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• April 28, 2016 28 Apr'16

  Dell, Aerohive partner in WLAN infrastructure management

  Partners Dell and Aerohive have collaborated on software for managing WLAN infrastructure hardware, including switches and access points.

• April 27, 2016 27 Apr'16

  Ingram Micro opens arms to SME resellers

  Ingram Micro is looking for fresh business in the SME market as it cuts the ribbon on a fresh website and a team to support those partners

• April 27, 2016 27 Apr'16

  IBM all-flash storage expands with enterprise, cloud arrays

  IBM adds a new all-flash array platform for enterprises and large-scale clouds, and ships DS8888 all-flash for mainframes and high-end enterprises.

• April 27, 2016 27 Apr'16

  Object-file system combo rapidly expands

  Object-based storage adoption took longer than expected, so object vendors have added file systems to their products to make them look more familiar to users.

• April 26, 2016 26 Apr'16

  Juniper provides container firewall to banks, cloud

  Juniper Networks has added a container firewall to its SRX portfolio. The latest product provides container protection for banks, carriers and cloud providers.

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• April 26, 2016 26 Apr'16

  SimpliVity OmniCube helps medical supplier jump into HCI

  Hyper-convergence was a bit of a leap of faith for Neil Medical Group, but SimpliVity OmniCubes brought the organization better backup and simpler management.

• April 26, 2016 26 Apr'16

  DDoS attacks hit three-quarters of global brands in 2015

  DDoS attack tactics evolve from single, large attacks, intended to take a website offline, to multi-vector barrages – but organisations are fighting back

• April 25, 2016 25 Apr'16

  Riverbed SD-WAN design goes beyond optimization

  The Riverbed SD-WAN strategy blends optimization, orchestration, management and other services in a single platform, called SteelConnect.

• April 25, 2016 25 Apr'16

  Nexsan storage software brings Unity to its hardware

  Unity software supports Nexsan with NST block devices, Assureon object storage and Transporter cloud sync functionality that it picked up from Connected Data.

• April 25, 2016 25 Apr'16

  Polycom acquisition raises questions over vendor partnerships

  Following Mitel's announcement that it was acquiring Polycom, analysts speculated on what will become of the vendors' endpoint and channel partnerships.

• April 25, 2016 25 Apr'16

  Why some IT leaders aren't falling for edge data centers

  Buzzword bingo games these days typically include 'edge data centers,' but how much real interest is there among users?

• April 25, 2016 25 Apr'16

  Virtualized applications and storage don't always mesh

  Legacy storage technology wasn't designed to support multiple virtualized applications competing for simultaneous I/O. Tintri's Dan Florea explains how to get from mess to mesh.

• April 22, 2016 22 Apr'16

  Partner opportunity: Midmarket email migrations to cloud

  A report by Intermedia revealed slow uptake of cloud-based email in the midmarket -- and an untapped opportunity for partners; more IT channel news from the week.

• April 01, 2016 01 Apr'16

  Streaming analytics put data in motion at Strata + Hadoop 2016

  Moving data is a must for many modern apps. As a result, streaming analytics with Spark, Kafka and other components are coming to the forefront.

• April 01, 2016 01 Apr'16

  Arista spine hardware aimed at largest data centers

  Arista has introduced the 7500R series -- a suite of third-generation spine hardware that has a maximum capacity of 115 Tbps.

• April 01, 2016 01 Apr'16

  Microsoft opens up to open source with SQL Server on Linux

  Microsoft put aside its rocky relationship with open source and will release SQL Server on Linux in mid-2017. This won't be a simple process, but it could net Microsoft new customers.

• March 31, 2016 31 Mar'16

  Rancher launches Docker management with storage services

  Nearly 2,500 customers participated in Rancher Labs' beta for its container management software that is now generally available. The application includes storage services.

• March 31, 2016 31 Mar'16

  HPE launches NVDIMM, NVMe Persistent Memory products

  Gen9 ProLiant storage servers are the focus of HPE's Persistent Memory product launch, including an 8 GB NVDIMM module and a family of PCIe NVMe flash drives.

• March 31, 2016 31 Mar'16

  Hadoop core components may not be central to big data future

  At Strata + Hadoop World 2016, Hadoop co-creator Doug Cutting said the core of the distributed processing framework is likely to see its position at the center of big data systems diminish.

• March 31, 2016 31 Mar'16

  Ransomware vaccine promises protection but experts are wary

  A new ransomware vaccine promises to protect against infections by popular ransomware variants like Locky and TeslaCrypt, but experts are wary about implementation and security.

• March 31, 2016 31 Mar'16

  Viptela users can monitor SD-WAN architecture with SevOne

  Viptela has partnered with infrastructure performance monitoring software vendor SevOne, integrating the SD-WAN company's platform with SevOne's management dashboard.

• March 30, 2016 30 Mar'16

  Users find harmony in Cisco, VMware SDN software

  Baystate Health and Sugar Creek Packing give Cisco and VMware SDN software separate chores in data center networks.

• March 30, 2016 30 Mar'16

  SD-WAN market swells because of cloud-based business apps

  IDC released its first study on the SD-WAN market, which is expected to hit $6 billion by 2020. The boom is driven by the growing popularity of cloud-based business applications.

• March 30, 2016 30 Mar'16

  SAP Ariba growth may come through SAP Business Network

  In an interview at Ariba Live, analyst Joshua Greenbaum discussed SAP Ariba's biggest challenges and opportunities in integrating with SAP technology and the SAP Business Network.

• March 30, 2016 30 Mar'16

  MIT forum debates data protection regulations

  In big data analytics, some want stronger data privacy regulations, while others want the government out of the picture.

• March 30, 2016 30 Mar'16

  NEC increases SDN scalability with latest upgrade

  In recent SDN-related news, NEC and PLUMgrid have both upgraded their SDN suites, and the CIO of the United States will address the Open Networking User Group's Spring conference.

• March 30, 2016 30 Mar'16

  Hyper-converged backup takes center stage at SimpliVity show

  Customers praise the data protection capabilities of SimpliVity's OmniCube and OmniStack hyper-converged systems that allow them to ditch third-party backup tools.

• March 29, 2016 29 Mar'16

  NTT Data to buy Dell's IT services business for $3bn

  As Dell looks to shift its non-core assets ahead of the EMC deal, Japanese giant NTT Data agrees to buy Dell Services for $3.05bn

• March 29, 2016 29 Mar'16

  Microsoft in talks with private equity firms to buy Yahoo

  Beleaguered internet giant gives potential buyers two weeks to submit preliminary bids for core business assets

• March 29, 2016 29 Mar'16

  OSNexus unlocks Ceph object storage in QuantaStor v4

  Software-defined storage maker OSNexus adds Ceph-based object storage to its QuantaStor product, adding it to block and file storage from ZFS, Gluster and Ceph

• March 29, 2016 29 Mar'16

  How SD-WAN could threaten the NFV business case

  In this roundup of notable blog posts from around the Web, one analyst says SD-WAN could render certain NFV services irrelevant; another has advice for green networking pros.

• March 29, 2016 29 Mar'16

  Report: 1.5 million Verizon Enterprise customer records stolen

  Krebs on Security reports 1.5 million customer contact records were swiped from Verizon Enterprise Solutions and offered for sale on Dark Web; customers are at risk for phishing attacks.

• March 29, 2016 29 Mar'16

  'Snow' day: CloudBerry Backup works with AWS appliance

  CloudBerry Lab's cloud backup service and AWS Snowball now work together to assist in large data transfers, including the initial backup to the cloud.

• March 16, 2016 16 Mar'16

  HPE hyper-converged strategy fleshed out with new appliance

  The HPE Hyper Converged 380 platform is intended for midsize enterprises and remote branch offices, and takes aim at market leader Nutanix.

• March 16, 2016 16 Mar'16

  Microsoft opens up to open source with SQL Server on Linux

  Microsoft put aside its rocky relationship with open source and will release SQL Server on Linux in mid-2017. This won't be a simple process, but it could net Microsoft new customers.

• March 16, 2016 16 Mar'16

  New version of Epicor ERP supports mobility and cloud

  The latest release of the Epicor ERP platform includes enhanced features for international business, new mobile access and cloud deployment options.

• March 16, 2016 16 Mar'16

  Java vulnerability report strains responsible disclosure

  A security researcher reports Oracle's 30-month-old failed patch for a Java vulnerability, and experts suggest it was an irresponsible disclosure, despite frustration with Oracle's patching process.

• March 15, 2016 15 Mar'16

  Microsoft open tech promises switch hardware independence

  The latest Microsoft open tech takes the brains of data center networking out of proprietary switches and places it in hardware-agnostic software.

• March 15, 2016 15 Mar'16

  Does the channel love Microsoft loving Linux?

  Will Microsoft's sordid romance with its arch nemesis result in innovative solutions for the channel, or is Redmond simply attempting to siphon off some of that sweet FOSS nectar?

• March 15, 2016 15 Mar'16

  Enterprise UC managers rein in the cloud craze

  Debunking the cloud craze, a panel of IT architects at Enterprise Connect said many of their UC applications are still on premises, or at least hosted in a hybrid structure.

• March 15, 2016 15 Mar'16

  SanDisk storage VP: High-capacity flash drives down prices

  As it finalizes a merger with Western Digital, SanDisk Corp. focuses on innovations for high-capacity flash storage in enterprises.

• March 14, 2016 14 Mar'16

  Big-name vendors lace gloves, box back at white box servers

  Top-tier vendors are speaking up, hoping to compete with bare-bones white box servers that are increasingly popular with cloud service providers.

• March 14, 2016 14 Mar'16

  Pure FlashBlade tackles scale-out unstructured data

  Pure Storage launches a blade-based, scale-out unstructured data all-flash system that handles NAS and object storage. The vendor also brings out an entry-level version of its SAN flash array.

• February 15, 2016 15 Feb'16

  Enterprise storage market poised for change in 2016

  Experts forecast disruption in enterprise storage in 2016, including a further shakeout among vendors, slow decline of traditional arrays and fade-out of high-speed disks.

• February 12, 2016 12 Feb'16

  Benefits of cloud: Channel partners should note the changing patterns

  A new Clutch report shows that IT professionals view efficiency and security as the top cloud computing benefits, a marked departure from years ago when security was a barrier.

• December 28, 2015 28 Dec'15

  Slack courts developers in team collaboration tools race

  In an effort to be more competitive in the team collaboration tools space, Slack is offering $80 million to developers who build integrated applications.

• December 28, 2015 28 Dec'15

  Top virtual storage management tips of 2015

  When it comes to managing virtual server environments, readers were most interested in technologies new to the market, such as Docker containers and VMware VVOLs.

• December 28, 2015 28 Dec'15

  Where does SAP NetWeaver 7.5 fit in the integration puzzle?

  SAP's integration landscape is crowded with products, including SAP NetWeaver 7.5, HANA Cloud Platform and HANA Cloud Integration. So, what's your best option?

• December 28, 2015 28 Dec'15

  Commvault IntelliSnap partnerships eye more thorough backup

  Commvault partners with NetApp and Infinidat on IntelliSnap to simplify increasingly popular snapshot management and for a more inclusive backup offering.

• 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 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.

• 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 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 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 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 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

  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

  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

  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

  All-flash NexGen arrays bring QoS to the forefront

  The newly released NexGen arrays dynamically manage critical workloads with QoS policies. Spelling a move beyond hybrid storage, the all-flash arrays include SSDs, RAM and flash PCIe.

• November 11, 2015 11 Nov'15

  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.

• 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

  The Azure SQL Data Warehouse gains an auditing feature

  Microsoft announced that it had enabled an auditing feature for the Azure SQL Data Warehouse. The new feature has many benefits, but storing audit logs won't be free.

• October 21, 2015 21 Oct'15

  MySQL 5.7 aims at deeper convergence with Oracle tech and NoSQL

  MySQL 5.7 has been released with next-generation hardware in mind, offering greater interoperability with Oracle and NoSQL database technologies

• October 21, 2015 21 Oct'15

  Dell-VMware deal begins with risky hands-off strategy

  More than a week after its $67 billion acquisition of EMC and VMware, Dell fails to offer specifics on VMware's role in the combined company. Can this be a good thing?

• October 21, 2015 21 Oct'15

  Trend Micro acquires HP TippingPoint for $300 million

  Trend Micro agrees to purchase HP TippingPoint for $300 million in an effort to bolster network security, but experts disagree on the strategy of either company involved.

• October 20, 2015 20 Oct'15

  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

  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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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

  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?

• 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

  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

  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 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.