News

February 05, 2018 05 Feb'18
Dell weighing IPO options

An SEC filing from the vendor reveals it is musing over the idea of returning to public ownership, but it has called on partners to remain calm in the face of the speculation.
February 02, 2018 02 Feb'18
Fusion Agiletech-Quisitive eye private blockchain expansion

Quisitive is on course for becoming a Microsoft consulting partner with national reach, according to investment group Fusion Agiletech; other news from the week.
February 02, 2018 02 Feb'18
Apple ready to disrupt contact-center market

The Apple Business Chat release comes as many businesses are rethinking the role of the contact center, which could turn the platform into a market disruptor.
February 02, 2018 02 Feb'18
Cisco, Google prep hybrid cloud option with Kubernetes

A Kubernetes partnership from Cisco and Google widens IT pros' container orchestration options in hybrid cloud deployments, but its advantages depend on future software integrations.
February 01, 2018 01 Feb'18
Enterprises' ability to secure the cloud raises doubts

A new study on cloud data security provides insights into the shaken confidence in the cloud. Despite its increased use, payment and customer data still appears to be at risk.
February 01, 2018 01 Feb'18
Malware samples for Meltdown and Spectre detected

Nearly 140 samples of malware that exploit the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities have been discovered by AV-TEST, but most samples are based on existing proof-of-concept code.
February 01, 2018 01 Feb'18
IBM partnership model adapts to modern channel businesses

Under the renewed IBM partnership approach, IBM wants to attract a new generation of partners while forming tighter alliances with traditional partners.
January 31, 2018 31 Jan'18
CompTIA: Digital transformation driving IT spending growth

The demand for cloud, security, IoT and a fair few other technologies should keep the channel busy throughout the rest of 2018.
January 31, 2018 31 Jan'18
Software development skills in demand, spurring channel business

With DevOps and Agile software development skills in demand, channel companies are responding with assessment, training and even staffing services for their clients.
January 30, 2018 30 Jan'18
Comodo takes aim at IoT certificates

Comodo CA's new chairman Bill Conner and CEO Bill Holtz talk with SearchSecurity about competition in the certificate market and how the internet of things will fuel growth.
January 30, 2018 30 Jan'18
Digital services, IT security shape 2018 legal trends

Data becomes paramount, worldwide laws may call for contractual changes and the demand for digital services is prompting a litigation shift, according to law firm Mayer Brown.
January 30, 2018 30 Jan'18
Microsoft's out-of-band patch disables Intel Spectre fix

Microsoft was forced to release an out-of-band Spectre patch designed not to mitigate the vulnerability but to protect users from Intel's broken fix.
January 30, 2018 30 Jan'18
Accenture: Intelligent operations goal requires data backbone

The concept of intelligent operations can help organizations overcome digital disruption, but they need a data backbone and back office improvements to make that happen.
January 29, 2018 29 Jan'18
Slack wants to boost privacy, external collaboration

With the addition of private shared channels, Slack looks to broaden its external collaboration tools. However, interoperability issues still nag team collaboration apps.
January 26, 2018 26 Jan'18
Couchbase PartnerEngage: NoSQL vendor seeks channel growth

Channel companies have an opportunity to wrap services around NoSQL database technology projects, as Couchbase PartnerEngage debuts; more news from the week.