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- November 12, 2015
12 Nov'15
Informatica launches big data management platform
Informatica has launched a “big data management” suite that it says adds data quality, governance and security to its data integration offer
- November 12, 2015
12 Nov'15
Docker storage driver support added to Dell SC arrays
Docker storage driver for Dell's SC Series arrays orchestrates the movement of containerized applications and persistent data, so customers can promote containers into production.
- November 12, 2015
12 Nov'15
Three men charged over JP Morgan hacking and fraud
Exploiting the Heartbleed bug was one of the methods used by three men charged in connection with the theft of more than 100 million customer data records from financial institutions to carry out "pump and dump" fraud
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- November 11, 2015
11 Nov'15
Code42's endpoint data protection update streamlines interface
Code42 released the 5.0 version of its endpoint data protection software, which features a redesigned user interface, and improved legal hold and data migration capabilities.
- November 11, 2015
11 Nov'15
All-flash NexGen arrays bring QoS to the forefront
The newly released NexGen arrays dynamically manage critical workloads with QoS policies. Spelling a move beyond hybrid storage, the all-flash arrays include SSDs, RAM and flash PCIe.
- November 11, 2015
11 Nov'15
Bluetooth to get more range and more speed to power IoT
The Bluetooth Special Interest Group has published its technology roadmap as it moves to position the networking technology as a key enabler for the internet of things
- November 11, 2015
11 Nov'15
Oracle announces cloud-based CRM knowledge management
Oracle expands knowledge management tools for its service cloud; SalesforceIQ for Small Business gets Desk.com customer service integration.
- November 11, 2015
11 Nov'15
SAP S/4HANA expands from financials to other core ERP functions
SAP will release a new version of S/4HANA that adds manufacturing functions, including inventory; plus, new mobile services for Fiori based on the HANA Cloud Platform.
- November 11, 2015
11 Nov'15
SIOS iQ software troubleshoots VMware shared storage
SIOS iQ software troubleshoots VMware shared storage
- November 11, 2015
11 Nov'15
Riverbed shines new light on application insight
Riverbed updates SteelCentral for more application insight; Broadcom expands switch analytics; Cisco adds to its security portfolio; and Akamai intros a WAN service to cloud providers
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- November 11, 2015
11 Nov'15
Obstacles loom in Cisco-Ericsson tech partnership
While the broad tech partnership between Cisco and Ericsson looks good on paper, such deals often fail over time.
- November 10, 2015
10 Nov'15
November 2015 Patch Tuesday hardens Schannel
Microsoft's November 2015 Patch Tuesday delivers 12 total bulletins, four of which are critical, and one issue with font handling that angers one expert.
- November 10, 2015
10 Nov'15
Bluebox Security addresses mobile app development issues
Bluebox Security unveiled a troubling study on mobile application threats and also introduced a new product to protect consumer apps on employee-owned devices.
- November 10, 2015
10 Nov'15
Microsoft-Secure Islands deal brings file-level security
Microsoft acquired Secure Islands in a deal to bolster Microsoft's Azure Rights Management Service with file-level security technologies.
- November 10, 2015
10 Nov'15
DDN ships hyper-converged SFA14K-based system
HPC specialist unveils 14K hyper-converged DDN storage hardware line aimed at midrange enterprise, the first of three planned rollouts under codename 'Wolfcreek.'
- November 10, 2015
10 Nov'15
EMC adds software NAS with IsilonSD Edge
EMC expanded its Isilon NAS portfolio with a scaled-down, software storage system for remote locations, a cloud migration application and high-availability upgrades for Isilon OneFS.
- November 10, 2015
10 Nov'15
NSA vulnerability disclosure policy raises questions
The NSA published its vulnerability disclosure policy, which aims to balance intelligence benefits with security, but experts said the policy raises more questions than it answers.
- November 10, 2015
10 Nov'15
Blue Coat buys another cloud access security broker
After acquiring Perspecsys this summer, Blue Coat Systems makes another CASB deal for Elastica to further strengthen its cloud security presence.
- November 09, 2015
09 Nov'15
More UC software getting third-party apps
More businesses want UC software with third-party embedded apps that range from social media updates to notifications when networks go down.
- November 09, 2015
09 Nov'15
Storage Decisions 2015 experts offer advice
Storage Decisions 2015 panel discusses future of disk and tape, and offers hints for dealing with cloud storage, flash and impact of recent events in the data storage industry.
- November 09, 2015
09 Nov'15
Dropbox takes aim at the enterprise
The gloves are off, as Dropbox launches an all out assault to win a place in the enterprise -- but is it Mission Impossible?
- November 06, 2015
06 Nov'15
Tri-state area no longer the top U.S. data center hub
For years, there has been more data center space and power in the New York-New Jersey metro area than anywhere else in the United States. That's no longer the case.
- November 06, 2015
06 Nov'15
Juniper to customers: Pricing changes are coming
Juniper pricing for networking products is changing, as the company prepares to become a software business, moving away from per-port pricing.
- November 06, 2015
06 Nov'15
Containers give data center apps a path to public clouds
Containers are viewed as the simplest path for moving traditional data center apps to public clouds, but IT admins should prepare for the Donkey Kong barrels that are sure to trip them up along the way.
- November 06, 2015
06 Nov'15
Dropbox adds cloud security features for enterprises
Dropbox stepped up its security offerings this week with the introduction of Dropbox Enterprise and several new cloud security controls for business customers.
- November 06, 2015
06 Nov'15
ONUG Great Debate: Software beats hardware, but barely
The big question at ONUG's fall Great Debate: 'Will software solve networking's biggest problems?' Software narrowly beat hardware in a post-smack down audience poll.
- November 05, 2015
05 Nov'15
Lenovo agrees to OEM Nutanix hyper-converged technology
Nutanix and Lenovo partner to jointly develop, market and sell a new line of appliances combining Nutanix hyper-converged software, Lenovo hardware and choice of hypervisors.
- November 05, 2015
05 Nov'15
Cyber liability insurance claims should improve security
Cyber liability insurance claims and lawsuits are expected to rise considerably in the next couple years and experts believe they will lead to improved security for enterprises and developers.
- November 05, 2015
05 Nov'15
Dell channel revenues set to expand further post EMC deal
Michael Dell has restated that there is no limit to the levels of revenues that can come through partners as it gets ready to add more to the fold with the EMC acquisition.
- November 04, 2015
04 Nov'15
Microsoft and Red Hat launch enterprise hybrid cloud push
Tech giants set aside years of rivalry to help enterprises with mixed IT environments move to the cloud with greater ease.
- November 04, 2015
04 Nov'15
Juniper announces range of new products and reflects on the year
MicroScope catches up with global vice president of Field and Partner Marketing Matt Hurley to look back at 2015 and see what's on the horizon for the networking vendor.
- November 04, 2015
04 Nov'15
IBM acquires cloud software broker Gravitant
IBM is continuing to build out its hybrid cloud proposition by splashing the cash on US-based IT services broker Gravitant.
- November 03, 2015
03 Nov'15
Juniper intros virtual router and 25, 50 GbE switches
Juniper Networks has launched a software-based router designed to help service providers reduce the time to deliver LAN services to the enterprise.
- November 03, 2015
03 Nov'15
CSIP outlines government cybersecurity improvements
Experts approve of the Cybersecurity Strategy Implementation Plan issued by the White House to strengthen government cybersecurity guidelines and practices, but worry about implementation.
- November 03, 2015
03 Nov'15
ExtraHop 5.0 adds historical analysis to real-time probing
The latest iteration of ExtraHop's IT operations analytics platform makes search easier and adds historical data.
- November 02, 2015
02 Nov'15
Hewlett-Packard splits into two digital businesses
The two Hewlett-Packard (HP) businesses are both digitally aligned. HP Enterprise is pushing hybrid clouds; HP Inc is taking the road to 3D printing.
- November 02, 2015
02 Nov'15
BroadSoft announces new UC platform in cloud
Enterprise applications are central in BroadSoft's new cloud-based communications tool.
- November 02, 2015
02 Nov'15
Verizon strives to make IoT connectivity more affordable
Verizon plans to combine an IoT network with an application development platform to make IoT more affordable to businesses.
- November 02, 2015
02 Nov'15
CoinVault and Bitcryptor ransomware "killed"
CoinVault and Bitcryptor variants of ransomware have been declared dead after the authors were arrested and decryption keys were recovered by law enforcement.
- November 02, 2015
02 Nov'15
Containers, OpenStack could lighten hybrid cloud burdens
The challenges of managing hybrid clouds could be mitigated significantly by technical advances that look to take over the data center in the next few years.
- October 29, 2015
29 Oct'15
Cisco buys three companies to bolster product strategy
Cisco acquisitions of ParStream, Lancope and 1 Mainstream reflect the company's view of how networking is evolving.
- October 29, 2015
29 Oct'15
IDC: Salesforce to add $272B to local economies
IDC and Salesforce claim that the cloud provider and its channel will create more than 1 million jobs and contribute $272 billion to local economies over the next four years.
- October 29, 2015
29 Oct'15
IT weighs impact of Dell-EMC deal
As the hype over the Dell-EMC-VMware deal simmers down, it could take some time before IT takes full measure of the deal's impact.
- October 29, 2015
29 Oct'15
Tely brings cloud video deeper into enterprise
Tely's newest endpoint aims to help enterprises expand their cloud video services beyond the desktop and into small meeting rooms for greater collaboration across the workforce.
- October 29, 2015
29 Oct'15
CISA privacy issues can still be fixed
CISA passed the Senate despite complaints over privacy issues, but experts say there is still hope those troubles can be fixed when the bill goes to the House for reconciliation.
- October 28, 2015
28 Oct'15
SAP partners its way to Q3 wins
SAP channel executives said channel partners played a critical role in pulling in new customer accounts during the third quarter.
- October 28, 2015
28 Oct'15
Intel Security to discontinue McAfee SaaS offerings
Intel Security unexpectedly moved several McAfee SaaS endpoint and email security products to end of life just prior to announcing a new corporate strategy this week.
- October 28, 2015
28 Oct'15
Dell recommits to Windows PCs, promises innovation
Like a captain on a sinking ship, Dell remains committed to the PC market, and looks to hardware innovations and Windows 10 as the bailing buckets.
- October 28, 2015
28 Oct'15
Dell-EMC merger brings midrange storage overlap
Dell's blockbuster EMC acquisition would leave overlapping storage products -- especially in the midrange array space, with EMC's VNX and Dell's SC/PS Series.
- October 28, 2015
28 Oct'15
Senate's CISA overwhelmingly voted through
Despite vocal criticism from privacy advocates and technology companies, the U.S. Senate passed the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act by an overwhelming majority.
- October 28, 2015
28 Oct'15
Vendors developing more mobile-first UC application
With a growing number of remote workers, businesses want vendors to focus on mobile-first applications for unified communications.
- October 27, 2015
27 Oct'15
U.S. and E.U. agree on data sharing framework
The European Union and United States have agreed in principle to a new data sharing framework to replace the Safe Harbor pact, but the details of the new rules are still a mystery.
- October 27, 2015
27 Oct'15
Oracle releases major SaaS ERP for manufacturers
Oracle has added its Manufacturing Cloud and Planning Central Cloud to the SaaS suite for supply chain management. While Oracle touts the move, some analysts are more reserved.
- October 27, 2015
27 Oct'15
Storage speculates Dell-EMC deal effect
Now that Dell's acquisition of EMC and the Western Digital-SanDisk deal are confirmed, what will Cisco, HP, IBM and Oracle do to compete in the market?
- October 26, 2015
26 Oct'15
Botnets once again pushing Dridex malware
The Dridex malware has made a return and attackers are once again using botnets to send the Trojan to banks despite the Department of Justice making high-profile arrests last month.
- October 26, 2015
26 Oct'15
Quantum Xcellis is next version of StorNext
Quantum goes after video workloads with Xcellis, a converged system that combines Quantum StorNext, metadata, data management, NAS and cloud gateways into a single system.
- October 26, 2015
26 Oct'15
Larry Ellison vaunts Oracle’s cloud services over rivals
Larry Ellison promoted his company’s cloud services and berated rivals in his opening keynote at Oracle OpenWorld 2015.
- October 23, 2015
23 Oct'15
MSPWorld 2015 spotlights MSP sales craft
What makes a good MSP salesperson? How should you compensate sales staff? Execs tackled these and other MSP sales-related questions at MSPWorld this week; plus, more channel news.
- October 23, 2015
23 Oct'15
NetApp strategy hasn't changed, even with new CEO
NetApp didn't have much in new products at its annual Insight conference; the only rollout was Data Fabric for placing and managing data in a NetApp hybrid cloud.
- October 23, 2015
23 Oct'15
Dell World 2015: Customers have few worries on EMC deal
Storage customers at Dell World 2015 signaled thumbs-up to Dell's $67 billion deal to acquire EMC, expressed few worries about overlapping products as result of merger.
- October 23, 2015
23 Oct'15
Government surveillance has cloud security vendors in a pickle
The negative effects of U.S. government surveillance have put cloud providers in a tough spot and left security vendors scrambling for better privacy protections.
- October 23, 2015
23 Oct'15
Dell Storage GM weighs disruptive product trends
Dell Storage GM Alan Atkinson sees flash and SDS as serious business disruptors, but still views traditional scale-up arrays as serving an important role in the Dell storage strategy.
- October 22, 2015
22 Oct'15
Virtustream now top dog in EMC, VMware cloud service
EMC and VMware have formed a new joint cloud service under the Virtustream brand, as the companies seek to expand hybrid offerings and consolidate cloud services.
- October 22, 2015
22 Oct'15
HP public cloud put out of its misery
A major feature of HP's hybrid cloud strategy is ending as the HP public cloud will be shut down and the company will instead partner with public cloud vendors going forward.
- October 22, 2015
22 Oct'15
Dell hybrid strategy leans on Microsoft to ease use
Hybrid clouds remain more of a goal than a reality for most IT shops, so two of the biggest legacy IT vendors have teamed up to ease hybrid cloud strategies.
- October 22, 2015
22 Oct'15
Interim Citrix CEO takes Templeton's seat
Mark Templeton's tenure as Citrix CEO has abruptly come to an end, leaving Citrix users to wonder what's in store for the company's future.
- October 22, 2015
22 Oct'15
Western Digital flashes $19 billion for SanDisk acquisition
Western Digital is taking its biggest step yet into the flash market, with its $19 billion SanDisk acquisition. The deal is the second major storage merger this month.
- October 22, 2015
22 Oct'15
ADC vendors scramble to satisfy app-centric market
A new breed of tech buyer is demanding application delivery controllers geared toward mobile and cloud development.
- October 21, 2015
21 Oct'15
The Azure SQL Data Warehouse gains an auditing feature
Microsoft announced that it had enabled an auditing feature for the Azure SQL Data Warehouse. The new feature has many benefits, but storing audit logs won't be free.
- October 21, 2015
21 Oct'15
Dell XC hyper-converged systems, high-end SC arrays added
At Dell World, Dell moves to allow EqualLogic customers to import onto Compellent arrays and adds all-flash Dell XC hyper-converged appliances ahead of the EMC acquisition.
- October 21, 2015
21 Oct'15
MySQL 5.7 aims at deeper convergence with Oracle tech and NoSQL
MySQL 5.7 has been released with next-generation hardware in mind, offering greater interoperability with Oracle and NoSQL database technologies
- October 21, 2015
21 Oct'15
Dell-VMware deal begins with risky hands-off strategy
More than a week after its $67 billion acquisition of EMC and VMware, Dell fails to offer specifics on VMware's role in the combined company. Can this be a good thing?
- October 21, 2015
21 Oct'15
Trend Micro acquires HP TippingPoint for $300 million
Trend Micro agrees to purchase HP TippingPoint for $300 million in an effort to bolster network security, but experts disagree on the strategy of either company involved.
- October 20, 2015
20 Oct'15
Dell channel partners can expect 'future-ready' investments
Dell executives told Dell PartnerDirect Summit 2015 attendees to expect channel investments in reference architectures, enablement and education.
- October 20, 2015
20 Oct'15
Global HR management system requires hard push on vendors
An HR leader at Abbott Laboratories said he put Workday through the wringer every day, but did not get bogged down in ensuring all data was clean before going live.
- October 20, 2015
20 Oct'15
Early DCIM software users pay more than Johnny-come-latelies
The total cost of ownership for DCIM has dropped over the past few years as more data centers use the tech.
- October 20, 2015
20 Oct'15
Commvault software replaces Simpana with copy management
Commvault software for data management re-brands from Simpana to Commvault Data Platform, strives to make data available at any time across applications and the cloud.
- October 20, 2015
20 Oct'15
Social media attacks a growing concern for enterprises
It's important for online users to understand social media risks and the caution they should use when sharing personal information online.
- October 19, 2015
19 Oct'15
Avanade to help upskill one billion female charity workers by 2020
Technology services provider Avanade launches a mentoring scheme to connect volunteers with women who want to know more about leadership, management and technology roles
- October 19, 2015
19 Oct'15
IT pros weigh Dell versus HP as one swells, the other splits
Dell will become a much bigger company following the purchase of EMC and VMware, begging the question of how it will match up against a newly split HP.
- October 19, 2015
19 Oct'15
Cohesity founder: Secondary data needs a new approach
Cohesity founder Mohit Aron claims the Cohesity Data Platform can consolidate all secondary data functions, similar to the way Nutanix hyper-converged primary storage.
- October 16, 2015
16 Oct'15
Brrrr! Spectra Logic launches ArcticBlue for cold storage
Spectra Logic unveils ArcticBlue for cheap disk archiving. The system uses shingle drives and works with the company's BlackPearl storage gateway for on-premises storage.
- October 16, 2015
16 Oct'15
OCZ Storage Solutions Saber helps 'treat flash as flash'
Hardware vendor OCZ Storage Solutions said Saber HMS APIs let a host server coordinate when CPU-intensive processes take place, with the aim of reducing resource contention.
- October 16, 2015
16 Oct'15
How SMBs take on the VoIP transition
Small and midsize businesses are looking to make the VoIP transition to solve the problems caused by legacy phone services and meet the needs of a changing workforce.
- October 15, 2015
15 Oct'15
Survey shows traditional cybersecurity can't keep up
The digital world moves very fast, but a new survey claims that cybersecurity strategy does not move fast enough to keep up with threats -- and experts tend to agree.
- October 15, 2015
15 Oct'15
Carbonite backup release enhances SMB cloud portfolio
Carbonite backup line introduces Server Advanced software that gives SMBs the ability to do bare-metal restore. A new line of hybrid appliances offers backup and cloud DR.
- October 15, 2015
15 Oct'15
IT buyers swap traditional servers for converged infrastructure
A survey from 451 Research suggests enterprises will increase their use of converged infrastructure stacks to swap out traditional server estates.
- October 15, 2015
15 Oct'15
VMware acquires Boxer, AirWatch to expand Atlanta base
VMware plans to expand AirWatch's Atlanta offices and looks to integrate newly acquired Boxer into the EMM vendor's platform.
- October 14, 2015
14 Oct'15
VMware vRealize refreshes its hybrid cloud strategy
The VMware hybrid cloud strategy took a step forward this week with improved transparency and feature consolidation in vRealize, despite being overshadowed by the Dell-EMC acquisition.
- October 14, 2015
14 Oct'15
Druva Mobile Forensics takes on e-discovery jobs
Druva has released Mobile Forensics, which automatically collects data from an organization's Android devices. The new product aims to better facilitate mobile e-discovery jobs.
- October 14, 2015
14 Oct'15
Riverbed cutting branch router in SD-WAN strategy set for '16
Riverbed plans a suite of SD-WAN services and products underpinned by new SteelHead OS.
- October 14, 2015
14 Oct'15
The Dell-EMC merger jolts enterprise IT world
As IT pros try to wrap their arms around the $67 billion Dell-EMC merger, some say it could spur change in purchasing plans; others predict little impact.
- October 14, 2015
14 Oct'15
EMC acquisition raises question: Could NetApp be next?
News that Dell is prepared to spend $67 billion to acquire NetApp rival EMC dominated talk across the storage industry this week, including at the NetApp Insight conference.
- October 14, 2015
14 Oct'15
IBM's DS8880 hybrid storage offers a low-cost model
IBM's DS8880 enterprise storage arrays are tightly integrated with the IBM z Systems and Power servers. The systems come with an open API for IBM Easy Tier software.
- October 14, 2015
14 Oct'15
Dell networking portfolio to get big boost from EMC buy
Dell's $67 billion acquisition of EMC is expected to create a networking portfolio suitable for large enterprises.
- October 14, 2015
14 Oct'15
3D printing a long-term channel proposition
The professional side of the 3D printing market might have had a tough time recently but there is still plenty of life in the technology.
- October 13, 2015
13 Oct'15
VMware EUC to benefit from the Dell-EMC deal
Analysts and IT experts weigh in on how Dell buying VMware’s owner, EMC, will affect the company’s end-user computing business, and where this deal leaves Citrix.
- October 13, 2015
13 Oct'15
Dell-EMC acquisition marks Tucci's swan song
When the Dell-EMC deal is complete, EMC CEO Joe Tucci will step away after 15 years on the job -- leaving Michael Dell and others to carry on his legacy.
- October 13, 2015
13 Oct'15
October 2015 Patch Tuesday is the lightest of the year
Microsoft's October 2015 Patch Tuesday has the fewest number of bulletins of any release this year and also is the first of the year to feature no patches related to zero day exploits.
- October 13, 2015
13 Oct'15
NetApp enhances cloud Data Fabric
NetApp focused on the connection between its on-premises storage and the public cloud during the opening of its Insight partner and user conference.