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• 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.

• September 29, 2015 29 Sep'15

  Enterprises scramble to build hybrid cloud plans

  As users spin up new cloud services without IT input, many enterprises find themselves in the thick of hybrid cloud without a formal management strategy in place.

• September 29, 2015 29 Sep'15

  HP-Pica8 deal makes Altoline SDN switch more useful

  HP agrees to resell the Pica8 network operating system on the Altoline SDN switch.

• September 28, 2015 28 Sep'15

  Microsoft makes good on WPC 2015 partner promises

  Microsoft has kept the promises it made earlier this year to channel partners regarding cloud competencies.

• September 28, 2015 28 Sep'15

  A look how Pure Storage stacks up in all-flash array market

  TechTarget Research shows IPO hopeful Pure Storage wins a high share of deals and has built a solid reputation in the all-flash array market, despite its financial losses.

• September 28, 2015 28 Sep'15

  Where AWS stands heading into re:Invent 2015

  Businesses are diving head-first into the deep end with AWS. But, as re:Invent 2015 approaches, lack of cloud control still concerns some.

• September 28, 2015 28 Sep'15

  Businesses fail to test or maintain mobile applications

  A survey from Accenture finds that despite enthusiasm for mobile applications among enterprises, senior decision makers are not properly prepared to implement and support them.

• September 25, 2015 25 Sep'15

  Silver Peak pursues SD-WAN market 'with a vengeance'

  Is the SD-WAN market poised for ample growth? Silver Peak thinks so, and is calling on its partners to answer the call; plus, more IT channel news.

• September 25, 2015 25 Sep'15

  BlackBerry confirms Android phone amid big Q2 losses

  BlackBerry hopes to reverse its fortunes with an Android smartphone for enterprises that want access to apps without compromising mobile security.

• September 25, 2015 25 Sep'15

  Intel launches new PCIe SSD with dual NVMe controllers

  New Intel PCIe SSD features dual NVMe controllers and eight lanes of PCI Express 3.0 to target HPC, database and big-data analytic server workloads.

• September 25, 2015 25 Sep'15

  Google researcher finds more Kaspersky zero-day vulnerabilities

  Kaspersky Lab has fixed some of the vulnerabilities in its antivirus products, but a new report from Google Project Zero reveals there's more work to be done.

• September 25, 2015 25 Sep'15

  Alcatel-Lucent ships midsize IP edge router

  Alcatel-Lucent has added a midsize IP edge router to its 7750 SR line for service providers and large enterprises.

• September 24, 2015 24 Sep'15

  Are Citrix VDI technologies still a safe bet?

  Citrix's future may include a merger with Dell or some other company, or it may get sold off bit by bit – a concerning prospect for Citrix users.

• September 24, 2015 24 Sep'15

  ClearSky Data's tiering model tackles cloud primary storage

  ClearSky Data software uses distributed caching to move block storage between local flash, its own data centers and public cloud for data protection.

• September 24, 2015 24 Sep'15

  Dell campus core switches solid, but not unique

  Dell's latest campus core switch is expected to face tough competition from rivals Cisco and HP.

• September 24, 2015 24 Sep'15

  EMM a necessity, but privacy fears remain

  IT continues to walk a fine line between securing employee devices and allowing them a level of privacy.

• September 24, 2015 24 Sep'15

  New Microsoft Office 2016 features Groups teamwork tool

  The new Microsoft Office 2016 includes a Groups collaboration tool for building convenient team workspaces.

• September 24, 2015 24 Sep'15

  HP gives IT the ITSM tools to deliver it all

  HP's upgraded IT service management offerings are part of the soon-to-be HP Enterprise's efforts to turn IT departments into service brokers.

• September 23, 2015 23 Sep'15

  Redshift adds user-defined functions with Python

  The Amazon Redshift data warehouse can now perform functions that users have clamored for since 2013.

• September 23, 2015 23 Sep'15

  Another DynamoDB glitch leads to AWS outage

  Enterprises took an earlier AWS outage this week in stride, but a second glitch in four days has cloud users concerned.

• September 23, 2015 23 Sep'15

  AirWatch adds security, Windows 10 integrations

  AirWatch added Windows 10 support, launched a privacy initiative and made friends with a number of security software providers to bolster its EMM tool.

• September 23, 2015 23 Sep'15

  Skype outage a reason to push business apps

  With the consumer version of Skype down for hours earlier this week it is a moment for the channel to encourage SMEs to invest in business tools that deliver a better experience.

• September 23, 2015 23 Sep'15

  IT consolidation leaving manufacturers exposed to security risks

  More firms look to consolidate their IT systems but as KPMG has found a fairly large number have not considered all of the security risks.