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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

• 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

• 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.