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• December 11, 2015 11 Dec'15

  BitTitan launches Azure migration starter kit for partners

  BitTitan introduced an Azure migration toolkit to help partners with sales and marketing, onboarding and managed cloud services; more IT channel news from the week.

• December 11, 2015 11 Dec'15

  Virtustream seen as good for EMC-VMware cloud venture

  Investors may have objections to the deal, but analysts and users see a lot of upside to the EMC-VMware joint cloud venture, with the EMC-acquired Virtustream at its center.

• December 11, 2015 11 Dec'15

  Polycom phones support Microsoft telephony

  Polycom's line-of-business phones now offer support for Microsoft's telephony service, while the conferencing services market is seeing a shift toward video.

• December 10, 2015 10 Dec'15

  Oracle preps for AWS cloud showdown

  With its refreshed cloud services portfolio, Oracle hopes to become a force in the enterprise cloud market. But is it enough to win customer mind share from leader AWS?

• December 10, 2015 10 Dec'15

  FBI admits use of zero-day exploits

  The FBI has admitted to using zero-day exploits rather than disclosing them, and experts say this should not be a surprise considering the history of federal agency actions.

• December 10, 2015 10 Dec'15

  Pulse Secure to tackle cloud authentication issues

  Following its split from Juniper Networks, Pulse Secure looks to take on cloud access and authentication problems with a new product.

• December 10, 2015 10 Dec'15

  Senator to push encryption backdoor legislation

  FBI Director James Comey is sticking to the message that the FBI doesn't want encryption backdoor legislation, but one senator doesn't expect companies to comply without the legal impetus.

• December 09, 2015 09 Dec'15

  Five key disaster recovery best practices of 2015

  The top disaster recovery best practices of 2015 include asking the right questions of DRaaS providers, and instituting proper DR planning and testing.

• December 08, 2015 08 Dec'15

  Instart Logic rolls out first-ever channel initiative

  Instart Logic has changed its sales strategy and will now offer its application delivery service through channel partners; other news from the week.

• December 08, 2015 08 Dec'15

  Cisco Spark: New offerings ignite partner opportunities

  Cisco has unveiled new Spark offerings, designating channel partners as an important component of its go-to-market strategy for the business collaboration technology.

• December 08, 2015 08 Dec'15

  Microsoft shuts down font handling flaw

  Microsoft ended the security cycle of 2015 by releasing eight critical bulletins, including details on a font exploit.

• December 08, 2015 08 Dec'15

  SonicWall, Quest futures in question amid potential sale

  SonicWall and Quest Software users, who endured Dell's acquisition three years ago, face more uncertainty, as Dell reportedly considers the sale of those companies to reduce debt.

• December 08, 2015 08 Dec'15

  Holiday temporary workers lead to bad access management

  A new report showed that while retail companies are confident in their security, many use bad access management practices with temporary workers brought in for the holiday season.

• December 08, 2015 08 Dec'15

  InterModal Data unveils Web-scale storage software

  Startup InterModal Data introduced its Web-scale storage software that runs on commodity hardware, and is designed to scale to thousands of storage and performance nodes.

• December 08, 2015 08 Dec'15

  Juniper line cards up performance of MX Series

  Juniper Networks plans to release in the first half of next year three line cards that will boost the performance of the Juniper MX Series routers.

• December 07, 2015 07 Dec'15

  HPE Helion cloud brokerage supplants its defunct public cloud

  With its public cloud soon a thing of the past, the HPE cloud strategy around hybrid management continues to take shape with Helion Managed Cloud Broker.

• December 07, 2015 07 Dec'15

  NetSuite channel seizing the higher ground

  Cloud-based ERP specialist NetSuite has seen its channel move wholeheartedly into enterprise sales

• December 07, 2015 07 Dec'15

  Global operation targets Dorkbot botnet

  The latest international operation against cyber criminals included seizing domains to disrupt the Dorkbot operators’ capacity to control their victims’ computers

• December 07, 2015 07 Dec'15

  Building regulations will drive IoT in offices

  Gartner predicts 1.6 billion connected things will be used by smart cities in 2016, an increase of 39% from 2015

• December 04, 2015 04 Dec'15

  2015 in review: Dell-EMC deal among top events impacting channel

  The pending Dell-EMC deal and HP's split into HP Inc. and Hewlett Packard Enterprise topped the list of significant events for IT news in 2015 from a channel perspective.

• December 04, 2015 04 Dec'15

  AWS to manage Microsoft Active Directory as a service

  Amazon continues its competitive push against Microsoft with a new way of deploying Active Directory in its cloud.

• December 04, 2015 04 Dec'15

  Software may be Samsung's saving grace

  Samsung made a change at the top of its mobile segment to take on Apple by differentiating its devices through its software, rather than its hardware.

• December 04, 2015 04 Dec'15

  China arrests hackers accused of OPM breach

  Hackers arrested by the Chinese government are allegedly the criminals behind the OPM breach, but experts want more evidence before trusting China.

• December 04, 2015 04 Dec'15

  Will AI ever outgrow its need for human supervision?

  Two artificial intelligence luminaries talk about the future of AI -- what's possible and what's still a ways off.

• December 04, 2015 04 Dec'15

  HPE pushes Azure after axing Helion public cloud

  With the HP split complete, HPE customers can expect to see a stronger hybrid cloud push tied to Microsoft Azure and new cloud server systems.

• December 03, 2015 03 Dec'15

  Microsoft rattles SMB market with cloud-based telephony

  Microsoft's latest Office 365 features are expected to heat up the competition with Cisco and other telephony vendors in the SMB market.

• December 03, 2015 03 Dec'15

  The battle for all-flash dominance is looking decidedly one-sided

  Pure Storage delivers a knockout blow as it goes toe-to-toe with Violin Memory on third quarter fiscal results.

• December 03, 2015 03 Dec'15

  Load DynamiX pushes into storage analytics

  In hopes of appealing to more enterprises, Load DynamiX adds sensors and software features that capture I/O application workloads to analyze storage patterns.

• December 02, 2015 02 Dec'15

  HPE partner program teams with NTT Com on cloud, services

  Participants in Hewlett Packard Enterprise's Partner Ready Program for Service Providers will be able to deliver cloud offerings and services from NTT Com.

• December 02, 2015 02 Dec'15

  Microsoft PowerApps: The easy button for mobile app development

  Microsoft rolled out its new PowerApps tool to allow IT to create its own mobile business apps with zero coding skills.

• December 02, 2015 02 Dec'15

  Aruba Sensor expands use of indoor tracking technology

  Aruba's new Sensor product makes it possible to use the company's indoor tracking beacons on third-party Wi-Fi networks.

• December 02, 2015 02 Dec'15

  HPE will use split experience to help customers with change

  Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s CEO claimed the firm would be able to better assist customers undergoing structural changes.

• December 02, 2015 02 Dec'15

  Ingram Micro bolsters cloud strategy with Odin platform

  Ingram Micro has taken steps to extend the depth of its cloud platform with the addition of the Parallels Odin Service.

• December 01, 2015 01 Dec'15

  Violin expands Flash Storage Platform on high, low ends

  Violin Memory put out its fastest array to date, and an entry-level model that starts at $92,000, as it tries to balance its Flash Storage Platform for performance and storage management.

• December 01, 2015 01 Dec'15

  Bill Gates spearheads climate change initiatives

  A group of IT entrepreneurs, CEOs, investment gurus and dignitaries have announced an alliance at the Paris 2015 Climate Conference to fund clean energy research.

• December 01, 2015 01 Dec'15

  Networking and managed service skills key to selling cloud

  The advice from some of the vendors that attended a recent MicroScope cloud roundtable was to focus on the network to secure the hosted sale.

• November 30, 2015 30 Nov'15

  Timeline shows bumpy road led to HP split

  A timeline of HP through the years shows the defining moments that ultimately led to the split into HP Inc. and Hewlett Packard Enterprise.

• November 30, 2015 30 Nov'15

  HP split foreshadowed by watershed moments

  A timeline of HP through the years shows the defining moments that ultimately led to the split into HP Inc. and Hewlett Packard Enterprise.

• November 30, 2015 30 Nov'15

  Can Google really take on Amazon and Microsoft?

  Does Google really stand a chance in the enterprise space, or is it a case of too little, too late?

• November 30, 2015 30 Nov'15

  Amex credit card hack leads to information prediction

  Samy Kamkar found a weakness in the algorithm American Express uses to generate replacement card information and created a credit card hack as a proof-of-concept.

• November 25, 2015 25 Nov'15

  2016 channel events listings

  When making 2016 travel plans, refer to this list of channel events -- including conferences hosted by IT vendors, distributors, industry organizations, and vendors that cater exclusively to VARs and MSPs.

• November 25, 2015 25 Nov'15

  Dell security flaws reignite debate on pre-installed software

  News that some Dell laptops are shipping with at least one, and possibly two, rogue root certificates represents a potential security breakdown in production processes, say security experts.

• November 25, 2015 25 Nov'15

  Are ISVs and channel singing from the same song sheet?

  Survey from Cloud Technology Alliance reveals misaligned expectations between ISVs and their channel partners.

• November 25, 2015 25 Nov'15

  Amazon EC2 Dedicated Hosts go GA

  While technically comparable to bare metal cloud offerings from IBM and Rackspace, AWS has a different motivation for offering dedicated hardware.

• November 25, 2015 25 Nov'15

  Revenues decline across HP Inc and Hewlett Packard Enterprise

  Hewlett Packard Enterprise is betting on cloud and a relationship with Microsoft and HP Inc.

• November 25, 2015 25 Nov'15

  Q&A: Joyent CTO on the state of containers

  Joyent bet big on containers to compete in the cloud market, and the company's CTO Bryan Cantrill has plenty to say about the state of containers and what needs to change.

• November 24, 2015 24 Nov'15

  IT channel partner survey reveals cautious optimism

  Value-added resellers and managed service providers expressed cautious optimism regarding their prospects in 2016, sentiments that reflect an uptick in business.

• November 24, 2015 24 Nov'15

  Blue Coat launches 'Cloud Generation' Web gateway

  After acquiring two cloud access security brokers this year, Blue Coat Systems has united CASB capabilities with its Web gateway security technology under a new cloud security strategy.

• November 24, 2015 24 Nov'15

  Refried fish: Dell admits pre-installing dodgy certificate on PCs

  Superfish-like certificate leaves Dell machines vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks.

• November 24, 2015 24 Nov'15

  Rogue IT drives security ever higher on CIO agendas

  TechTarget's 2015 Annual Salary and Careers Survey results reveal how CIOs and senior IT leaders are coming to terms with shadow IT.

• November 24, 2015 24 Nov'15

  Dell certificate problem is the new Superfish

  Dell issued a fix for a root certificate similar to Superfish that could potentially allow attackers to intercept encrypted private data on its PCs.

• November 24, 2015 24 Nov'15

  Enterprises warm up to cloud storage services

  Despite lingering concerns around compliance and lock-in, IT pros are deploying cloud storage services for a range of applications and use cases.

• November 23, 2015 23 Nov'15

  AVG Business retools channel partner strategy

  AVG's channel-centric business segment, which provides security, and remote monitoring and management offerings, will pursue a new go-to-market strategy next year.

• November 23, 2015 23 Nov'15

  Security tools clean your mainframe's 'dirty laundry'

  Mainframes are well-suited for mobile apps, and though these systems are known to be safe, there are ways to tighten mainframe security.

• November 23, 2015 23 Nov'15

  Adobe CSO offers advice on data breach responses

  Adobe CSO Brad Arkin spoke at the recent Privacy. Security. Risk. 2015 event about his experiences dealing with the company's massive data breach two years ago.

• November 20, 2015 20 Nov'15

  Citrix partner impact uncertain amid GoTo spinoff plan

  Channel partners may have to wait a bit for a detailed technology roadmap as Citrix plans to shed its Citrix GoTo line of business and rethink its core products.

• November 20, 2015 20 Nov'15

  Ingram Micro partner communities primed for 2016

  At the Ingram Micro One conference, the distributor officially rebranded the VentureTech Network community and talked up its investments in the SMB Alliance.

• November 20, 2015 20 Nov'15

  Data Dynamics' StorageX recognizes NetApp, Isilon clusters

  Data Dynamics' StorageX file migration application got a refresh to support 64-bit architecture, as well as NetApp and EMC Isilon clustering for a faster data migration process.

• November 20, 2015 20 Nov'15

  Aerohive launches APIs for business software developers

  Aerohive has unveiled an API platform that delivers wireless network data to business application developers.

• November 20, 2015 20 Nov'15

  AWS Device Farm adds browser-based app testing

  AWS users who didn't have an interest in the AWS Device Farm before are intrigued by an important new feature.

• November 20, 2015 20 Nov'15

  Sophos CTO benefitting from channel insights

  The channel is being given a chance to provide Sophos with advice over future product strategy, which is something its CTO is grateful for.

• November 19, 2015 19 Nov'15

  CCIE certification: Changes ahead for Cisco partners

  Cisco partners can expect new written exam topics to surface in mid-2016 in light of the networking vendor's updated CCIE framework; a CCNA update is on tap as well.

• November 19, 2015 19 Nov'15

  DNSSEC flawed but better than certificate authorities

  The DNSSEC protocol is a flawed solution to certificate authorities, but experts say any controversy surrounding the potential spying is more misunderstanding than fact.

• November 19, 2015 19 Nov'15

  Healthcare big data not quite achieved yet

  A panel of experts seemed to agree: Healthcare big data is not quite there yet. But when it becomes a reality -- especially in the clinical setting -- it will bring value.

• November 19, 2015 19 Nov'15

  Citrix GoTo sent to an island, other tech not so lucky

  Citrix mapped out a plan for realignment that includes the end of certain product lines, spinning off the GoTo portfolio into a separate business and more layoffs.

• November 19, 2015 19 Nov'15

  Businesses want small-room video conferencing

  The popularity of office huddle rooms is behind a growing demand for low-cost video conferencing in the small meeting spaces.

• November 19, 2015 19 Nov'15

  Healthcare big data not in the clinical setting yet

  A panel of experts seemed to agree: Healthcare big data is not quite there yet. But when it becomes a reality -- especially in the clinical setting -- it will bring value.

• November 18, 2015 18 Nov'15

  Why the FBI is worried about encryption and 'going dark'

  The FBI's effort to gain access to encrypted devices and data has led to a standoff with technology companies, such as Apple. Here's where the 'going-dark' debate stands.

• November 18, 2015 18 Nov'15

  Seagate storage adds HPC arrays based on Lustre, GPFS

  Seagate storage expanded its HPC reach with the introduction of a higher performing Lustre-based system, a new product supporting IBM's Spectrum Scale and an archive object store.

• November 18, 2015 18 Nov'15

  Microsoft CEO gets personal with IT security

  Microsoft’s CEO says it is his mission to discover why large security breaches happen, and outlines his plan to secure data in a world where the attack vectors can happen at any moment.

• November 18, 2015 18 Nov'15

  Microsoft EMS boosts MAM support

  Microsoft added new capabilities to its Enterprise Mobility Suite that may give IT shops paying for other EMM platforms reason to make a switch.

• November 18, 2015 18 Nov'15

  Docker tightens container security down to the hardware

  Docker has added greater control for IT ops and new container security tools, along with its containers as a service offering.

• November 17, 2015 17 Nov'15

  Cisco adds open source support in IOS XR-powered routers

  Cisco has added support for open source tools Chef and Puppet in the IOS XR operating system for its NCS programmable routers.

• November 17, 2015 17 Nov'15

  Data Direct Networks IME14K provides all-flash option

  Data Direct Networks IME14K all-flash array runs Infinite Memory Engine accelerator software to create a data-aware tier that writes to fast SSD cache and reorders I/O as it moves to storage.

• November 17, 2015 17 Nov'15

  EMC steps to facilitate moving data to public cloud

  EMC cloud storage options for its block storage and data protection products are added through enhancements to FAST.X, Vplex, CloudBoost and broader public cloud support.

• November 17, 2015 17 Nov'15

  HPE adds 3D NAND to 3PAR flash lineup

  HPE joined the 3D NAND bandwagon for 3PAR StoreServ flash arrays, added flash acceleration for Oracle databases with EMC VMAX and added a new StoreOnce lineup.

• November 17, 2015 17 Nov'15

  With Atos acquisition, what's next for Unify customers?

  With Atos set to acquire Unify, UC customers are in limbo about the future of their Unify services and platforms until deal closes in early 2016.

• November 16, 2015 16 Nov'15

  IT Nation 2015 offers partners a soul cleanse

  The star of CNBC's "The Profit" took a personal approach to his keynote at IT Nation 2015, asking partners to open up about their greatest fears and vulnerabilities.

• November 16, 2015 16 Nov'15

  Enterprise file synchronization and sharing: Channel alliances take flight

  Recent file sync and share channel moves include Accenture's Box alliance, Dropbox's expanded partner network, and eFolder's product debut at IT Nation 2015; other IT channel news.

• November 16, 2015 16 Nov'15

  IT Nation 2015: Take an agile approach to managed services

  MSP executives experienced a dramatic reduction of service tickets after incorporating concepts of the agile methodology into their business practices.

• November 16, 2015 16 Nov'15

  DDN revamp adds SFA14K plus hyper-converged and all-flash options

  DataDirect Networks upgrades core HPC storage arrays to create SFA14K, and adds hyper-converged SFA14KE plus all-flash IME14K front end to smooth I/O bottlenecks.

• November 13, 2015 13 Nov'15

  IT Nation 2015: Get in front of these five digital trends

  ConnectWise CEO Arnold Bellini encouraged IT Nation 2015 attendees to focus on five revolutionary trends and unveiled the 'new ConnectWise.'

• November 13, 2015 13 Nov'15

  Massive tax bill increases uncertainty in Dell-EMC deal

  Dell's deal to buy EMC and VMware for $67 billion is in doubt after revelations that the company could face a $9 billion tax bill, forcing some uncertain IT buyers to look elsewhere.

• November 13, 2015 13 Nov'15

  SDN startup Versa targets WANs, branch networks

  SDN startup Versa has built a software platform that lets service providers deploy and manage WANs and branch networks.

• November 12, 2015 12 Nov'15

  Hewlett Packard Enterprise updates Just Right IT channel-only offering

  Hewlett Packard Enterprise is targeting channel partners with an expanded Just Right IT product and service portfolio, which is geared toward small and medium-sized businesses.

• 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

  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 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 10, 2015 10 Nov'15

  Dell: Channel partners give positive feedback on EMC deal

  Jim DeFoe, vice president and general manager of the North America channel organization at Dell, said Dell partners have provided positive feedback on its pending purchase of EMC.

• 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.