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• September 06, 2016 06 Sep'16

  SAP releases BW/4HANA data warehousing software

  SAP releases BW/4HANA data warehousing software for HANA; Forrester report shows high ROI for SAP Jam collaboration platform.

• September 02, 2016 02 Sep'16

  LANDesk-AppSense merger produces new channel offerings

  With its AppSense merger underway, systems management company LANDesk introduced two offerings that feature new integrations; other IT channel news from the week.

• September 02, 2016 02 Sep'16

  Romanian hacker Guccifer gets 52 months in jail

  Romanian hacker Guccifer, made famous for exposing the misuse of personal email servers of Hillary Clinton, sentenced to 52 months in prison for unrelated crimes.

• September 02, 2016 02 Sep'16

  Mixed opinions on AWS adoption at VMworld

  AWS adoption continues to skyrocket but not everyone at VMworld was ready to go all-in, as attendees expressed excitement and concern over moving workloads to the public cloud.

• August 31, 2016 31 Aug'16

  Okta ties identity into new API management platform

  The new API Access Management platform from Okta lets businesses build mobile apps that have identity-based access to third-party software and services.

• August 31, 2016 31 Aug'16

  SWIFT messaging system attacks are 'here to stay'

  SWIFT told clients there have been more attacks on its bank messaging system and some have resulted in bank thefts, but no solutions to security are available.

• August 31, 2016 31 Aug'16

  VMware customers warming to all-flash VSAN

  When buzzwords collide: Flash storage is making its mark on hyper-convergence, and VMware VSAN customers are giving all-flash VSAN clusters a try.

• August 31, 2016 31 Aug'16

  Businesses struggling with EU-US data transfer uncertainty

  Businesses are facing a highly complex regulatory landscape due to uncertainty around the future of transatlantic data transfers, according to the initial findings of an IAPP report.

• August 31, 2016 31 Aug'16

  VMware UEM adds Windows 10 management to Workspace One

  More in-depth capabilities for managing the Windows 10 lifecycle are coming to the new unified endpoint management feature in VMware's workspace suite.

• August 31, 2016 31 Aug'16

  Ping eyes blockchain alternative hashgraph for IAM systems

  SearchCloudSecurity's interview with Ping Identity CEO Andre Durand explores how distributed ledgers can be used for identity and access management.

• August 30, 2016 30 Aug'16

  Ping Identity tackles IDaaS obstacles, data breach fatigue

  Ping Identity CEO Andre Durand talks with SearchCloudSecurity about the benefits of identity as a service as well as the issues holding back greater enterprise adoption of IDaaS.

• August 30, 2016 30 Aug'16

  Longtime users warned to change Dropbox passwords now

  Cloud storage provider warns long-time users that it's time to change Dropbox passwords, as a precaution, after discovering an old set of Dropbox credentials was exposed -- in 2012.

• August 30, 2016 30 Aug'16

  IT pros welcome cloud management help

  VMware debuted cloud capabilities this week that make it easier to control a multicloud environment.

• August 30, 2016 30 Aug'16

  VMworld: NexentaStor, DataSphere among SDS launches

  Nexenta brings out NexentaStor 5 and NexentaFusion 1, while Primary Data and NooBaa add software-defined virtualization and Maxta delivers free HCI software at VMworld 2016.

• August 30, 2016 30 Aug'16

  Cloud desktops force thin clients to adapt

  At VMworld 2016, Dell, HP Inc. and IGEL Technology increase support for cloud desktops running on their thin clients. Vendors must keep up as cloud adoption rises.

• August 29, 2016 29 Aug'16

  SVA GmbH pushes IBM storage optimization product in North America

  SVA Software, the new subsidiary of German IBM systems integrator SVA GmbH, will promote its IBM storage optimization product in North American markets.

• August 29, 2016 29 Aug'16

  HDS UCP HC adds all-flash flavor, boosts VVOLs support

  The Hitachi UCP HC V240F is an all-flash version of a hybrid hyper-converged system launched in June; both versions start with three nodes and scale a node at a time.

• August 29, 2016 29 Aug'16

  iOS zero days enabled Pegasus remote exploit

  A new remote iOS exploit called Pegasus leverages three zero days in what appear to be state-sponsored targeted attack campaigns against political dissidents.

• August 26, 2016 26 Aug'16

  Windows 10 deployments: Adaptiva predicts upcoming enterprise surge

  Adaptiva revamped its partner program to meet forecasts for a flood of Windows 10 deployments in large enterprises; other news from the week.

• August 26, 2016 26 Aug'16

  Android Nougat adds file-level encryption

  The latest version of Google’s OS, Android Nougat, has new security features such as file-level encryption. But it’s only available for Google Nexus devices right now.

• August 26, 2016 26 Aug'16

  Vendors revamp flash controller, maintenance deals

  Free flash controller upgrades with array warranty and maintenance agreements are common as field data shows flash is lasting longer than expected compared to the controllers.

• August 26, 2016 26 Aug'16

  Rackspace sold to private equity house Apollo Global for $4.3B

  After weeks of speculation about its acquisition status, Rackspace confirms definitive agreement with private equity buyer.

• August 25, 2016 25 Aug'16

  SMBs hope VMware cuts VDI costs

  IT experts share their wish lists for VMworld 2016. For SMBs, it's high time VMware brings cheaper VDI to the table.

• August 25, 2016 25 Aug'16

  EMC updates Enterprise/Native Hybrid Cloud products

  EMC releases new 4.0 version of Enterprise Hybrid Cloud package; discloses Sept. GA date for Native Hybrid Cloud, which adds new VCE VxRail hyper-converged infrastructure option.

• August 25, 2016 25 Aug'16

  More mystery surrounds Shadow Brokers' cyberweapons leak

  More unanswered questions remain about the Shadow Brokers' release of NSA/Equation Group cyberweapons cache, as vendors move to mitigate and researchers search for vulnerabilities.

• August 25, 2016 25 Aug'16

  Microsoft acquires Genee for intelligent calendaring

  Microsoft plans to use startup Genee's online intelligence to automate calendaring tasks in Office 365. Microsoft acquired Genee this week.

• August 24, 2016 24 Aug'16

  Veeam platform: Physical joins virtual and cloud

  Veeam's availability product vision aims to protect data regardless of the type of workload. The vendor is also planning upgrades to its Availability Suite.

• August 24, 2016 24 Aug'16

  Caringo releases new SwarmNFS protocol converter

  Caringo released a new SwarmNFS protocol converter that directly integrates with its scale-out object storage and aims to eliminate the need for separate file gateway hardware.

• August 24, 2016 24 Aug'16

  All-flash HCI finds price, performance sweet spot

  Flash storage has reached a crossroads, where lower prices and greater capacity have led a growing number of hyper-converged infrastructure products to include all-flash storage.

• August 24, 2016 24 Aug'16

  Windows updates move to all-or-nothing model

  Microsoft's new monthly rollups will make Windows OS updates less hectic. IT won't be able to pick and choose which updates and patches to deploy, however.

• August 23, 2016 23 Aug'16

  IBM Storwize adds all-flash, targets EMC users

  IBM's all-flash portfolio grows, with a new midrange and entry-level option, and the vendor adds a migration program aimed at EMC-Dell customers.

• August 23, 2016 23 Aug'16

  IoT: Data dream or data waste?

  Despite high hopes for IoT data, most connected device developers and manufacturers are having a tough time using it.

• August 23, 2016 23 Aug'16

  Cisco security vulnerability abused by NSA for years

  A Cisco security vulnerability affecting routers was found in the Shadow Brokers cyberweapon dump and may have been used by the NSA for years to decrypt VPN traffic.

• August 23, 2016 23 Aug'16

  Microsoft devours another AI startup

  Microsoft hopes that Genee will grant Cortana's wish -- to become the most intelligent AI in all the land.

• August 23, 2016 23 Aug'16

  SimpliVity hyper-converged appliances go all-flash

  Far from the first to do so, SimpliVity adds all-flash hyper-converged appliances, but waited until price levels dropped to avoid investing 'too early into the buzz.'

• August 23, 2016 23 Aug'16

  Microsoft and Lenovo deepen strategic ties

  Microsoft announces another cross-licensing deal that will see its software pre-installed on millions of Android devices.

• August 22, 2016 22 Aug'16

  Microsoft: ‘We dropped the ball’ following Windows 10 issues

  The first major update to Microsoft's flagship operating system brings enterprise webcams around the world to a halt. Redmond team say a fix is on the way.

• August 19, 2016 19 Aug'16

  MSP offers financial vertical tips at ASCII Group event

  The owner of managed services provider Praxis Data Systems shared insight into the financial vertical at the ASCII Group Success Summit in New Jersey; more news from the week.

• August 19, 2016 19 Aug'16

  Dell on machine learning benefits, ransomware attacks

  Dell's Brett Hansen explains why machine learning security is better than signature-based detection and how it can stop emerging threats.

• August 17, 2016 17 Aug'16

  RMM tool: Pulseway debuts MSP-specific monitoring product

  Pulseway has joined a number of upstarts in the remote monitoring and management software market, aiming its new tool specifically at managed service providers.

• August 17, 2016 17 Aug'16

  Citrix, Microsoft show cloud-based app delivery is hot

  Businesses are moving away from full virtual desktops to delivering individual apps from the cloud. The latest indication of this trend is the new XenApp express service from Citrix and Microsoft.

• August 17, 2016 17 Aug'16

  Coho Data QoS quiets noisy multi-tenant storage

  Coho Data's new version of its DataStream multi-tenant storage nodes natively integrate Hadoop Distributed File System to existing block, container and file storage.

• August 17, 2016 17 Aug'16

  BeyondCore will become part of Salesforce Analytics Cloud

  With the purchase and integration of BeyondCore, Salesforce hopes to help sales reps learn from their data and gain predictive insights.

• August 17, 2016 17 Aug'16

  Juniper Networks rolls out enhancements for Elite partners

  Juniper Networks has announced plans to add some value to the Elite level of its partner program.

• August 17, 2016 17 Aug'16

  Smart machines and IoT platforms are going to be big

  If the channel wants to know what Gartner thinks will become major technologies in the future, then learning about smart machines, augmented reality and IoT platforms is a wise move.

• August 16, 2016 16 Aug'16

  Cisco provides Skype for Business integration

  The new Cisco Meeting Server delivers integration between the company's on-premises video conferencing hardware and Skype for Business.

• August 16, 2016 16 Aug'16

  Growth for Ariba Network; SAP offers partner cloud option

  SAP reports growth of its Ariba Network and users laud benefits; SAP PartnerEdge Cloud Choice profit option is a new program to help partners increase sales and profits.

• August 15, 2016 15 Aug'16

  Secure Boot mess leaves Microsoft scrambling for fixes

  Microsoft accidentally released the golden key for Windows Secure Boot, causing a serious security issue for the company despite putting only less popular devices at risk.

• August 15, 2016 15 Aug'16

  Windows 10 Pro loses some Group Policy settings

  Windows 10 Pro admins get an unwelcome surprise when they install the Anniversary Update; they lose out on the ability to block third-party applications.

• August 12, 2016 12 Aug'16

  SADA Systems: Enterprises remain split on cloud data security

  About half of enterprise IT professionals think cloud offers better security than their own data centers, according to a SADA Systems report; other IT channel news from the week.

• August 12, 2016 12 Aug'16

  Another airline outage, another IT teaching moment

  Another outage at an airline data center offers yet another lesson about the need to fail over to a backup data center and bounce back quickly after a power problem.

• August 12, 2016 12 Aug'16

  New Huawei U.S. head wants partners to handle sales

  David He, newly appointed president at Huawei Enterprise U.S., is ready to turn over 100% of sales to partners. He is optimistic despite cloud of Chinese cyber spying.

• August 12, 2016 12 Aug'16

  Ingram Chinese takeover deal hit by further delays

  Ingram Micro updates the market on the progress of its takeover by a Chinese firm revealing it is now being delayed until towards the end of the year.

• August 11, 2016 11 Aug'16

  Google cloud takes steps forward -- and back

  Google Cloud Platform kicked off August by adding security features, dropping prices and buying an ISV-focused startup, but networking continues to be a bugaboo.

• August 11, 2016 11 Aug'16

  Cloud software heading for end of decade dominance

  IDC is forecasting significant growth in cloud software, expecting it to grow at a much quicker rate than traditional on-premises alternatives.

• August 10, 2016 10 Aug'16

  Wi-Fi Alliance draws fire in carrier-cable Wi-Fi war

  A wireless carrier group has accused the Wi-Fi Alliance of kowtowing to cable operators as it nears completion of a test for LTE-U on Wi-Fi.

• August 10, 2016 10 Aug'16

  Rackspace divests ‘non-core’ Cloud Sites business

  Rackspace offloads ‘non-core’ Cloud Sites business as speculation about its future as a public company continues.

• August 09, 2016 09 Aug'16

  Nimbus back in AFA storage game with dense, low-cost ExaFlash

  Nimbus Data is ready to take on the all-flash big boys again with ExaFlash, a petabyte-scale architecture that breaks the $1 per gig barrier for raw SSD capacity.

• August 09, 2016 09 Aug'16

  GATTack tackles Bluetooth "Smart" security

  Amid varying attacks targeting IoT devices at Black Hat 2016, a new software proxy offered leverage against the latest Bluetooth LE security protections.

• August 09, 2016 09 Aug'16

  Oracle MICROS PoS division breached, Carbanak implicated

  Oracle's MICROS POS systems breached, possibly by Carbanak cybergang; Oracle issues mandatory password reset for customers.

• August 09, 2016 09 Aug'16

  Demand for security consultancy on the rise

  Gartner has been looking into what the rest of this year holds for the security market and concluded that consultancy and outsourcing are in demand.

• August 08, 2016 08 Aug'16

  E8 Storage launches NVMe-based all-flash system

  E8 Storage comes out of stealth promising to improve performance of direct-attached solid-state drives with new all-flash appliance.

• August 08, 2016 08 Aug'16

  NVMeF inches toward enterprise adoption

  Industry players are demonstrating the new NVM Express over Fabrics network interconnect technology, but it's hard to say when it will gain widespread adoption.

• August 05, 2016 05 Aug'16

  ChannelCon 2016: Cloud and data protection moves at CompTIA show

  Vendors in the cloud and data protection markets were among the partner-oriented companies making moves at CompTIA ChannelCon 2016.

• August 04, 2016 04 Aug'16

  Channel compliance controls: SSAE 16 audit requirements rigorous

  Channel companies need to pay up for SSAE audits and develop policies, processes and documentation around regulatory compliance, say experts at ChannelCon 2016.

• July 29, 2016 29 Jul'16

  Virtustream expands public sector business with Carahsoft partnership

  EMC Federation company Virtustream has opened the door to more public sector business through a partnership with Carahsoft Technology; more IT channel news from the week.

• July 29, 2016 29 Jul'16

  IManage: Professional services market embracing cloud services

  As cloud computing becomes ubiquitous among professional services firms, vendors like iManage look to meet their business-specific demands.

• July 29, 2016 29 Jul'16

  Microsoft to energize business video market with Stream

  Microsoft Stream, backed by the vendor's marketing power, is expected to draw more enterprises into the business video market.

• July 29, 2016 29 Jul'16

  Oracle-NetSuite deal to expand Oracle's cloud ERP

  The Oracle cloud ERP chase could gain speed, thanks to a $9.3B plan to buy cloud applications vendor NetSuite. The software giant's timing may be good, as more users look to the cloud for ERP deployments.

• July 29, 2016 29 Jul'16

  Federal cybersecurity plan divides agency responsibilities

  The White House's new federal cybersecurity plan outlines the responsibilities of each agency in a cyberattack and creates a rating system to determine the severity of an attack.

• July 27, 2016 27 Jul'16

  IBM DeepFlash 150 -- just a bunch of flash

  New IBM flash storage product is a high-density JBOF system designed to work with Spectrum Scale software-defined storage to target big data.

• July 27, 2016 27 Jul'16

  KeySniffer flaw echoes MouseJack wireless vulnerability

  The KeySniffer wireless vulnerability goes beyond the similar MouseJack flaw in exposing users of inexpensive wireless keyboards to sniffing, injection attacks.

• July 27, 2016 27 Jul'16

  Will the new EU-U.S. data transfer pact survive?

  The new data transfer agreement between the U.S. and the European Union has its detractors, but industry observers say, 'Give it a chance.'

• July 27, 2016 27 Jul'16

  Sage vows to curb complexity for partners

  At Sage Summit 2016 in Chicago, the vendor admits to unnecessary complexity in the past, and promises partners that it will do better.

• July 26, 2016 26 Jul'16

  NIST guidelines say SMS 2FA isn't safe

  America's National Institute for Standards and Technology is advising the deprecation of using SMS-based two-factor authentication in order to improve security.

• July 26, 2016 26 Jul'16

  New management features make Dropbox more IT-friendly

  Dropbox adds a few new features to enhance its IT management interface, giving admins more control of the corporate content users share in its business-focused editions.

• July 26, 2016 26 Jul'16

  Date set for landmark hearing into EU-US data transfers

  Irish court hearing triggered by Austrian law student Max Schrems could have huge implications for EU-US trade and the data privacy rights of millions of EU citizens.

• July 25, 2016 25 Jul'16

  ZeroStack taps channel partners to host private cloud appliances

  ZeroStack has entered partnerships with T5 Data Centers and Colovore, which will host the company's cloud appliance technology in their colocation facilities.

• July 25, 2016 25 Jul'16

  Cisco releases plug-in to help VMware admins

  Cisco has launched a vCenter plug-in for connecting the VMware management tool to applications running on non-virtualized servers.

• July 25, 2016 25 Jul'16

  Yahoo confirms nearly $5B sale deal with Verizon

  Verizon Communications to boost its advertising business by acquiring Yahoo's client database in a $4.83 billion deal.

• July 22, 2016 22 Jul'16

  SolidFire partners linking up with NetApp channel program

  NetApp and SolidFire, a flash storage vendor acquired earlier this year, are in the process of integrating their channel programs and partner ecosystems.

• July 22, 2016 22 Jul'16

  Container technologies: NetEnrich study reveals channel opportunity

  Research from NetEnrich highlighted how service providers can play a role in container technologies; more IT channel news from the week.

• July 21, 2016 21 Jul'16

  Microsoft WPC 2016: A quizzical recap of the channel partner event

  This month's channel news quiz focuses on the recent Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference, which highlighted cloud opportunities for the company's channel partners.

• July 21, 2016 21 Jul'16

  Massively parallel processing marks Azure warehouse

  As Azure SQL Data Warehouse reaches general availability, it brings massively parallel processing to a wider audience, and augers more competition in the cloud data space.

• July 21, 2016 21 Jul'16

  Gartner shows how cloud is disrupting traditional IT spending

  Market watcher shines a light on how the adoption of off-premise technologies is shaking up enterprise IT spending trends.

• July 21, 2016 21 Jul'16

  OCR will subject 167 covered entities to HIPAA audits

  OCR has emailed notices to 167 healthcare organizations that they will be scrutinized under the HIPAA program for compliance with the law's privacy and security rules.

• July 21, 2016 21 Jul'16

  Channel thoughts on Brexit

  With the Brexit decision still causing shockwaves, Amro Gebreel took the pulse of the channel to get their views on the issue.

• July 20, 2016 20 Jul'16

  Azure revenue doubles as Microsoft reports healthy Q2 earnings

  There's still a long way to go before Azure catches up with AWS, but Nadella believes that Microsoft's cloud platform is winning the battle of intelligence.

• July 20, 2016 20 Jul'16

  ASN.1 compiler propagates potentially critical flaw

  A critical flaw was discovered in the ASN.1 compiler used by leading telecommunications and networking vendors, and the extent of the vulnerability has yet to be determined.

• July 20, 2016 20 Jul'16

  New AT&T service delivers virtual routers, firewall

  The latest AT&T Network on Demand service provides virtualized versions of Cisco or Juniper routers, Fortinet firewalls or Riverbed WAN optimization technology.

• July 19, 2016 19 Jul'16

  VMware reports a doubling of licensing for NSX

  Licensing of VMware technology for the software-defined data center rose significantly in the second quarter. Sales of older virtualization products continued to decline.

• July 19, 2016 19 Jul'16

  DDoS attack size up 73% from 2015

  Distributed denial of service attacks continue to be popular with attackers, increasing in size, complexity and frequency in the first half of 2016, according to the latest global report by Arbor Networks.

• July 19, 2016 19 Jul'16

  Carbon Black bets on next-generation antivirus

  Carbon Black is betting on next-generation antivirus technology by acquiring Confer to extend the capability and appeal of its endpoint protection offerings.

• July 19, 2016 19 Jul'16

  Brocade ships new 32 Gbps director, extension blade

  Brocade ships new 32 Gbps Gen 6 Fibre Channel directors and extension blades targeting faster flash storage systems, and it adds new IO and VM Insight monitoring capabilities.

• July 19, 2016 19 Jul'16

  EMC shareholders give the go ahead for mega-merger

  Shareholders vote overwhelmingly in favor of the Dell-EMC merger.

• July 18, 2016 18 Jul'16

  Oracle rises in app dev market with RMAD tools

  Oracle Mobile Cloud Service, designed to let developers build apps without writing code, has helped the software vendor catch up to enterprise mobility competitors.

• July 18, 2016 18 Jul'16

  John Curran on IPv6 connectivity benefits, progress

  John Curran, ARIN chief, explains IPv6 connectivity progress and gives compelling security arguments in favor of IPv6 support sooner rather than later.

• July 15, 2016 15 Jul'16

  Extreme Networks partner incentives target the mid-enterprise market

  New Extreme Networks partner incentives include upfront discounts and back-end rebates for closing net new mid-enterprise customers; more IT channel news from the week.

• July 15, 2016 15 Jul'16

  Why VMware partner program chief Frank Rauch chose Cohesity

  VMware partner program executive Frank Rauch said he will lend his expertise to secondary storage vendor Cohesity as it reshapes its channel strategy.

• July 15, 2016 15 Jul'16

  Channel partnering moves abound at WPC 2016

  Channel partnering was front and center at Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference. Here's a brief sampling of new alliances and partnering moves.