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• September 17, 2014 17 Sep'14

  Is Infor Xi too cloud for users?

  Infor rolls out Infor Xi and four new cloud applications at Inforum 2014, but users are unsure how -- or whether -- to move off their ERPs.

• September 16, 2014 16 Sep'14

  Microsoft pitches Dynamics CRM 2015 as one cloud for all

  Microsoft is making its Dynamics CRM 2015 available next quarter along with updates to its Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online services.

• September 16, 2014 16 Sep'14

  Premium wearables to push sales growth, say Juniper

  Premium wearable devices will push wearable revenues to $53.2 billion by the year 2019, according to research firm Juniper.

• September 16, 2014 16 Sep'14

  Trend Micro continues staff expansion with industry veteran hires

  Trend Micro has kept its recruitment strategy going as it looks to put more muscle behind its market growth ambitions.

• September 16, 2014 16 Sep'14

  Infor launches Dynamic Science Labs

  Infor launches Dynamic Science Labs organization at its customer event in New Orleans.

• September 16, 2014 16 Sep'14

  Businesses facing digital leadership shortage, says new report

  CSC’s Leading Edge Forum (LEF) has said that firms need to nurture digital leaders rather than rely on the IT department to make the big decisions.

• September 16, 2014 16 Sep'14

  Cavium's XPliant network chips have programmable data planes

  Cavium claims its programmable XPliant Ethernet chip can support new protocols via software updates without adding latency to the data plane.

• September 16, 2014 16 Sep'14

  Researcher: Security flaws inherent in open source frameworks

  Developers increasingly rely on a variety of open source components, but a VerSprite researcher warns that security issues accompany many popular frameworks.

• September 16, 2014 16 Sep'14

  IBM unveils Watson Analytics

  IBM launches Watson Analytics, a natural language-based cognitive service designed to make predictive analytics easy to use.

• September 16, 2014 16 Sep'14

  HP, IBM and Quantum extend LTO tape product roadmap

  LTO tape vendors extend the LTO roadmap to include generations 9 and 10 with increasing capacity and transfer rates.

• September 16, 2014 16 Sep'14

  ONF SDN certification program is about more than OpenFlow

  With its SDN certification program, the ONF aims to set a standard for engineers to have a broad, foundational understanding of SDN technology and concepts.

• September 16, 2014 16 Sep'14

  Permabit packages primary dedupe on SANblox appliance

  Permabit puts data reduction on its add-on appliance, but which vendors will sign on to sell it?

• September 16, 2014 16 Sep'14

  Federal Register digitizes records with AWS

  AWS offers GovCloud to government agencies, but a combination of the Simple Storage Service and Elastic Compute Cloud in the AWS public cloud proved suitable for the publication of federal records.

• September 15, 2014 15 Sep'14

  DDoS is a threat to all businesses, says Neustar

  No business can be confident it will not be hit by DDoS attacks, says communications and analysis firm Neustar.

• September 15, 2014 15 Sep'14

  Nadella shows hunger for content with $2.5bn Minecraft deal

  Microsoft's CEO has signed off a $2.5 billion deal to acquire the makers of Minecraft in the largest deal since he took the helm at the vendor.

• September 15, 2014 15 Sep'14

  Salesforce issues advice on avoiding Dyreza attack

  Salesforce has issued a set of guidelines on tightening security after a number of its customers were targeted by the Dyreza email virus.

• September 15, 2014 15 Sep'14

  Panzura CEO on cloud gateways, controllers and EMC

  CEO Randy Chou discusses why he thinks the cloud gateway market will be absorbed by cloud providers or legacy storage vendors, and why EMC isn't a competitor.

• September 15, 2014 15 Sep'14

  Cloud backup, appliance and archive expand Barracuda storage

  Data Protection Plus integrates Barracuda storage devices with tools to improve file sharing and information management.

• September 15, 2014 15 Sep'14

  How secure will mobile payments be using Apple Pay?

  Security controls integrated into the new Apple Pay mobile payment system could strengthen the payment security ecosystem, but unanswered questions remain, like the ramifications of a lost iPhone.

• September 12, 2014 12 Sep'14

  Context hacks Canon IoT printer

  Security researchers have hacked into a Canon printer used by many small businesses, raising fresh concerns about IoT security.

• September 12, 2014 12 Sep'14

  Customer skills shortage leading to business analytics boost

  Gartner has found that a lack of in-house skills at a customer level is helping drive more demand for outsourced business analytics service.

• September 12, 2014 12 Sep'14

  Jive announces mobile improvements, Cisco integration

  Jive updated its cloud-based tools, including Jive Present and JiveX, for better mobility. It also unveiled early Cisco integrations.

• September 12, 2014 12 Sep'14

  Social, vendor data can't be ignored during legal discovery

  Participants in the latest #GRCchat discuss how to overcome the legal discovery challenges presented by vendor management and social media data.

• September 12, 2014 12 Sep'14

  Eucalyptus buy hands HP a fresh cloud chief

  The move to buy open source software player Eucalyptus has given HP the chance to shuffle its management team and put a fresh face in the cloud chief slot.

• September 12, 2014 12 Sep'14

  Horizon DaaS apps as a service may aid mobile productivity

  Horizon DaaS customers will soon be able to deliver apps as a service. But IT still must ensure users can be productive on those apps no matter where they try to access them.

• September 12, 2014 12 Sep'14

  Consortium plans Industrial Internet testing

  In this Q&A, Executive Director Richard Soley explains why Cisco, IBM and other heavyweights are collaborating on interoperability testing for the industrial Internet of Things.

• September 12, 2014 12 Sep'14

  Juniper's IT analytics tool extracts big data from networks

  Juniper's IT analytics product, Cloud Analytics Engine, collects and crunches network and application data to improve network operations.

• September 11, 2014 11 Sep'14

  The cloud is just another string to our bow, says Westcon

  Cloud has put a cat amongst the pigeons in distribution but Westcon bosses say it is something to be embraced, not feared.

• September 11, 2014 11 Sep'14

  Data center market set to undergo dramatic change says Gartner

  Disruptive factors including cloud dominance, data center competition, market fragmentation and changing economic dynamics will dramatically reshape data centers by 2016.

• September 11, 2014 11 Sep'14

  Women can succeed in infosec with nontraditional paths

  Facebook's director of security operations says women can have successful careers in information security, and more diversity can help shift the playing field toward security defenders rather than attackers.

• September 11, 2014 11 Sep'14

  Weak security processes cause Healthcare.gov incidents

  Experts say the latest security breach of the Healthcare.gov website was caused by lacking security process maturity, downplaying the importance of website security testing.

• September 11, 2014 11 Sep'14

  HGST rolls out helium drives, NVMe flash, archiving platform

  HGST embraces NVMe spec for flash while boosting capacity of its helium-filled hard drives in rollout of HDD and solid-state storage products.

• September 11, 2014 11 Sep'14

  Cisco develops industrial Internet of Things for rail systems

  Cisco's Connected Rail effort kicks off its strategy for an industrial Internet of Things, with a reference architecture for a network that can improve operations and passenger services for passenger and freight systems.

• September 10, 2014 10 Sep'14

  Top web firms join ISP net neutrality internet slowdown protest

  Internet companies join a slowdown protest against US plans to allow internet service providers (ISPs) to charge extra for prioritized network access.

• September 10, 2014 10 Sep'14

  Autotask picks up CentraStage to bolster endpoint options

  Just months after itself being acquired Autotask has picked up CentraStage as it looks to add remote monitoring and management and endpoint protection to its portfolio.

• September 10, 2014 10 Sep'14

  Act now on IoT security, says Beecham Research

  Industry must act now on security for the Internet of Things before it’s too late, says Beecham Research.

• September 10, 2014 10 Sep'14

  Hague reassures MPs on Office 365 data storage as Microsoft order

  MP raises concerns over US access to Parliamentary data.

• September 10, 2014 10 Sep'14

  CIOs, vendors bring concerns to Capitol Hill

  National Health IT Week will be a hotbed of debate as health IT advocates, execs meet with lawmakers on meaningful use changes, costs and benefits, cybersecurity and interoperability.

• September 09, 2014 09 Sep'14

  GFI Software to split into two separate entities

  GFI Software restructures to create GFI and LogicNow.

• September 09, 2014 09 Sep'14

  Capgemini and VMware collaborate for enterprise mobility

  Capgemini is teaming up with VMware to bundle its consulting and mobile services with VMware’s MDM capabilities.

• September 09, 2014 09 Sep'14

  VMware makes its cloud push to virtualization shops

  VMware's vCloud Air moves could push more conservative enterprise IT shops to transition away from the traditional data center.

• September 09, 2014 09 Sep'14

  A stark need for mobile ERP, says survey

  A recent survey of ERP professionals had some interesting results on ERP satisfaction, mobility and cloud.

• September 09, 2014 09 Sep'14

  Sept. 2014 Patch Tuesday offers critical IE fix

  Microsoft's September 2014 Patch Tuesday features four bulletins, including one critical update for Internet Explorer. Plus: Adobe releases a Flash fix, but delays a planned patch release for Reader and Acrobat.

• September 09, 2014 09 Sep'14

  The time has arrived: Apple Watch finally announced

  Impressive iPhone 6 overshadowed by hotly anticipated Apple Watch.

• September 09, 2014 09 Sep'14

  Cyber attack simulation key to get top management buy-in

  Plunging top managers into the middle of a cyber attack is the best way to get their attention, says a cyber crime expert.

• September 09, 2014 09 Sep'14

  Premium wearables to push sales growth, say Juniper

  Premium wearable devices will push wearable revenues to $53.2bn by the 2019 according to research firm Juniper.

• September 08, 2014 08 Sep'14

  Tintri bolsters Euro channel efforts, penning deal with Arrow

  Storage specialist Tintri signs distribution agreement with Arrow Electronics in order to boost channel presence in the European market.

• September 08, 2014 08 Sep'14

  Ransomware on the rise, warns cyber threat report

  The first half of 2014 saw an increase in online attacks that lock up user data and hold it for ransom, reports F-Secure Labs.

• September 08, 2014 08 Sep'14

  Over-the-top providers are over old-school services

  In the battle to be the top telecom provider, bringing in over-the-top services may be the best bet.

• September 08, 2014 08 Sep'14

  Windows 7 customers explore life after death

  Should IT pros stay with Windows 7 or leave now that mainstream support ends in January 2015? It might depend on which Windows OS you trust the most.

• September 08, 2014 08 Sep'14

  Workday adds integrated HR, financial reporting

  Analysts impressed with how in-memory technology allows merging of real-time HR, financial and third-party data.

• September 05, 2014 05 Sep'14

  D-Link launches range of home automation products

  As hype around the Internet of Things gathers pace, D-Link has staked its claim by launching a smart home product range.

• September 05, 2014 05 Sep'14

  Hyperscale data centers now biggest influence in server design

  Data centers are now having the biggest influence on server design according to a report from analyst house Gartner.

• September 05, 2014 05 Sep'14

  Google to refund consumers for unauthorized in-app purchases

  Google is to refund at least $19m as part of a settlement agreement over unauthorized charges for in-app purchases.

• September 05, 2014 05 Sep'14

  ExaGrid enhances backup dedupe appliance

  ExaGrid gives its backup dedupe appliance an upgrade to improve its replication performance and work better with Veeam backup software.

• September 04, 2014 04 Sep'14

  Microsoft faces deadline to hand Dublin data to US government

  Microsoft faces a deadline to hand over email data – stored outside the US, in Dublin – to the US government, by 5 September 2014.

• September 04, 2014 04 Sep'14

  AVG extends mobile security reach with Location Labs buy

  AVG has snapped up Location Labs as it looks to ramp up its activity in the mobile security arena.

• September 04, 2014 04 Sep'14

  Netgear: An unsung hero of the channel?

  Netgear has a solid reputation in the consumer market, but what can it bring to B2B? Peter Hannah believes that the network vendor has a clear role to play in the channel.

• September 04, 2014 04 Sep'14

  Cloud archiving specialist Sonian partners with Colt

  Early innovator in cloud-based archiving pens deal with Colt as it expands reseller program across Europe.

• September 04, 2014 04 Sep'14

  Customer data privacy looms large for social companies

  Using social media to gather data on customers has been rife with opportunities -- and risks -- for customer data privacy.

• September 04, 2014 04 Sep'14

  Smartphone users unaware of hacking risks

  More than half of mobile users are unaware that hackers can take control of their smartphones.

• September 04, 2014 04 Sep'14

  Windows 8.1 mobile devices pose new challenges for IT

  Big hotel and travel companies look to Windows 8.1 tablets as a platform to connect guests, customers and workers, but new deployments could pose IT problems not found in mainstream corporate settings.

• September 04, 2014 04 Sep'14

  Aruba 802.11ac: Now certified for Microsoft Lync

  Aruba 802.11ac technology is now qualified to work with Microsoft Lync, assuring improved voice and video quality for joint Aruba/Microsoft customers.

• September 04, 2014 04 Sep'14

  EC2 instance tagging gets upgrade

  AWS EC2 instances will be easier to manage thanks to a new system for searching and filtering tags, though automated and policy-based tagging remain on the wish list.

• September 04, 2014 04 Sep'14

  Workday adds integrated HR, financial reporting

  Analysts impressed with how in-memory technology allows merging of real-time HR, financial and third-party data.

• September 04, 2014 04 Sep'14

  Integration for Box, Office 365 lacks mobile support

  Files saved in Box can be opened and edited directly in Office 365, but for now, only on desktops. It'll take more from Microsoft and Apple to move the integration to mobile devices.

• September 03, 2014 03 Sep'14

  Hackers did not breach iCloud security, says Apple

  Apple says some celebrities' iCloud accounts were compromised but insists hackers did not breach the security of its automatic backup system.

• September 03, 2014 03 Sep'14

  Server OEMs at risk as white box providers target data centers

  Server ODMs are targeting data centers operated by IT giants such Amazon and Microsoft, threatening traditional server OEMs.

• September 03, 2014 03 Sep'14

  Home Depot investigating potentially massive data breach

  US retailer Home Depot is investigating a possible data breach of customer payment card information.

• September 03, 2014 03 Sep'14

  Compuware sold to private equity firm

  Detroit-based Compuware agrees to go private in $2.5bn deal with Thoma Bravo.

• September 03, 2014 03 Sep'14

  Governance policy vital to big data e-discovery

  Big data creates many e-discovery challenges, but participants in the August #GRCchat said a comprehensive information governance policy can help.

• September 03, 2014 03 Sep'14

  Emulex OpenWorks connects cloud adapters to LANs

  Emulex OpenWorks Connector's RESTful API enables Egenera's PAN Manager to take advantage of Emulex's provisioning and management.

• September 03, 2014 03 Sep'14

  Integration issues hinder OpenStack adoption

  Four years after OpenStack's debut, many enterprises are still working through integration, upgrade and cost issues.

• September 03, 2014 03 Sep'14

  Are strong passwords the only barrier to more iCloud breaches?

  Apple's decision to not extend its two-factor authentication security mechanism to all iCloud services may leave users vulnerable to more breaches.

• September 02, 2014 02 Sep'14

  Symantec getting closer to making CEO decision

  Symantec appears to be in the last stages in the search for a CEO to plug the gap created after it parted company with Steve Bennett back in March.

• September 02, 2014 02 Sep'14

  Thinking inside the Box: Channel to the rescue for Box?

  BoxWorks gets underway tomorrow in San Fransisco. With the company stuck between a rock and a hard place, will Levie turn to the channel for help?

• September 02, 2014 02 Sep'14

  Protecting Europe's 'Science Cloud' from cyberattacks

  CERN and the Cloud Security Alliance explain how federated identity management protects Helix Nebula, a European cloud platform that's running applications for such research projects as the Large Hadron Collider.

• September 02, 2014 02 Sep'14

  Acronis extends market reach with BackupAgent buy

  Acronis has shown its determination to extend its reach with the acquisition of a cloud backup specialist.

• September 02, 2014 02 Sep'14

  SwiftStack object storage drives moving company's DR

  Budd Van Lines is running three SwiftStack nodes with 40 TB of storage each, and plans to outfit remaining offices this year.

• September 02, 2014 02 Sep'14

  Few surprises about ambivalence toward ICD-10 in survey

  Health information managers and a CMIO who looked at a SearchHealthIT-CHIME survey of more than 300 healthcare groups said the biggest surprise is the lack of ICD-10 readiness.

• August 29, 2014 29 Aug'14

  Microsoft cuts 1,500 fake apps in Windows Store cleanup

  Microsoft has removed 1,500 fake, fraudulent and misleading apps from its Windows and Windows Phone store.

• August 29, 2014 29 Aug'14

  Conceptunet to offer Phoenix PCI compliance service

  Phoenix Managed Networks signs agreement with Conceptunet to launch PCI security compliance managed services division.

• August 29, 2014 29 Aug'14

  Apple tightens privacy rules for health apps

  Apple has tightened its privacy rules for health apps to quell privacy concerns over its HealthKit platform.

• August 29, 2014 29 Aug'14

  HP ditches linear server strategy for Gen9 ProLiant

  The next generation of x86 ProLiant servers are designed for the new compute era and are cloud and software-defined ready, vouches HP.

• August 29, 2014 29 Aug'14

  Project Meteor may change VDI game for VMware

  VMware is looking to change the VDI equation by combining its CloudVolumes buy and new VM cloning technology into Project Meteor, plus other additions to compete with Citrix in the EUC market.

• August 29, 2014 29 Aug'14

  Extreme Networks boss says businesses must get ready for Gen-Y

  Steve Johnson joins Dragon Piers Linney in the call for enterprises to get GYR (Generation Y Ready).

• August 29, 2014 29 Aug'14

  Users rate VSAN management easy, hardware difficult

  VSAN management wasn't an issue for early adopters of the hyper-converged storage, but getting it to work with re-purposed hardware was a challenge.

• August 29, 2014 29 Aug'14

  Gigamon boosts NSX network virtualization monitoring

  Gigamon integrated its network visibility infrastructure with VMware NSX for improved multi-tenant network virtualization monitoring.

• August 29, 2014 29 Aug'14

  VMware partners for printing, Chromebooks graphics

  As VMware looks to compete with Citrix for EUC dominance, it's added a partnership with Google and Nvidia for Chromebooks graphics performance, and teamed up with Cortado for Horizon 6 printing.

• August 29, 2014 29 Aug'14

  Court case business as usual for Rimini Street clients

  The U.S. District Court in Las Vegas ruled that Oracle's claims of 'massive theft' of property by Rimini Street are true. Rimini Street customers are just waiting for this to blow over.

• August 28, 2014 28 Aug'14

  HP recalls over 6 million power cords

  Users are urged to check their HP and Compaq laptop power cables after reports of injuries due to overheating.

• August 28, 2014 28 Aug'14

  SDN protocols: Five to know other than OpenFlow

  OpenFlow is the earliest standard interface defined between the control and forwarding layers of SDN architecture, but issues exist with security, scalability and the need for specialized hardware. We found five SDN protocols other than OpenFlow.

• August 28, 2014 28 Aug'14

  New guidance released on maintaining PCI compliance

  The new information supplement offers advice on how to address obstacles in maintaining year-round PCI compliance, even though PCI experts say the challenge is only getting harder.

• August 28, 2014 28 Aug'14

  The soft-core, hard-shell theory on big data analytics

  Enterprise IT shops can learn a lesson in big data processing from a computing infrastructure that supports Higgs-Boson researchers and crunches numbers from the Big Bang.

• August 28, 2014 28 Aug'14

  Time Warner network fault cuts million off Internet

  A network fault at Time Warner Cable has cut off millions of US customers from the internet.

• August 28, 2014 28 Aug'14

  Microsoft re-releases security bulletin MS14-045

  Microsoft has re-released a software security update that was withdrawn because it put some computers in endless reboot loops.

• August 28, 2014 28 Aug'14

  Surface Pro 3: An enterprise IT review

  The latest version of Microsoft's Surface Pro tablet is the company's most compelling alternative to Apple. But how does it fit into corporate IT?

• August 28, 2014 28 Aug'14

  CEO praises Juniper team and anticipates success in the cloud

  Shaygan Kheradpir shares his thoughts in first blog since becoming chief exec of Juniper Networks.

• August 28, 2014 28 Aug'14

  PC shipments still falling, but much slower than expected

  IDC revises its annual forecast for PC shipments: Strong sales in mature markets allows the desktop to live another day.

• August 27, 2014 27 Aug'14

  VMware follows Citrix with its own Workspace Suite

  After months of speculation, VMware Workspace Suite brings together VMware's EUC pieces in one place, not long after rival Citrix launched a similar platform.