News

August 02, 2018 02 Aug'18
Shadow IT channel outpaces traditional partners

The channel partner ecosystem is in for transformative change, as a flood of cloud consultancies, ISVs and tech-oriented professional services firms enters the market.
August 02, 2018 02 Aug'18
ChannelCon 2018: MSPs face operational growing pains

Operational efficiency improvement is an important step for a growing MSP, but one that can prove difficult to take, according to industry executives at ChannelCon 2018.
August 01, 2018 01 Aug'18
Cisco eyes advanced video use cases in Webex overhaul

This month, the 135 million Cisco Webex app users will get access to a refreshed UI, as the vendor is ramping up to support more advanced video use cases, such as augmented reality.
July 31, 2018 31 Jul'18
SMB business security: MSPs could be doing more

A recent study of small and medium-sized businesses by IT management software firm Kaseya found growing trepidation and investment around cybersecurity.
July 31, 2018 31 Jul'18
Check Point slams online ad providers over malvertising

A new report from Check Point Research uncovers an extensive malvertising campaign known as "Master134" and implicates several online advertising companies in the scheme.
July 30, 2018 30 Jul'18
Nutanix-friendly HYCU adds Google Cloud backup

HYCU's first non-Nutanix-based product is backup for Google Cloud Platform, ahead of Nutanix's Xi Cloud Services partnership with Google due later this year.
July 27, 2018 27 Jul'18
Data integration tools: SnapLogic update rewards solution selling

SnapLogic rolled out incentives for building solutions that combine its app and data integration tools with its technology partners' offerings; other channel news from the week.
July 26, 2018 26 Jul'18
Google Cloud Platform services boost IoT, security

Google continues to make strides to catch AWS and Microsoft Azure with upgrades around edge computing and security, but won't unseat either competitor any time soon.
July 24, 2018 24 Jul'18
Dell EMC refreshes SC Series and Unity midrange storage

Dell EMC keeps its Unity and SC midrange storage arrays on separate tracks, but shows early signs of eventually merging the platforms. Both get OS upgrades.
July 20, 2018 20 Jul'18
Vendors pushing AI-driven identity management

Experts at the Identiverse 2018 conference discussed how artificial intelligence and machine learning are poised to reshape the identity and access management market.
July 20, 2018 20 Jul'18
Microsoft fiscal year 2019: Priorities revealed at Inspire conference

At its annual Inspire conference, Microsoft said it will make investments in its vertical industry strategy in its 2019 fiscal year, which began July 1; other news from the week.
July 19, 2018 19 Jul'18
Commvault breaks its architecture into packages

By consolidating more than 20 offerings into four repackaged product sets, Commvault moves to simplify the purchasing process and eliminate its architecture's 'features sprawl.'
July 19, 2018 19 Jul'18
Microsoft Azure platform sparks partner offerings

Microsoft Inspire 2018: Channel partners are rolling out products and services to take advantage of Azure's market momentum and its status as a pivotal Microsoft platform.
July 19, 2018 19 Jul'18
SolarWinds: MSP Pulse can shed light on business transformation

SolarWinds MSP believes channel partners targeting the managed services model can gain insight into their transition using a new benchmarking tool dubbed MSP Pulse.
July 18, 2018 18 Jul'18
StorageCraft bundle targets schools, education

As schools shift from textbooks to rich media, StorageCraft packages object storage with backup and recovery software in hard disk drives or all-flash appliances.