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• March 15, 2016 15 Mar'16

  Microsoft open tech promises switch hardware independence

  The latest Microsoft open tech takes the brains of data center networking out of proprietary switches and places it in hardware-agnostic software.

• March 14, 2016 14 Mar'16

  Big-name vendors lace gloves, box back at white box servers

  Top-tier vendors are speaking up, hoping to compete with bare-bones white box servers that are increasingly popular with cloud service providers.

• March 14, 2016 14 Mar'16

  Pure FlashBlade tackles scale-out unstructured data

  Pure Storage launches a blade-based, scale-out unstructured data all-flash system that handles NAS and object storage. The vendor also brings out an entry-level version of its SAN flash array.

• March 11, 2016 11 Mar'16

  Intermedia launches free marketing automation platform for partners

  Intermedia arms partners with a free marketing automation platform and new Intermedia University courses to boost sales; more IT channel news from the week.

• March 09, 2016 09 Mar'16

  IDC, Ingram Micro: Cloud holds key to channel future

  Ingram Micro and IDC executives speaking at a webinar encouraged channel partners seek out cloud opportunities in managed services, collaboration and innovative use cases.

• March 08, 2016 08 Mar'16

  Rumor had it right: Tiffani Bova joins Salesforce

  Long-time Gartner analyst Tiffani Bova has joined Salesforce in a new role the cloud company custom-designed for her.

• March 08, 2016 08 Mar'16

  Cisco Spark launches $150M developer fund

  At Enterprise Connect, Cisco announced a $150 million fund to invest in developers who build custom apps using the Cisco Spark collaboration service.

• March 08, 2016 08 Mar'16

  Microsoft, Cisco talk cross-vendor technology

  Microsoft and Cisco pledged video conferencing systems interoperability at the Enterprise Connect conference, but cross-vendor technology remains elusive.

• March 08, 2016 08 Mar'16

  In a UC market in flux, analysts pinpoint key trends

  The cloud, APIs and mobility are the major trends coming out of Enterprise Connect. Analysts break down how these trends are impacting the UC and collaboration market.

• March 08, 2016 08 Mar'16

  IoT boom spells PaaS opportunity for MSPs

  Gartner says that while IoT will drive the use of Platform as a Service over the next four years, more than 80% of organizations deploying self-managed PaaS will not achieve their lofty ambitions.

• March 08, 2016 08 Mar'16

  Aruba aims latest switches, software, APs at IoT

  Wireless networking company Aruba has introduced software upgrades, switches and APs for a growing IoT market.

• March 07, 2016 07 Mar'16

  New hyper-converged buyers expected to enter the game in 2016

  Hyper-converged infrastructure is set to replace some traditional hardware in the data center during the coming year, if enterprises can overcome organizational and budget worries.

• March 07, 2016 07 Mar'16

  Cloud-based technology is hot at Enterprise Connect

  Vendors meet in Orlando, Fla., for the annual unified communications-focused Enterprise Connect conference, where cloud-based technology is one of the most discussed topics.

• March 04, 2016 04 Mar'16

  Vertiscale workspace as a service targets healthcare vertical

  Vertiscale designed its new workspace-as-a-service offering for small and medium-sized healthcare practices; more IT channel news from the week.

• March 04, 2016 04 Mar'16

  Enterprises: CASBs are a must for cloud security

  Several CISOs discussed why cloud access security brokers are imperative to their respective enterprises during a panel discussion at RSA Conference 2016.

• March 04, 2016 04 Mar'16

  Vendors to announce new UC tools at conference

  Vendors will exhibit their latest UC tools at Enterprise Connect 2016, from team chat apps to virtual collaboration. Check out some of the announcements coming out of the conference.

• March 04, 2016 04 Mar'16

  DataON Storage 'cluster in box' supports Storage Spaces

  The DataON CiB-9112 V12 hyper-convergence is aimed at branch offices and small businesses and with small virtual machine farms that consume shared local storage.

• March 04, 2016 04 Mar'16

  Strategy delivering for Tech Data

  A strategy to focus on growth markets and keep an eye on costs has been heralded as delivering the right sort of results for Tech Data.

• March 03, 2016 03 Mar'16

  RSAC panelists disagree on what amounts to an encryption backdoor

  RSAC panelists had a spirited and nuanced debate about government encryption backdoors, and the topic is more difficult to parse than expected.

• March 03, 2016 03 Mar'16

  New cybersecurity checklist offers cyber strategy tool

  The U.S. Cyber Consequences Unit rolls out new version of their cybersecurity checklist they claim will help reduce attacks by increasing the costs of those attacks.

• March 03, 2016 03 Mar'16

  U.S. Cyber Command chief Michael Rogers asks for cooperation

  Private sector cooperation with the government is key to successful protection against cyberthreats, says U.S. Cyber Command chief Michael Rogers in an address to RSA Conference 2016.

• March 02, 2016 02 Mar'16

  Cisco Partner Summit 2016: Cisco DNA

  Cisco has unveiled its Cisco DNA architecture, which offers partners three ways to make money: Consulting, managed services and software development.

• March 02, 2016 02 Mar'16

  Veeam partner chief: We want to be more relevant to partners

  The Veeam partner community will see more enablement and support resources, a new emphasis on the enterprise market, and further expansion into the cloud.

• March 02, 2016 02 Mar'16

  Tegile, IBM expand all-flash with SanDisk arrays

  IBM Spectrum Scale Solution and Tegile's IntelliFlash HD provide software-defined software to go with SanDisk InfiniFlash hardware.

• March 02, 2016 02 Mar'16

  Brocade, QLogic, Broadcom release 32-gig FC gear

  A new G620 Brocade switch and 32 Gbps host bus adapters from QLogic and Broadcom Emulex signal general availability of Gen 6 Fibre Channel storage networking gear.

• March 02, 2016 02 Mar'16

  IBM to buy Resilient Systems, Bruce Schneier comments

  Bruce Schneier chats with SearchSecurity during lunch at RSAC about IBM's plans to acquire Resilient Systems to complete their security offering.

• March 02, 2016 02 Mar'16

  Cisco focuses on software, not hardware, in NFV plans

  The new Cisco NFV software stack will eventually run on any Intel-based x86 server.

• March 02, 2016 02 Mar'16

  Dell reveals post-EMC acquisition management team

  Once the deal to acquire EMC is completed, Dell will be targeting customers based on enterprise, commercial, and consumer and small business categories.

• March 02, 2016 02 Mar'16

  Oracle's VSM virtual tape library gets cloud tiering

  Oracle upgrades its virtual tape library for the cloud. The Virtual Storage Manager system helps connect traditional mainframe storage to the cloud through tiering.

• March 02, 2016 02 Mar'16

  Are there too many security controls for cloud services?

  Trend Micro's Mark Nunnikhoven said enterprises are often forced to deploy distinct cloud security controls for each type of service they deploy, making security unmanageable.

• March 01, 2016 01 Mar'16

  Cisco Partner Summit 2016: Channel can expect evolutionary change

  Cisco executives speaking at the company's annual partner conference told attendees to expect a simplified channel program and improved alignment with the partner ecosystem.

• March 01, 2016 01 Mar'16

  Cisco Marketing Velocity: Advice for enchanting customers

  Channel partners were urged to put the customer first and to enchant their prospective clients at this year's Cisco Marketing Velocity event.

• March 01, 2016 01 Mar'16

  Microsoft: No security tech more vital than encryption

  Microsoft's top lawyer criticized the U.S. government's efforts to undermine strong encryption and called on the industry to support and defend the technology.

• March 01, 2016 01 Mar'16

  iPhone backdoor case ruffles cloud providers

  During a panel discussion at RSA Conference 2016, representatives from top cloud providers such as Google and Microsoft discussed the legal battle between Apple and the FBI over encrypted data.

• March 01, 2016 01 Mar'16

  Cisco launches range of data center technologies

  Cisco kicks off its Partner Summit 2016 in San Diego with a smorgasbord of new data center technologies.

• February 29, 2016 29 Feb'16

  EMC goes all-flash with VMAX, launches first DSSD box

  As part of its all-flash primary storage strategy, EMC brings out an all-SSD version of its VMAX enterprise array and its first DSSD shared storage appliance.

• February 26, 2016 26 Feb'16

  NGenx signs workspace as a service deal with TeamLogic IT franchise

  Workspace as a service vendor nGenx expanded its MSP channel through a new partnership with the TeamLogic IT franchise; more IT channel news from the week.

• February 26, 2016 26 Feb'16

  IBM Cloud picks Cleversafe, OpenStack object storage

  IBM's Cleversafe object storage, OpenStack and Amazon S3 will make up three separate cloud services that will support cold storage and high-performance applications.

• February 26, 2016 26 Feb'16

  Scale Computing adds Mellanox switches to HC3 nodes

  Hyper-converged vendor Scale Computing said Mellanox SX1012 switch architecture enables customers to scale network bandwidth and manage HC3 clusters like a private cloud.

• February 26, 2016 26 Feb'16

  Casado exit unlikely to hurt VMware SDN strategy

  SDN pioneer Martin Casado is leaving VMware, and analysts say the departure is unlikely to affect VMware's SDN tech strategy.

• February 26, 2016 26 Feb'16

  Ingram Micro boss chooses to look to the future after downbeat Q4

  Ingram Micro is understandably keen to talk up the future after the distributor found the fourth quarter slightly below par.

• February 25, 2016 25 Feb'16

  Docker Datacenter looks to help Ops catch up to dev

  Docker Datacenter brings together multiple pieces of Docker management under one umbrella. But like everything in the container space, there's still work left to be done.

• February 25, 2016 25 Feb'16

  Vidyo upgrades include hardened security to infrastructure

  Vidyo, a software-based video conferencing system, rolled out infrastructure upgrades, including hardened security, and network performance and management optimization.

• February 25, 2016 25 Feb'16

  HP Inc sales plummet 12%, with tough times ahead

  HP Inc reports a big drop in revenues, and the CEO predicts some difficult quarters to come.

• February 24, 2016 24 Feb'16

  IoT produces security, analytics, device management sales

  Customers are going to be spending their money on trying to make sure the Internet of Things is secure and managed over the next couple of years, according to Gartner.

• February 24, 2016 24 Feb'16

  Enterprise Connect 2016 highlights latest UC trends

  UC analyst Irwin Lazar previews Enterprise Connect 2016. He highlights the latest cloud advancements, team chat collaboration applications and vendor strategies.

• February 24, 2016 24 Feb'16

  Apple Swift goes to the cloud with IBM's help

  The Apple Swift development language is growing more popular, and programmers can now use it to build and deploy iOS apps on IBM’s cloud platform.

• February 24, 2016 24 Feb'16

  Red Hat Googles its Gluster Storage

  Red Hat made available its Gluster Storage distributed file system for users of Google Compute Engine, an additional major cloud option, along with Amazon and Microsoft Azure.

• February 23, 2016 23 Feb'16

  Dell and EMC merger update: A Q&A with Dell's channel chief

  Cheryl Cook, Dell's channel chief, discusses the challenges and opportunities in Dell's pending acquisition of EMC, which is expected to close by late summer.

• February 23, 2016 23 Feb'16

  IT monitoring software maker ScienceLogic debuts channel program

  ScienceLogic, a maker of IT monitoring tools, has launched a channel program, as it looks to increase its business in the value-added reseller market segment.

• February 23, 2016 23 Feb'16

  IBM and VMware embrace hybrid cloud vision

  IBM-VMware partnership looks to streamline VMware environments for the hybrid cloud. Users are hopeful but adopt a wait-and-see attitude.

• February 23, 2016 23 Feb'16

  Nimble introduces all-flash AF Series arrays

  Nimble's all-flash AF Series arrays use Samsung 3D NAND SSDs, and can be combined with Nimble Adaptive Flash hybrid arrays in a Unified Flash Fabric.

• February 23, 2016 23 Feb'16

  Four keys to a successful mobile security strategy

  IT admins at IBM InterConnect reveal some of their top security concerns, from managing user access to safeguarding apps and data and more.

• February 23, 2016 23 Feb'16

  Citrix, F5 introduce ADCs aimed at mobile carriers

  Citrix and F5 Networks have each launched a mobile ADC that helps carriers manage growing wireless data traffic.

• February 22, 2016 22 Feb'16

  Encrypted traffic analysis a top priority for 2016, says report

  Decryption and inspection strategies are necessities, with nearly 65% of all internet traffic encrypted, says the latest threat report from Dell Security.

• February 22, 2016 22 Feb'16

  New Avaya product targeted at middle-market businesses

  Avaya announced its bridge service for middle-market customers who want to transition from on-premises hardware contact center technologies to cloud-based software.

• February 19, 2016 19 Feb'16

  Unitrends partner program will reward bloggers

  Unitrends will recognize partners' social media activity and offer engagement options for nontraditional partner types, such as independent bloggers.

• February 19, 2016 19 Feb'16

  $6B Ingram Micro acquisition to bolster cloud capabilities, more

  Ingram Micro said partners will see no disruptions to operations or executive management during or after the close of its $6 billion acquisition; other IT channel news.

• February 19, 2016 19 Feb'16

  Gartner on BI reporting tools: Flexibility is king

  This year's Magic Quadrant report from Gartner reflects a shifting market for BI reporting tools and includes some surprises in vendor rankings.

• February 19, 2016 19 Feb'16

  PCI DSS 3.2 will be the only major update this year

  The PCI Council has determined that its data security standard is finally mature enough to forego significant updates, so PCI DSS 3.2 will be more of an incremental modification.

• February 19, 2016 19 Feb'16

  Containers simpler, but VMs still valuable

  Many think the choice between containers and virtual machines is an either or proposition. It's not – here's why.

• February 18, 2016 18 Feb'16

  Will IBM business partners sink or swim with the company?

  IBM business partners may face a transition as the company focuses on cognitive offerings and retools its channel program.

• February 18, 2016 18 Feb'16

  Ansible provides network automation to Cisco, Arista

  The latest Ansible release brings net automation to infrastructure devices from Cisco, Arista Networks, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Juniper Networks.

• February 18, 2016 18 Feb'16

  Cisco beefs up FirePower portfolio

  The Cisco next-generation firewall, Cisco FirePower, deploys improvements to make the system more 'threat-focused.'

• February 18, 2016 18 Feb'16

  RSAC 2016 to feature IoT and the encryption debate

  The Internet of Things once again dominates the agenda at RSA Conference 2016, but experts say there will be other hot topics including the growing debate between IT and the government over encryption backdoors.

• February 17, 2016 17 Feb'16

  Watson IoT platform at center of Avnet-IBM alliance

  At the IBM PartnerWorld Leadership Conference, distributor Avnet and IBM announced partnerships focused on the Internet of Things and security as a service.

• February 17, 2016 17 Feb'16

  Nutanix Prism Pro added in Acropolis 4.6 upgrade

  Nutanix Acropolis 4.6 includes Prism Pro analytics for predictive storage modeling. The new release supports VM failover across Nutanix nodes with different hypervisors.

• February 17, 2016 17 Feb'16

  Apple opposes ruling that would force an iPhone backdoor

  A court order has ruled that Apple needs to create an iPhone backdoor to unlock the device used by the gunman in San Bernardino killings, but Tim Cook opposes the ruling.

• February 17, 2016 17 Feb'16

  Hyper for me, hyper for you, everyone's got something new

  The latest hyper-converged appliance from VMware and VCE is built around VMware software integration while Nutanix gives users a way to easily move applications off VMware's hypervisor.

• February 16, 2016 16 Feb'16

  PartnerWorld Leadership Conference: IBM redesigns channel program

  IBM told channel partners its updated PartnerWorld program, set for 2017, will focus on new competencies and client satisfaction, as well as traditional measures, such as revenue.

• February 16, 2016 16 Feb'16

  EMC, VMware team up on VxRail hyper-convergence

  EMC replaces Vspex Blue with VxRail, integrating the new version of VMware's Virtual SAN software on four-node hyper-converged appliances.

• February 16, 2016 16 Feb'16

  FBI investigates ransomware attack at Hollywood hospital

  The FBI along with the LAPD began investigating a ransomware attack at a Hollywood hospital that has crippled the facility's operations and could cost millions.

• February 15, 2016 15 Feb'16

  Enterprise storage market poised for change in 2016

  Experts forecast disruption in enterprise storage in 2016, including a further shakeout among vendors, slow decline of traditional arrays and fade-out of high-speed disks.

• February 12, 2016 12 Feb'16

  Brocade partner chief looks to capitalize on SDN, 'new IP'

  Pete Peterson, Brocade's global channel vice president, plans to grow the company's partner roster, while planning new features such as a partner relationship management system.

• February 12, 2016 12 Feb'16

  Benefits of cloud: Channel partners should note the changing patterns

  A new Clutch report shows that IT professionals view efficiency and security as the top cloud computing benefits, a marked departure from years ago when security was a barrier.

• February 12, 2016 12 Feb'16

  Intermedia SecuriSync combines backup and file sharing

  Intermedia integrated a set of backup features into its file sync-and-share product, SecuriSync -- a unique and competitive offering for partners, the vendor said.

• February 12, 2016 12 Feb'16

  Veritas updates Enterprise Vault, Data Insight

  Veritas Technologies updated Enterprise Vault and Data Insight with enhanced classification, review and workflow capabilities and beefed-up Box support.

• February 12, 2016 12 Feb'16

  Experts say solid-state technology will stay hot in 2016

  Experts predict solid-state technology will remain hot in 2016, leading to the demise of high-speed hard disk drives, as all-flash arrays outsell disk-only systems.

• February 12, 2016 12 Feb'16

  Converged infrastructure born from buy vs. build

  IT pros increasingly want to buy infrastructure and not build it, says president of VCE Chad Sakac, as he outlines plans for the company's converged infrastructure products.

• February 11, 2016 11 Feb'16

  More Symantec partners may see vendor's security services assets

  Symantec aims to spin out its security service enablement tools, dubbed the Partner Enablement Resource Kit, to more of its Gold- and Platinum-level channel partners.

• February 11, 2016 11 Feb'16

  Cohesity expands data protection features

  Cohesity bolsters its data protection platform with automation for cloud archiving and off-site replication. The company's CEO says it helps manage and converge secondary storage.

• February 11, 2016 11 Feb'16

  Cisco says shaky global markets scare tech buyers

  Besides higher revenue and profits, Cisco earnings also showed that volatility in the global markets had caused tech buyers to reduce spending in the data center.

• February 11, 2016 11 Feb'16

  Stolen Social Security numbers lead to IRS hack

  An IRS hack has compromised thousands of tax returns and the attack was made possible through the use of stolen Social Security numbers.

• February 10, 2016 10 Feb'16

  Obama's cyber budget faces Republican opposition

  Obama ups spending by 35% in 2017 cyber budget, adds federal CISO, pushes multifactor authentication, but still faces stiff Republican opposition in Congress.

• February 10, 2016 10 Feb'16

  VMware Workspace One, Citrix Workspace Cloud go head to head

  VMware announced its Workspace One suite and Horizon Air Hybrid-Mode -- which has a distinct pricing advantage over Citrix's similar Workspace Cloud product -- along with the updated Horizon 7.

• February 10, 2016 10 Feb'16

  Adobe Flash visibility hiked in Microsoft security bulletins

  Microsoft, taking a cue from Google, elevates fixes for Adobe Flash with a security bulletin in February.

• February 10, 2016 10 Feb'16

  Microsoft offers service to customers with 50 seats

  Businesses with at least 50 seats will now get access to Microsoft FastTrack for Office 365. The service was previously available to businesses with at least 150 seats.

• February 09, 2016 09 Feb'16

  ESentire looks to expand market reach through resellers, MSPs

  Security as a service company eSentire hopes to expand its market reach through a new partner program for resellers and MSPs.

• February 09, 2016 09 Feb'16

  Managed print service partners positive on Xerox split

  Xerox's pending split, slated for completion by year's end, may have limited impact on document technology partners, who generally view the breakup as a favorable development.

• February 09, 2016 09 Feb'16

  Data protection predictions for 2016

  Predictions for data protection in 2016 include the resurgence of tape, rise of copy data management, special optimized options and software-defined storage for backup data.

• February 09, 2016 09 Feb'16

  Info on 20,000 FBI agents leaked in social engineering attack

  A hacker took advantage of insufficient authentication protocols within the DoJ to perform a social engineering attack resulting in leaked info on 20,000 FBI agents.

• February 09, 2016 09 Feb'16

  VMware upgrades VSAN, takes on Nutanix

  With data efficiency upgrades to VSAN, VMware is also expanding its Ready Nodes partner program to include OEM bundles of hyper-converged software and licenses.

• February 08, 2016 08 Feb'16

  Logitech pushes meeting room video collaboration

  Logitech has announced its newest line of conferencing hardware that aims to replace the laptop at the conference table and support video collaboration in meeting rooms.

• February 08, 2016 08 Feb'16

  CoreOS brings different approach to container security

  Container security is central to CoreOS' first production release of container runtime rkt, which it sees as better suited than Docker for large-scale deployments.

• February 05, 2016 05 Feb'16

  Optanix to sell IT operations management services via channel partners

  Optanix's new go-to-market strategy entails selling its IT operations management platform through three channels; more news from the week.

• February 05, 2016 05 Feb'16

  Cisco buys Jasper to add cellular connectivity to IoT portfolio

  Cisco has bolstered its wireless IoT portfolio with the acquisition of Jasper Technologies, a Silicon Valley startup that works closely with cellular carriers.

• February 04, 2016 04 Feb'16

  New U.S. Channels Group exec at Xerox

  Darren Cassidy has been named president of the U.S. Channels Group at Xerox, which recently announced plans to split into two companies.

• February 04, 2016 04 Feb'16

  Green data center partners with VARs, MSPs

  Green House Data, which offers green data centers in seven regional locations, has unveiled a partner program targeting value-added resellers and managed service providers.

• February 04, 2016 04 Feb'16

  IT industry outlook: Comp models, competitor lineup evolve

  CompTIA has released its IT Industry Outlook 2016 report, which discusses a number of channel trends, including the need for vendors to rethink their partner compensation models.

• February 04, 2016 04 Feb'16

  Microsoft becoming SDN rival to Cisco, VMware

  Microsoft is preparing to release a Windows Server SDN stack that could make the company a rival to Cisco and VMware in software-defined networking.