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- October 30, 2018
30 Oct'18
IBM Red Hat deal shakes up container management
IBM buys Red Hat with Kubernetes in mind for its multi-cloud management strategy, with far-reaching implications for the open source container management community, especially Cloud Foundry.
- October 29, 2018
29 Oct'18
IBM pledges to support Red Hat developer community
Big Blue's decision to strike a multi-billion deal for open source player Red Hat means it gains a firm with a strong channel and developer network.
- October 26, 2018
26 Oct'18
Webex flaw is easier to exploit than detect
A remote code execution flaw in Cisco Webex -- called WebExec -- could be an easy vector for insider attacks, and the researchers who found it say it's easier to exploit than detect.
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- October 26, 2018
26 Oct'18
Symphony Ventures acquisition: Deal underscores RPA growth
Sykes Enterprises' acquisition of Symphony Ventures, a robotic process automation consulting firm, sheds light on the meteoric rise of the RPA market; other news from the week.
- October 25, 2018
25 Oct'18
IBM bolsters storage products with added NVMe support
IBM bolstered support for NVMe technologies across its storage portfolio with its latest round of product updates, which also adds new Spectrum Discover data management software.
- October 24, 2018
24 Oct'18
NetApp shines flash storage at containers and objects
At the NetApp Insight user show, the vendor advocates for flash to replace disk for backup, cloud and object storage. NetApp HCI expands, and StorageGrid gets flash.
- October 23, 2018
23 Oct'18
Ellison: Oracle ‘autonomous’ database seeks and destroys
At OpenWorld 2018 in San Francisco, Oracle founder and CTO Larry Ellison led on the putative resilience of the supplier’s ‘autonomous’ database to cyber security threats.
- October 22, 2018
22 Oct'18
Commvault updates web interface with Command Center
At Commvault Go, the data protection vendor introduced a revamped user interface with machine learning-powered analytics and smarter storage usage reporting.
- October 19, 2018
19 Oct'18
Experts wary of links between GreyEnergy and BlackEnergy
Researchers claim a new threat group called GreyEnergy is the successor to BlackEnergy, but experts are unsure if the evidence supports the claims or warnings of future attacks.
- October 19, 2018
19 Oct'18
Array Networks pursues virtualized network services channel
Array Network's new ASAP program looks to enable VARs and MSP partners to offer services around its AVX Series Network Functions Platforms, and other news from the week.
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- October 17, 2018
17 Oct'18
Commvault strikes up B&RaaS band for VMs, Salesforce
Commvault enhances its cloud-based data protection suite by offering its flagship Complete Backup & Recovery software as a service, with new services for VMs and native cloud apps.
- October 16, 2018
16 Oct'18
X-IO spins out Axellio, sells X-IO Storage to Violin
Two storage companies on the comeback trail make moves -- Violin Systems buys X-IO's ISE platform, and X-IO rebrands as Axellio. Both have been in transition over the past few years.
- October 15, 2018
15 Oct'18
Commvault packages data insights into Activate app
Commvault's Activate, consisting of data analysis tools announced earlier this year, now allows users to learn about their unstructured data and effectively take action with it.
- October 12, 2018
12 Oct'18
Lenovo pledges to fix channel process issues
The vendor came in for some criticism at the Canalys Channels Forum but responded by vowing to fix the problems in the next six months.
- October 12, 2018
12 Oct'18
Hardware makers discuss tariff effects at channel event
Hardware vendors aim to mitigate the effects of the Trump administration's tariffs on imported Chinese goods, using such strategies as tariff engineering.