News

August 16, 2018 16 Aug'18
Cisco strong forecasts show businesses upbeat

Cisco revenues in the last quarter rose 6% as businesses took advantage of a strong economy to refresh networks and deploy new products.
August 15, 2018 15 Aug'18
PTSD and depression get much needed attention at Black Hat 2018

While burnout, depression and PTSD can affect anyone, infosec mental health still doesn't often get the attention it deserves, but Black Hat 2018 attempted to change that.
August 13, 2018 13 Aug'18
Behind the scenes of the Meltdown and Spectre response

At Black Hat 2018, representatives from Google, Microsoft and Red Hat offered a behind-the-scenes look at the Meltdown and Spectre disclosure and response process.
August 13, 2018 13 Aug'18
Accenture bolsters smart connected products business

Accenture aims to bolster its smart connected products business through the acquisition of two companies in the product innovation space.
August 10, 2018 10 Aug'18
CrowdStrike Falcon platform gains more partners

CrowdStrike has added categories to its partner program, including MSSP partners and platform partners that build apps using data from CrowdStrike Falcon; more news from the week.
August 09, 2018 09 Aug'18
Miscommunication plagued Meltdown and Spectre process

During a panel discussion at Black Hat 2018 on Meltdown and Spectre, Google explained how miscommunication left the company's incident response out of the early disclosure process.
August 09, 2018 09 Aug'18
Cloud-based storage options open channel opportunities

Industry giants such as Amazon Web Services and startup solutions such as Qumulo QF2 are taking file storage to the cloud. Partners can advise clients on platform adoption.
August 08, 2018 08 Aug'18
Arista pays $400M to settle Cisco patent suit

The Arista-Cisco agreement includes Arista paying $400 million to end their patent infringement dispute. The companies also agreed to a lawsuit moratorium on existing products.
August 07, 2018 07 Aug'18
Newisys makes stealthy maneuver in NVMe flash

Sanmina-owned Newisys is known as a white-label server OEM to array vendors. The NSS-2560 NVMe flash provides storage density with hot-pluggable SSDs and Intel Broadwell servers.
August 03, 2018 03 Aug'18
Cisco acquires Duo for cloud security

Cisco has bought Duo Security to add its two-step authentication services to Cisco's cloud-based security offerings. Cisco plans to close the Duo acquisition by October.
August 03, 2018 03 Aug'18
VR in real estate has mainstream potential for IT resellers

Growing interest in AR and VR in real estate could open doors for channel partners, according to Ingram Micro; other IT channel news from the week.
August 02, 2018 02 Aug'18
Black Hat attendees facing workforce, budget challenges

According to a survey of Black Hat 2018 attendees, organizations are still struggling with insufficient cybersecurity staff and budgets to meet the current and emerging threats.
August 02, 2018 02 Aug'18
Shadow IT channel outpaces traditional partners

The channel partner ecosystem is in for transformative change, as a flood of cloud consultancies, ISVs and tech-oriented professional services firms enters the market.
August 02, 2018 02 Aug'18
ChannelCon 2018: MSPs face operational growing pains

Operational efficiency improvement is an important step for a growing MSP, but one that can prove difficult to take, according to industry executives at ChannelCon 2018.
August 01, 2018 01 Aug'18
Cisco eyes advanced video use cases in Webex overhaul

This month, the 135 million Cisco Webex app users will get access to a refreshed UI, as the vendor is ramping up to support more advanced video use cases, such as augmented reality.