News

December 15, 2017 15 Dec'17
Kaseya predicts rise of 'super' managed services companies

Kaseya predicts that 2018 will see the emergence of large MSPs as the managed services market continues to consolidate; other channel news from the week.
December 15, 2017 15 Dec'17
Triton attacks on ICS aim for real-world damage

Security researchers discovered new ICS attacks using the Triton framework that may have been nation-state sponsored and intended to cause real-world damage.
December 14, 2017 14 Dec'17
Juniper competing with Cisco, VMware in public clouds

Juniper Networks is extending the Contrail network virtualization platform to public clouds. The Juniper Contrail Enterprise Multicloud will compete with Cisco ACI and VMware NSX.
December 13, 2017 13 Dec'17
Direct sales staff hiring woes give the channel a boost

Getting good direct sales staff is becoming an increasing problem, giving the channel a chance to step in and offer an alternative.
December 12, 2017 12 Dec'17
Ransomware threat driving security spending

Customers are investing to make sure they can keep one step ahead of the cyber attackers, according to Canalys.
December 11, 2017 11 Dec'17
Progress Health Cloud aims to create unified health IT

Disparate systems and siloes plague healthcare when what is needed is true healthcare IT integration. Progress aims to achieve this with its new Health Cloud platform.
December 08, 2017 08 Dec'17
Facebook Workplace partners team to boost platform uptake

Talk Social to Me and ServiceRocket, two Facebook Workplace deployment partners, are joining forces to accelerate the collaboration platform's adoption; other news from the week.
December 08, 2017 08 Dec'17
Microsoft Malware Protection Engine patch released

A critical vulnerability found in the Windows Malware Protection Engine required an emergency Microsoft patch, but one expert said Microsoft hasn't handled the announcement well.
December 07, 2017 07 Dec'17
Juniper Bots automate routine networking tasks

Network automation gets a boost with new Juniper Bots apps for DevOps testing and network anomaly tracking. The apps are set for release next year.
December 06, 2017 06 Dec'17
Ransomware, hyper-convergence top 2017 backup news

Ransomware made international headlines in backup 2017 news, and vendors looked to mitigate its effects. Vendors were also busy with acquisitions and hyper-converged backup.
December 04, 2017 04 Dec'17
Man pleads guilty in NSA data leak case

The former NSA employee reportedly responsible for exposing classified data to Russian government hackers pleaded guilty and faces a maximum of 10 years in prison.
December 01, 2017 01 Dec'17
Digital transformation: Services firms may find work across verticals

An Ovum survey paints a picture of opportunity for IT services firms: Only a handful of IT execs believe they have fully realized digital transformation; other news from the week.
November 30, 2017 30 Nov'17
Bosma Enterprises may resell assistive technology

Bosma deployed an indoor navigation system for its blind and visually impaired employees. Now the organization may resell the BlindSquare Event system to external customers.
November 29, 2017 29 Nov'17
AWS plots reseller partner program revamp in 2018

Cloud giant plans to offer reseller partners more incentives and support through revamped channel program next year.
November 28, 2017 28 Nov'17
Azure Migrate service takes aim at VMware workloads

Microsoft hopes its Azure Migrate service will attract VMware workloads to its public cloud, but unlike AWS, it's without the virtualization giant's support.