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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
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.
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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
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 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 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
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 20, 2015 20 Oct'15
MSPWorld 2015: How to grow your MSP business practice

At MSPWorld 2015, the president of Locknet Managed IT Services gave guidance on scaling up small MSP business practices and overcoming the challenges.
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
The managed services market: MSPWorld panel looks back, ahead to 2016

At MSPWorld 2015, a panel discussed current trends that are shaping the managed services market and what MSPs should focus on in 2016.
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
Data Dynamics looks to drive StorageX sales in enterprise space

Data Dynamics bolstered the Advantage Partner Program in an effort to take more share of the enterprise data migration and management space; plus, more IT channel news.
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 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 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
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 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
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 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.
October 13, 2015 13 Oct'15
Ixia tackling false alerts with security appliance

Ixia is extending its threat intelligence platform with a new appliance that blocks IP addresses.
October 13, 2015 13 Oct'15
Dell expands CDW relationship handing Kelway the full range

Dell has extended its relationship globally with CDW, which means its UK owned Kelway operation will also benefit from the move.
October 13, 2015 13 Oct'15
Amazon throws its hat into the IoT ring

Could AWS IoT be the glue that binds all of the things together?
October 12, 2015 12 Oct'15
What's ahead for Dell partners, EMC channel in pending buyout?

Dell's pending acquisition of EMC will impact channel companies in different ways: Some may need to sort out product overlap, while others may find expanded sales opportunities.
October 12, 2015 12 Oct'15
Chinese hackers arrested at the request of the US

China's government has reportedly arrested a number of Chinese hackers suspected of involvement with attacks on the US, but one expert is unsure this will lead to more cooperation between nations.
October 12, 2015 12 Oct'15
Address EDI standards to modernize supply chain, architectures

Redwood Supply Chain has adopted a number of best practices regarding EDI standards in order to simultaneously modernize supply chain and data architectures.
October 12, 2015 12 Oct'15
Data breach hits Dow Jones

Hackers may have accessed the payment card details of up to 3,500 customers, warns finance publisher Dow Jones
October 12, 2015 12 Oct'15
Dell buys storage company EMC

Two years after his audacious bid to re-invent the company he founded by re-privatizing it, Michael Dell is set to bid for storage giant EMC
October 09, 2015 09 Oct'15
'Detachables' channel opportunity grows with Surface Book

Microsoft's introduction this week of its Surface Book device will create new opportunities for channel partners in the 'detachables' product class.
October 09, 2015 09 Oct'15
Workspace as a service market poised for growth

The demand for workspace as a service is heating up, according to Transparency Market Research; more IT channel news from the week.
October 09, 2015 09 Oct'15
How the end of Safe Harbor deal impacts cloud users

The EU high court's decision to strike down the Safe Harbor agreement shouldn't hurt large cloud companies or their users, but long-term questions about data privacy remain.
October 09, 2015 09 Oct'15
Vigilante router malware made open source

Team White hackers have taken credit for infecting more than 300,000 devices with the Wifatch malware designed to harden security, but experts still question the team's vigilante actions.
October 09, 2015 09 Oct'15
Brocade adds AP options on enterprise wireless networks

Brocade has partnered with two more Wi-Fi vendors to offer enterprise customers a more flexible wireless network.
October 09, 2015 09 Oct'15
Cisco efforts as IoT software maker key to success

Cisco's success in the Internet of Things hinges on developing software as good as the hardware it has made for two decades.
October 08, 2015 08 Oct'15
HP partner program splits into HP Partner First, HPE Partner Ready

Following Hewlett-Packard's company split, the HP partner program will break into two distinct programs: Partner First and Partner Ready.
October 08, 2015 08 Oct'15
Storage startups keep close eye on Pure IPO

Pure Storage's price dropped sharply in its first day as a public company, but other flash storage vendors see the Pure IPO as validation of their technology.
October 08, 2015 08 Oct'15
Budget restructuring may be the answer for rising breach costs

Two separate reports noted that cybercrime costs are significant. Some experts said reallocating budget resources to application layer security may be the answer.
October 08, 2015 08 Oct'15
Top three draft picks for the next CEO of Citrix

The next Citrix CEO is anyone's guess, but Citrix users and industry watchers alike repeatedly mention these three IT industry executives.
October 07, 2015 07 Oct'15
CompTIA: IT services companies make marketing a 'front-and-center' concern

CompTIA's annual State of the Channel study shows IT services companies are spending more on marketing, as well as focusing on consulting and hybrid IT services.
October 07, 2015 07 Oct'15
Rackspace builds a bridge to AWS with fanatical support

Rackspace's Fanatical Support for Amazon's cloud gives customers AWS managed services for less than the cost of AWS Enterprise Support.
October 07, 2015 07 Oct'15
AWS launches fresh partner competencies

Amazon Web Services launches range of new competencies covering DevOps, cloud migration, and IoT.
October 07, 2015 07 Oct'15
HP forms OpenSwitch group as Cisco alternative

The HP-led OpenSwitch community is likely to attract the interest of large enterprises with Web-scale data centers.
October 06, 2015 06 Oct'15
OpenText partners gain new incentives in channel program

OpenText has announced a new partner program that aligns with the vendor's digital strategy and product lines.
October 06, 2015 06 Oct'15
IBM acquires object storage vendor Cleversafe

IBM snapped up Cleversafe object storage in the second object acquisition of 2015, and plans to sell Cleversafe products with IBM SoftLayer and Spectrum Scale.
October 06, 2015 06 Oct'15
Avaya's ONA IoT device wins Network Innovation Award

Avaya wins this month's Network Innovation Award for its Open Networking Adapter, which enables SDN and IoT integration by turning end-user devices into intelligent "network nodes."
October 06, 2015 06 Oct'15
Avere Systems adds CloudFusion virtual NAS

Avere Systems introduced its first CloudFusion virtual NAS last year for the cloud. It now offers a scaled-down version for three tiers of the AWS public cloud.
October 06, 2015 06 Oct'15
Cisco battles Aruba with wireless architecture

In this week's blogs, analysts discuss Cisco Mobility Express and examine whether enterprise networks can really handle an explosion of Internet of Things devices.
October 05, 2015 05 Oct'15
Symantec Secure One partner program debuts

Symantec has launched an enhanced channel program for security-oriented partners amid the pending sale of Veritas to the Carlyle Group.
October 05, 2015 05 Oct'15
Tablets in healthcare: iPad Pro and Surface Pro 3 battle for top spot

Our expert breaks down how to deploy tablets in healthcare and compares the features of the iPad Pro and Surface Pro 3.
October 05, 2015 05 Oct'15
SAP Jam sees healthy increase in subscribers

SAP claimed Jam's growth comes from tight integration of collaboration processes with commonly used workflows and transactions.
October 05, 2015 05 Oct'15
Connected Data Transporter trumps public cloud for users

Customers Calvary Church and Look Photography needed a more cost-efficient file-sharing tool and found Connected Data Transporter did the trick.
October 05, 2015 05 Oct'15
New YiSpecter iOS malware affects non-jailbroken devices

Malicious actors have found new ways to attack non-jailbroken iOS devices, but experts say the YiSpecter iOS malware may not be as dangerous as it sounds.
October 05, 2015 05 Oct'15
Jive collaboration gets more social on mobile devices

Jive rolls out a social intranet to add community to employee collaboration on mobile devices.
October 02, 2015 02 Oct'15
MSP partners main driver behind Barracuda/Intronis buyout

Barracuda Networks' pending acquisition of Intronis would give the vendor access to a channel of about 2,000 MSP partners.
October 02, 2015 02 Oct'15
Microsoft cloud partner profitability the focus of weekly webinars

A new webinar series from the Microsoft Virtual Academy addresses the barriers to building profitable cloud businesses; more IT channel news from the week.
October 02, 2015 02 Oct'15
Amazon Elasticsearch service makes its debut

AWS shops are eager for relief setting up Elasticsearch clusters, even if integration with one important tool still requires some manual intervention.
October 02, 2015 02 Oct'15
Fujitsu adds new options for Ceph-based storage system

New Ceph-based Fujitsu Eternus CD10000 adds options for optimized erasure code, density- and performance-focused nodes, backup in a box and discrete clusters for DR.
October 02, 2015 02 Oct'15
IT pros advised to go digital or go home

Cisco's John Chambers and Box believe IT digitization will impact every business whether they're ready or not.
October 01, 2015 01 Oct'15
AWS US-East-1 region scrutinized following service incidents

AWS US-East-1 makes headlines when there are outages and elevated error rates. But is it really Amazon's least reliable cloud region?
October 01, 2015 01 Oct'15
Security leaders call for a data privacy protection overhaul

Brian Krebs, Art Coviello and Kris Lovejoy tackle government conflicts and cybersecurity shortcomings at the Privacy. Security. Risk 2015 event.
October 01, 2015 01 Oct'15
Juniper fabric platform unites campus, data center

Juniper Networks has launched a fabric architecture that centralizes management for data center and campus networks.
October 01, 2015 01 Oct'15
Organizations leaving vulnerabilities unpatched

A new study has found that although flaws are most likely to be exploited within 60 days of discovery, companies can take between 100 and 120 days for vulnerability remediation.
October 01, 2015 01 Oct'15
EMV deadline arrives, few ready for the change

The Oct. 1, 2015 deadline for EMV liability has arrived, though merchants and retailers alike aren't ready for the change.
October 01, 2015 01 Oct'15
Talon supports Azure File Service with CloudFast

Talon Storage timed the CloudFast launch to coincide with Microsoft making its Azure File Service generally available for Windows shared file storage.
October 01, 2015 01 Oct'15
Industrial Internet opens cloud doors to non-IT vendors

Vertical-specific cloud services are going further down the stack as companies such as GE try to get in the door with the Industrial Internet.
October 01, 2015 01 Oct'15
Google promises new Stagefright fix within days

The Android Stagefright vulnerability has been updated to version 2.0 as the original researcher finds the flaw in all versions of Android released to date. Google promises a fix within days.
September 30, 2015 30 Sep'15
Tech Data reseller channel gets HP learning system

Tech Data has launched an online learning management system for its resellers that are HP partners. The system provides information on products and new technology.
September 30, 2015 30 Sep'15
NexGen arrays save manufacturing firm from storage silos

Philadelphia Mixing Solutions ditched four isolated SANs to deploy two hybrid NexGen arrays, with 32 TB of capacity apiece for primary storage and DR.
September 30, 2015 30 Sep'15
Oracle changes the rules when licensing Oracle SE2

Oracle changed its licensing policy for Oracle Standard Edition 2, adding a maximum number of cores and threads allowed on a machine running SE2.
September 30, 2015 30 Sep'15
Amazon SES 'bulks up' incoming email support

Companies that send and receive bulk email look forward to taking advantage of a major new Amazon SES capability.
September 30, 2015 30 Sep'15
Legacy IT budget cuts boost data center investment plans

New data center investments can come from legacy IT spending cuts, something most U.S. agencies haven't done well in recent years.
September 30, 2015 30 Sep'15
An inside look at Massachusetts' grand open cloud experiment

Through the Massachusetts Open Cloud initiative, Boston University professor Orran Krieger is adamant on reshaping the public cloud market and spurring big data innovation.
September 29, 2015 29 Sep'15
Quest for cloud talent drives Accenture mergers and acquisitions

Accenture's pending acquisition of Cloud Sherpas aims to help the company quickly assemble cloud expertise and sharpen its vertical market focus. Other systems integrators have joined the hunt.
September 29, 2015 29 Sep'15
120-day patching gap puts many firms at risk of cyber attack

The probability of a vulnerability being exploited hits 90% between 40-60 days after discovery, but many firms are taking up to 60 days beyond that to patch, while others are failing to patch at all, a study shows.
September 29, 2015 29 Sep'15
IDC: Desktops still the dominant business choice

Despite market erosion and competition from other form factors, IDC has found demand for PCs from business remains strong.

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