transparency in bug reviews.
November 13, 2017 13 Nov'17
IT Nation 2017: ConnectWise Marketplace builds out vendor integrations

In conjunction with last week's IT Nation 2017 conference, hosted by PSA vendor ConnectWise, numerous vendors in the MSP software space launched integrations with the ConnectWise platform. The ...
November 13, 2017 13 Nov'17
Avaya updates partners on Chapter 11 progress

Avaya uses partner council event in Southern France to provide details to partners of its turnaround plans.
November 10, 2017 10 Nov'17
Salesforce Lightning Bolt strikes Appirio as vertical plan

Appirio, a cloud consulting firm, has launched three vertical offerings and one horizontal solution built on Salesforce's Lightning Bolt framework; other news from the week.
November 10, 2017 10 Nov'17
IT Nation 2017: ConnectWise sets sights on a 'connected ecosystem'

At its annual partner conference, PSA software vendor ConnectWise said it aims to build out its ecosystem of integrated vendors and highlighted its recently announced alliance with Cisco.
November 08, 2017 08 Nov'17
Three takeaways from Cisco Partner Summit 2017

Cisco Partner Summit 2017 is over, but the event's messages regarding software and multi-cloud will influence partners in the coming months.
November 08, 2017 08 Nov'17
Red Hat Ceph Storage 3 adds file, iSCSI, container support

Red Hat updates Ceph storage software with support for CephFS file system, iSCSI block interface and Linux container-based storage implementations, plus usability improvements.
November 08, 2017 08 Nov'17
Kubernetes monitoring data storage refined in Prometheus 2.0

DevOps shops say an overhauled storage engine in Prometheus 2.0 will lead to new uses for the open source Kubernetes monitoring software.
November 08, 2017 08 Nov'17
Russian sale hits Insight EMEA numbers

The sale of the Russian operation dragged down the EMEA performance for Insight in Q3
November 08, 2017 08 Nov'17
GDPR fines may affect almost 80% of US firms, poll shows

Most US companies risk fines for non-compliance with new European data protection laws that apply to all organisations processing any personal data of EU citizens
November 08, 2017 08 Nov'17
People ready to consider AI, but businesses must tackle ethics

Study from Sage finds technology early adopters and consumers are ready to try artificial intelligence, but there are concerns over ethics
November 06, 2017 06 Nov'17
Cloud security options evolve to ward off data breaches

The latest cloud security tools exemplify the major providers' varied approaches to address user concerns, and protect customers from themselves.
November 03, 2017 03 Nov'17
Riverbed SteelCentral update bodes well for partner Teneo

Riverbed unveiled enhancements to its SteelCentral technology, which forms the basis of partner Teneo's managed visibility-as-a-service offering; other news from the week.