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• July 24, 2014 24 Jul'14

  IT budgets set to grow but not staffing levels

  Customers have indicated that they plan to spend more on IT but they are not so keen when it comes to hiring more staff according to Spiceworks.

• July 24, 2014 24 Jul'14

  IT pros use IRS as case study in protecting email

  Exchange experts say the lost IRS email controversy is a reminder of why your organization needs to evaluate its plans to prevent a similar event from happening.

• July 24, 2014 24 Jul'14

  How the security community KO'd CryptoLocker

  Preview: At Black Hat USA, experts will detail the steps taken by the security community and law enforcement to put down the infamous CryptoLocker ransomware.

• July 24, 2014 24 Jul'14

  Cloud-delivered WAN: VeloCloud tries to make it easy

  With zero-touch appliances and cloud-based gateways, VeloCloud offers a cloud WAN service that hybridizes MPLS and broadband links.

• July 24, 2014 24 Jul'14

  What can cloud app developers learn from Agile?

  In this Agile 2014 session preview, a senior software consultant explains how cloud app development can benefit from Agile methodologies.

• July 24, 2014 24 Jul'14

  SSD warranty could have usage limits

  A BriForum session on getting the most out of your solid-state drives for a virtual desktop infrastructure raises interesting points about what to look for in an SSD warranty.

• July 24, 2014 24 Jul'14

  AWS Europe battles on multiple fronts

  AWS Europe faces mistrust due to U.S. NSA surveillance practices, plus competition from local cloud service providers and familiar nemesis, Microsoft Azure.

• July 24, 2014 24 Jul'14

  Beyond kill chain: More military concepts for network security

  Lancope security research director Tom Cross says network security teams have a lot more to learn from military doctrine beyond the kill chain concept. Find out more about terrain analysis and deceiving the enemy in this Q&A.

• July 24, 2014 24 Jul'14

  Hardware as a service compliments cloud-based UC services

  Plantronics is offering a hardware as a service program that can accompany provider's UCaaS offerings for small-to-midsized business customers.

• July 24, 2014 24 Jul'14

  Gartner predicts strong supply chain management software growth

  Demand for more visibility from customers is producing the strongest annual growth recorded in the supply chain management software market.

• July 24, 2014 24 Jul'14

  Citrix SaaS revenue rises 12% while overall revenue grows 7% YoY

  Citrix has reported a 7% revenue increase in its second quarter of fiscal year 2014 . But it reported double-digit revenue growth in SaaS.

• July 23, 2014 23 Jul'14

  How Meru and NEC SDN will bring OpenFlow to wireless

  Combining Meru and NEC SDN, network pros can apply OpenFlow control and network virtualization provisioning to unified wired and wireless networks for joint management and policy enforcement.

• July 23, 2014 23 Jul'14

  A10 adds security, policy enforcement for ADC, CGN appliances

  The new A10 Thunder SPE hardware appliance adds security enforcement for ADCs. A10 is also introducing built-in DDoS protection for its CGN appliance.

• July 23, 2014 23 Jul'14

  Interview: Working with software providers to improve licensing

  Managing director Mark Flynn aims to turn Campaign for Clear Licensing into a membership and lobby group for IT users.

• July 23, 2014 23 Jul'14

  Can security power BlackBerry's comeback?

  While BlackBerry's CEO touts the mobile platform's security features, experts question whether the advantage over iOS and Android still exists.

• July 23, 2014 23 Jul'14

  VMware Horizon 6 gives XenApp shops an out

  VMware Horizon 6 includes remote app publishing similar to XenApp, and the company launched an incentive program to seduce Citrix shops over to its side. The grass may not be greener in Palo Alto, however.

• July 23, 2014 23 Jul'14

  Citrix CTO offers data security insight

  Citrix's new desktop CTO has brought the focus back to the company's tried and true XenApp platform, and has concerns about loose data security practices in the cloud and within organizations, where Snowden-like breaches can occur.

• July 23, 2014 23 Jul'14

  Docker acquires Orchard as it eyes enterprise market

  Docker has acquired London-based Orchard Laboratories as the much-hyped startup sets its sights on the enterprise market with improved orchestration of complex applications. The company says it has an 'aggressive roadmap' for future growth.

• July 23, 2014 23 Jul'14

  Chromebooks and VDI offer an enterprise combo

  Are the VDI capabilities in Google Chromebooks enough to combat low power and limited VPN options? IT admins weigh in on this low-cost alternative for enterprise deployment.

• July 23, 2014 23 Jul'14

  Juniper sells Junos and announces growth for Q2

  Juniper Networks is continuing with its restructuring efforts will the sale of its Junos business.

• July 23, 2014 23 Jul'14

  Apple talks up iPad enterprise potential following IBM tie-up

  Just weeks after striking a software and services relationship with IBM around its iOS platform Apple is predicting a rise in the deployment of iPads in the corporate sector.

• July 23, 2014 23 Jul'14

  Apple’s iPhone drives record quarterly profits

  Apple has reported profits of $7.75bn for the quarter ended 28 June 2014, an increase of 12% year on year.

• July 23, 2014 23 Jul'14

  Nokia drags Microsoft’s quarterly profit down 7%

  Microsoft reported a 17.5% increase in revenues, but a fall in profits of 7% for the quarter ending 30 June.

• July 23, 2014 23 Jul'14

  VMware Q2 revenue up 17% as EMC mulls its spin-off

  VMware has reported a 17% year-on-year revenue growth to $1.46bn for the second quarter of 2014.

• July 22, 2014 22 Jul'14

  Node4: Don’t shoot the IT manager

  Data center specialist Node4 has warned resellers not to take IT directors for granted despite speculation the role might disappear in the future.

• July 22, 2014 22 Jul'14

  Lexmark highlights MPS growth

  Lexmark has reported growth in its managed print services and software business in its second quarter.

• July 22, 2014 22 Jul'14

  Clustering software eases transition from SAN to server flash

  Online marketer Pentius turned to server flash cache to accelerate performance for OLTP, with an assist from PernixData FVP clustering software.

• July 22, 2014 22 Jul'14

  Big Switch's Big Cloud Fabric offers white box economics

  Big Switch Networks launched is data center bare-metal product, Big Cloud Fabric. The SDN cloud fabric includes controller software, switch software and white box switch hardware.

• July 22, 2014 22 Jul'14

  Evaluating EMM vendors? Ask these five questions

  Enterprise mobility expert Brian Katz offers advice to help businesses choose the right vendor to meet their needs. Feature breadth, deployment model and support for new operating systems should all factor into the decision.

• July 21, 2014 21 Jul'14

  Quantum revamps dedupe appliance line with DXi6900

  StorNext 5 and pay-as-you-go pricing included in Quantum DXi6900 backup appliance; challenges four EMC Data Domain configurations.

• July 21, 2014 21 Jul'14

  Exertis Micro-P ties up exclusive printer deal with Dell

  Exertis Micro-P ties has tied up an exclusive printer relationship with Dell.

• July 21, 2014 21 Jul'14

  Logicalis moves in on internal help desks

  Logicalis has taken the wraps off a service to provide direct desktop support to mid market users.

• July 18, 2014 18 Jul'14

  CSA updates cloud security standards

  The Cloud Security Alliance has updated its Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM) and Consensus Assessments Questionnaire (CAIQ) to help enterprises standardize cloud provider security assessments.

• July 18, 2014 18 Jul'14

  Latest Oracle CPU addresses 20 Java vulnerabilities

  With another round of patches for several serious Java flaws, Oracle's quarterly CPU showed that Java security problems are not receding.

• July 18, 2014 18 Jul'14

  Google beats Q2 revenue expectations

  Google has reported revenues of $15.96bn for the second quarter of the year, beating expectations.

• July 18, 2014 18 Jul'14

  Extreme looking for fresh channel talent

  Having completed the integration of Enterasys a revised channel program has been launched by Extreme Networks.

• July 18, 2014 18 Jul'14

  Windows XP demise sparks VDI interest

  The demise of support for Windows XP has helped increase the demand from customers for desktop virtualization.

• July 18, 2014 18 Jul'14

  Apple expands 2FA feature to boost security

  Apple has expanded two-factor authentication for all its services to 48 more countries, bringing the total to 59.

• July 18, 2014 18 Jul'14

  Microsoft ditches Android after four-month fling

  Microsoft pulls the plug on its short-lived Nokia X Android devices as it prepares to make 18,000 employees redundant.

• July 18, 2014 18 Jul'14

  Liquidware Labs adds app rights management for Horizon 6

  A new application rights management feature from Liquidware Labs now offers IT the flexibility to elevate standard users to admin privileges on desired applications securely.

• July 18, 2014 18 Jul'14

  Samsung Knox secure container lives on, but future unclear

  Samsung forges ahead with Knox EMM, despite a free Knox knockoff coming in Google Android L.

• July 18, 2014 18 Jul'14

  IBM adds Elastic Storage on Cloud for SoftLayer

  IBM expands its SoftLayer services with Elastic Storage on Cloud, using GPFS and Watson technology.

• July 17, 2014 17 Jul'14

  Nadella sets out mobile and cloud first vision to partners

  Microsoft's CEO Satya Nadella has used his first major speech to partners to outline the strategy the firm is taking in response to changes in the market.

• July 17, 2014 17 Jul'14

  Tech Data bags distribution deal for Nokia business smartphones

  Tech Data has signed a distribution deal for Nokia business smartphones.

• July 17, 2014 17 Jul'14

  SAP declares steady growth for cloud and Hana in Q2 2014

  SAP’s second quarter 2014 results indicate steady growth for its cloud business and Hana.

• July 17, 2014 17 Jul'14

  Windows app development may spur Microsoft mobile use

  Microsoft hopes more custom Windows app development will enable IT to adopt Windows Phones and tablets in their organization.

• July 17, 2014 17 Jul'14

  NetApp, EMC link private storage to Microsoft public cloud

  NetApp and EMC join the lineup of storage vendors gearing up to support Microsoft Azure by linking private storage to the public cloud.

• July 17, 2014 17 Jul'14

  Microsoft to apply InMage Scout to a new appliance

  Microsoft plans to use InMage Scout software as a piece of its cloud disaster recovery offering and to run on a data protection appliance.

• July 17, 2014 17 Jul'14

  Decimating Nokia division lets Windows Phone rise

  Microsoft's decimation of Nokia's devices and services business allows the company to focus on Windows Phone in the future.

• July 17, 2014 17 Jul'14

  Report: Many execs don't interact with security

  New Ponemon Institute data shows enterprise executives rarely if ever talk with their security teams, and that threat modeling may be underused.

• July 16, 2014 16 Jul'14

  OCZ optimizes SQL Accelerator with remote flash cache

  Key to OCZ's new SQL Accelerator is Direct Pass Caching software that abstracts data at the block level.

• July 16, 2014 16 Jul'14

  CA spins out Arcserve backup and data protection division

  CA spins out Arcserve to launch as a standalone midrange backup and data protection products company.

• July 16, 2014 16 Jul'14

  BitTorrent syncs up with NAS vendors to boost file sharing

  BitTorrent said NAS fits with its peer-to-peer file-sharing protocol, lines up native Sync support with NAS vendors Seagate, Overland and NetGear.

• July 16, 2014 16 Jul'14

  New AWS tools get a lukewarm welcome

  A look inside the AWS Summit 2014 in New York from the ground floor, where users revealed how they really feel about the new mobile releases and which products are still lacking.

• July 16, 2014 16 Jul'14

  Red Hat's Inktank Ceph 1.2 adds erasure coding, tiering

  Red Hat's first Ceph upgrade since its Inktank acquisition adds erasure coding, cache tiering and management updates.

• July 16, 2014 16 Jul'14

  Microsoft Azure RemoteApp's simplicity tradeoffs

  Azure RemoteApp gives IT pros a way to deliver Microsoft apps from the public cloud without Windows, but before you sing hallelujah, there are a number of downsides to consider.

• July 16, 2014 16 Jul'14

  Trend Micro sets sights on mid-market

  Trend Micro is looking for expansion in the mid-market and is recruiting staff to support partners that target that customer base.

• July 16, 2014 16 Jul'14

  Install security updates and protect Exchange 2013

  It seems like an obvious step, but one missed security update, patch or hot fix could spell disaster for Exchange.

• July 16, 2014 16 Jul'14

  Total internet failure: are you prepared?

  A total internet failure could stop any business in its tracks, yet few are preparing for this possibility, KPMG has warned.

• July 16, 2014 16 Jul'14

  Mobile collaboration app that uses the whole smartphone

  Net Power and Light's Spin enterprise mobile collaboration app offers video conferencing and content sharing that uses the whole smartphone.

• July 15, 2014 15 Jul'14

  iPhones not a security threat to China, says Apple

  Apple has denied allegations that location-tracking iPhone features pose a threat to China’s national security.

• July 15, 2014 15 Jul'14

  Red Hat adds erasure coding in Inktank Ceph Enterprise v1.2

  Red Hat adds erasure coding aimed at backup and archive use cases to Inktank Ceph Enterprise version 1.2.

• July 15, 2014 15 Jul'14

  Developers call for Microsoft to bring back Visual Basic

  As Microsoft forges ahead with mobile and cloud-first strategy, developers are venting their frustration over Visual Basic support.

• July 15, 2014 15 Jul'14

  Hacked cloud provider offers cautionary tale

  Exclusive: The co-founder of One More Cloud explains how an old AWS API key was used to take down the company's services, and the hard lessons learned.

• July 15, 2014 15 Jul'14

  Microsoft touts cross-platform support, cloud future

  Microsoft customers awaiting Windows 9 updates didn't hear details at WPC, where the company touted cross-platform support and mobile device plans.

• July 15, 2014 15 Jul'14

  Arista's universal 40 GbE optic, ToR switch with 100 GbE uplinks

  Arista announced top-of-rack 7280E with 100 GbE uplinks. It also released an optic that allows a migration from 10 to 40 GbE without a fiber upgrade.

• July 15, 2014 15 Jul'14

  Gridstore Hyper-V storage scales to 12 PB pools

  Gridstore beefs up capacity for its Hyper-V storage arrays and integrates management through Microsoft Windows Systems Center.

• July 15, 2014 15 Jul'14

  Dell upgrades AppAssure, backup appliance platforms

  Dell upgrades AppAssure backup software and rolls out new integrated and virtual backup appliances for remote offices/SMBs.

• July 15, 2014 15 Jul'14

  Nasuni locks files for multisite collaboration

  Nasuni Filer now supports file locking to maintain data integrity across sites, a necessary step to becoming an accepted cloud NAS system.

• July 15, 2014 15 Jul'14

  Violin Memory adds WFA models, pay-as-you-grow option

  Violin Memory adds four models of its Windows Flash Array (WFA) and "pay-as-you-grow" pricing.

• July 15, 2014 15 Jul'14

  Rackspace goes back to its roots to stand out in the cloud

  Rackspace introduced a two-tiered pricing model that will move all future customers into managed services and provide greater pricing transparency as the hosting provider attempts to carve a niche in the IaaS space.

• July 15, 2014 15 Jul'14

  Verizon enters cloud WAF market

  Verizon bolstered its cloud security presence with a new web application firewall. The cloud-based WAF puts the telecom giant in the growing cloud firewall market with Akamai, Imperva and others.

• July 15, 2014 15 Jul'14

  Severity of Active Directory security flaw questioned

  Despite what may be a dangerous new Active Directory "pass the hash" attack variant, Microsoft has downplayed the issue as a technical limitation.

• July 15, 2014 15 Jul'14

  Hammer handed OEM status by Dell

  Hammer has been signed up by Dell as an OEM solutions provider with the aim of driving the vendor deeper into vertical markets.

• July 14, 2014 14 Jul'14

  Channel interest in BI will drive the market

  Research into the business intelligence market from Compris reveals that the channel has a key role to play in the future of the market.

• July 14, 2014 14 Jul'14

  Tech Data adds games to its ESD line-up

  Tech Data has added PC games to the software that retailers can offer via its ESD system.

• July 14, 2014 14 Jul'14

  CCL appoints CEO and bares its teeth at software industry

  The Campaign for Clear Licensing has appointed a CEO as it looks to grow its influence in the market.

• July 14, 2014 14 Jul'14

  Microsoft talks up cloud and mobility opportunities

  Microsoft has opened its partner conference talking of the importance of taking advantage of the emerging opportunities for the channel in a cloud and mobile first world.

• July 14, 2014 14 Jul'14

  Advanced threat vendors banking on the cloud

  Cloud-based malware analysis is becoming a must-have feature for both established and upstart advanced threat protection vendors.

• July 11, 2014 11 Jul'14

  Microsoft backs cloud rival Google’s Kubernetes project

  Microsoft has joined rival Google to support the Kubernetes open-source project on its Azure platform.

• July 11, 2014 11 Jul'14

  AWS enters mobile services space

  AWS has expanded its capabilities for mobile developers with Amazon Cognito, Amazon Mobile Analytics and a unified mobile software development kit (SDK).

• July 11, 2014 11 Jul'14

  Microsoft acts to block bogus crypto certificates

  Microsoft has acted to block bogus encryption certificates that could be used to attack computers running Windows.

• July 11, 2014 11 Jul'14

  Cloud vendors partner to improve container management

  Red Hat, Microsoft, IBM, others are backing an open-source effort led by Google to develop a containerization management tool for startup Docker.

• July 11, 2014 11 Jul'14

  Xerox strikes back against counterfeiters

  Xerox and fellow OEMs have been busy mounting raids to take counterfeit toners out of the market.

• July 11, 2014 11 Jul'14

  The SDN state of play: first steps for the enterprise

  Software-defined networking experts say telcos will be first to push SDN ahead of enterprises and suggest how CIOs can prepare.

• July 11, 2014 11 Jul'14

  NCS aims at VDI with hyper-converged system

  NCS launches hyper-converged systems with storage, compute and networking to handle a virtual desktop infrastructure with up to 5,000 VMs.

• July 11, 2014 11 Jul'14

  Catalogic CEO Walsh: today's recovery must be instant

  Catalogic CEO Ed Walsh says we're in a third wave of data protection, which requires instant recovery rather than slow tape or expensive disk backups.

• July 11, 2014 11 Jul'14

  AWS takes on third-party monitoring tools with CloudWatch Logs

  Amazon Web Service’s new CloudWatch Logs may give IT pros reason to ditch more expensive third party tools such as Splunk, Loggly and Logstash.

• July 11, 2014 11 Jul'14

  Can cloud storage boost Azure's fortunes?

  Microsoft will continue to blare its Azure cloud next week with several cloud storage announcements. Will users listen this time?

• July 10, 2014 10 Jul'14

  New vSphere beta aims to improve product quality

  The vSphere 2015 beta party is no longer invite-only. VMware pros hope the new program will reduce the amount of bugs in the next version of vSphere.

• July 10, 2014 10 Jul'14

  Panzura and Google give away cloud gateway, 2 TB of capacity

  What's behind the decision of Panzura and Google to give away a cloud controller and 2 TB of cloud capacity?

• July 10, 2014 10 Jul'14

  New Office 365 SMB plans, pricing on the horizon

  Microsoft will replace existing Office 365 SMB plans in October, increasing the user cap for all plans and cutting per-user monthly fees for some plans.

• July 10, 2014 10 Jul'14

  Xirrus offers 802.11ac Wave 2 upgrade path

  Xirrus announced 802.11ac Wave 2 upgradability through its modular Xirrus XR Arrays in anticipation of Wave 2 shipping next year.

• July 10, 2014 10 Jul'14

  U.S. government network hacked by Chinese

  Chinese hackers broke into a network of the US government agency that stores personal information on all federal employees.

• July 10, 2014 10 Jul'14

  PC market continues to show signs of recovery

  After a couple of difficult years of declines the PC market is returning to some stability.

• July 10, 2014 10 Jul'14

  Wearable tech needs to be more fashionable, says Beecham

  A recent paper by firm Beecham Research has found that technology companies do not have the right approach to wearable technology.

• July 10, 2014 10 Jul'14

  IBM pumps $3bn in chip tech research to power next-gen systems

  IBM will invest $3bn over the next five years in the research and development of chip technology to meet cloud needs.

• July 10, 2014 10 Jul'14

  Open-E aims Jupiter DSS software defined storage at enterprise SA

  Open-E adds ZFS functions and scalability to take its DSS storage to the enterprise at a claimed 25% of the cost of storage array products.

• July 10, 2014 10 Jul'14

  BYOD, mobility policies have yet to hit tipping point

  BYOD isn't catching on as quickly as you may think, according to a new CompTIA survey. Even fewer companies have any kind of mobility policy. Here's why.

• July 09, 2014 09 Jul'14

  Firms braced for more cyber attacks as sloppy practices continue

  Firms are expecting to be targeted by cyber criminals but many continue to take a casual approach to sensitive data.