News

December 17, 2019 17 Dec'19
Cisco to acquire Exablaze for high-performance switching

Cisco plans to acquire Australia-based Exablaze and eventually use its technology in AI applicatons. The acquisition is similar to rival Arista's 2018 purchase of Metamoko.
December 17, 2019 17 Dec'19
Google Cloud partners key to 2020 enterprise expansion

In this Q&A, Kirsten Kliphouse, president of Google Cloud North America sales, discusses her top priorities and opportunities for channel partners in 2020.
December 16, 2019 16 Dec'19
6 storage startups to watch in 2020

Even as cloud and flash flourish, it is tougher than ever for data storage newcomers to take root. We've highlighted six startups trying to crack the enterprise market.
December 16, 2019 16 Dec'19
AWS, Microsoft, IT services companies top 2019 channel news

Our top 10 news stories of 2019 feature major moves by AWS, Microsoft and global IT services companies such as Accenture, DXC Technology and Wipro.
December 16, 2019 16 Dec'19
Clarity Insights to bolster Accenture's AI consulting

Clarity Insights, an AI and data science consultancy, will become part of Accenture's Applied Intelligence business if a recent acquisition agreement goes through.
December 13, 2019 13 Dec'19
RSA, Yubico dream of a password-free future

RSA Security joined forces with Yubico to eliminate passwords within the enterprise. RSA's Jim Ducharme explains what it will take to the reach the 'last mile' of the pursuit.
December 13, 2019 13 Dec'19
Vendors step up MSSP partner initiatives in 2020

Security vendors are looking to MSSPs to drive their business growth in 2020. Find out about MSSP initiatives at SonicWall, BlackBerry Cylance and Siemplify.
December 13, 2019 13 Dec'19
CyberX launches partner program in IoT security market

Managed service providers, consultancies and integrators are among the channel partners participating in CyberX's partner program; more news from the week.
December 12, 2019 12 Dec'19
Amazon tech VP lays out ambitious AWS storage vision

Amazon storage plans include central management console in 2020 and support for more than 30 file systems over time, AWS VP of technology Bill Vass says.
December 11, 2019 11 Dec'19
Silver Peak SD-WAN orchestrator scales to thousands of sites

Silver Peak has launched a cloud-based SD-WAN orchestrator that provides centralized control of multiple Unity Orchestrators deployed in separate locations.
December 06, 2019 06 Dec'19
4 SD-WAN vendors integrate with AWS Transit Gateway

Aruba, Cisco, Citrix and Silver Peak are among the first SD-WAN vendors to integrate their products with the AWS Transit Gateway.
December 06, 2019 06 Dec'19
Intel partner marketplace to drive ecosystem collaboration

Intel aims to make partner-to-partner collaboration easier with the launch of its Solutions Marketplace; other IT channel news from the week.
December 05, 2019 05 Dec'19
AWS cost management tools cut cloud bills for Lyft

AWS users like Lyft and Salesforce have figured out how to keep their cloud costs as low as possible, and a new cloud management tool from Amazon aims to help others do the same.
December 04, 2019 04 Dec'19
3 networking startups rearchitect routing

Networking startups Arrcus, DriveNets and Volta Networks help service providers redefine routing in the data center and at the edge.
December 04, 2019 04 Dec'19
Logically acquires Carolinas IT in geographic expansion

The purchase of Carolinas IT is another transaction that demonstrates the active managed services merger and acquisition environment, which has seen more than 30 deals this year.