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• 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

  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

  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

  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.

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• 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 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

  Managed IT service deal combines Pomeroy and Tolt Solutions to make $1B company

  A pending acquisition would combine Pomeroy and Tolt Solutions into a managed services and professional services entity, with nearly $1 billion in revenue.

• 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 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 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

  Dell World 2015: Cloud system open to wider range of partners

  Dell and Microsoft have introduced the Dell Hybrid Cloud System for Microsoft, which targets businesses of any size and opens up new opportunities for channel partners.

• 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.

• 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.